Cruise Ship Doomed by Iceberg

Cruise Ship Doomed by Iceberg
Passengers Safe, but Ship Is Sinking

Nov. 23, 2007 — Passengers aboard a cruise ship to the Antarctic were roused from their beds and hustled into lifeboats early today, when an iceberg punched a small hole in the ship's side.

All 100 people aboard the Explorer were pulled safely from the frigid seas by a passing ship, but the Explorer was listing badly and its Canadian owners feared it would sink.

"The passengers are absolutely fine," Susan Hayes, vice president of marketing for GAP Adventures, the Canadian company that owns the Explorer, told The Associated Press. "They're all accounted for, no injuries whatsoever."

Hayes said 91 passengers, including 13 Americans, are currently on board the Nordnorge, a Norwegian cruise ship. The nine crew members are also safely on board.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3904801&page=1

Like we're more special and count for more than other people or something?

I mean, if you want to mention the number of Americans, cool, but mention the other nationalities and their numbers as well.

If it was a French article, I'm sure they would point out the number of French passengers involved. Its not about favortism, its about the audience.

:hi:

speak of the "12 Italians" or "2 Spaniards" and so on...and probably their media will INTERVIEW them when all is resolved. And they WON'T mention the Americans, even if they're the majority represented.

News, like politics, is LOCAL.

;-)

needed to be rescued!

What say you, you who are the Image of GOD (oh, only one of those ... sorry you harlots!)

If Bush can prove terrists planted the iceberg there, Jeebus will let him bomb Mecca.