A tanker collided with a cruise ship on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, leaving dozens of people in the water.
32 passengers on the ship were admitted to the hospital - "none of them have life-threatening injuries," said New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno, writes Reuters.
The incident caused the cruise ship to capsize and sink as passengers attempted to disembark. Many of them reached the water - port workers, firefighters and eyewitnesses rushed to rescue the passengers who fell from the river.
Moreno said about 180 to 190 passengers and crew were aboard the American Heritage at the time of the incident. She called the outcome of the incident "a miracle on the Mississippi."
Coast Guard Capt. Melanie Burnham told the New Orleans Advocate that the tanker appeared to have suffered some sort of steering failure, but the cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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