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72 Rescued on Alaska Sightseeing Cruise

Only minor injuries reported as passengers taken to Bartlett Cove

By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 20, 2012 3:38 AM CDT | Updated Aug 20, 2012 3:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – Seventy-two sightseers in Glacier Bay were rescued yesterday after their boat struck a rock and began taking on water, reports AP. Only a few minor injuries were reported. The four-man crew remained on the leaking ship, but 70 passengers were transferred to another cruise ship and taken to Bartlett Cove. From there, another ship will take them to Juneau. Two other passengers were transferred to a National Park Service vessel.

Glacier Bay, Alaska, was the site where a sightseeing boat hit a rock and began taking on water.
Glacier Bay, Alaska, was the site where a sightseeing boat hit a rock and began taking on water.   (johnb406)
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right2dave
Aug 20, 2012 9:02 AM CDT
Next time take the bus.
MichaelBenesch
Aug 20, 2012 7:27 AM CDT
Did "government" provide the rescue? 
MichaelBenesch
Aug 20, 2012 7:24 AM CDT
Could they see Saintly Sarah PAYline from there? Why won't the voice of the (R)USHubliCON revolution be speaking at the mystery man's nominating convention?
 

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