‘An active and evolving incident’: Out-of-control New Orleans tanker slams into cruise ship, sinks it

A cruise ship with more than 100 aboard was docked along the Mississippi River in New Orleans when an out-of-control tanker ship rammed it, sinking it. Rescue operations were underway. Officials with the Port of New Orleans said there were about 129 people board the American Cruise Lines ship, which was in the process of allowing passengers to disembark. The New Orleans Fire Department, the New Orleans Police Department, the U.S. Coast Guard and emergency medical personnel are conducting rescue operations. It was the tanker Atlantic Asphalt that hit the American Heritage. OMG.

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