Remember my friend Kim from High School (well, my family will)? Her Uncle was on the MS Explorer, the passenger ship that sank off the coast of Antarctica on Nov. 23rd. No one was hurt and the evacuation to the lifeboats went smoothly. He said that no one panicked and everyone followed crew directions exactly. He reported in an e-mail that Kim sent me that he heard the captain say, "My god; We’re sinking" when he saw the extent of the flooding on the lower decks. They were in the boats for about 6 hours before the first ship to respond arrived. Interesting to see how this stuff still happens on the wide sea...
-t
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