Passengers still waiting to disembark
More than 4, 000 people are on board.
A coast guard official says the disabled cruise ship stopped temporarily off the coast of alabama because a towline attached to one of the
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The triumph was being pulled by four tugs thursday, and the coast guard said it had been moving about 5 mph.Before the towline broke, the ship and the 4, 000plus passengers were expected to arrive at the mobile cruise terminal late thursday night.
When passengers can finally get off the ship, it will take some time:Only one elevator is working, and passengers will have to carry their own luggage.
The problems began sunday when a fire broke out in the ship's engine room.That caused a power outage which left the boat without propulsion and without air conditioning.
A clearer picture of the scene aboard the ship began to emerge as passengers who have been mostly out cellphone reach described overflowing toilets, sewage backed up in showers, scarce food and people getting sick.What began as a fourday voyage in the gulf of mexico has turned into a vacation nightmare, not at all the luxury cruise touted in brochures.Officials are hearing nightmarish stories from people aboard as they are trickling back to land.
Conditions deteriorated during the week for the 3, 000plus passengers and 1, 000 crew members as only a few of the bathrooms on board have been operational.
Kim mckerreghan's daughter and former husband are on
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"He(Her former husband)Told me that they had just eaten onion sandwiches,"Mckerreghan said. "And they were asking to use tHered plastic bags to use tHerestroom in, and they had some fruit.They did have some water, but it was warm bottled water. "
Supplies have been ferried out to the crippled ship all week by other carnival ships, including the legend out of tampa.
Meanwhile, carnival cruise president and ceo gerry cahill has offered an apology.
"No one here from carnival is happy about the conditions on board this ship and we obviously are very sorry about what has taken place,"Cahill said.
The company is offering passengers full refunds, discounts on future cruises and even $500.
Carnival paradise returns to tampa
Meanwhile, thousands of passengers onboard the carnival paradise returned to tampa thursday morning.
Fortunately, there were no problems with their trip.But there was a bit of concern after news spread about what was going on aboard the stranded cruise ship the triumph.
The paradise is scheduled to go back out this evening.
Passengers say while there is some concern after watching the events unfold, it's just a risk you take when embarking on a cruise.
"If it happens, it happens.The big thing is staying calm and knowing eventually you will get back home,"Said carnival paradise passenger tracy pearce.
Churches Race To Help Members Impacted
(Rns)As oil continues to spill into the gulf of mexico, churches and religious organizations along the louisiana coast are providing food, money and support to parishioners whose livelihoods hang in the balance.
More than 7 million gallons of oil have contaminated the gulf since an oil rig explosion on april 20, pulling the region's fishing industry to a screeching halt.It's been particularly hard for churches like st.Patrick catholic church in port sulphur, la., where many parishioners are fishermen.
The rev.Gerard stapleton and his staff at st.Patrick's have distributed food and $100 vouchers to 300 families in his congregation affected by the oil spill.
"It could very easily.Destroy our way of life which generations have enjoyed,"Stapleton said. "This is one of the top 10 areas in the united states for fishing. "
One of st.Patrick's parishioners is fisherman vincent frelich, whose family has owned frelich seafood and bait for about 35 years.At its best, the business brought in more than 3, 000 pounds of shrimp and seafood a week.In the last month, they are lucky if they get a hundred live shrimp a day, frelich said.
"Right now, we don't even know how long the extent of the damage is going to last,"Frelich said.
Frelich has tapped into his savings to pay the bills and his employees.He regularly attends service at st.Patrick's but hasn't yet asked for any money.
"That's all we got left right now, to pray and hopefully we can get some help from the lord,"Frelich said. "We pretty much know, we outta business right now. "
It's much the same story at mary, queen of vietnam church in new orleans, where almost all of its 1, 000 members have been affected.
"It has reached a certain point where the issue here is the future uncertainty of our people,"Said the rev.Vien ngyuen, who was in washington monday(May 24)To introduce president obama at a white house reception for asian american and pacIfic islander heritage month. "We don't know(If)The fishing industry in the gulf coast will be affected for the next two years or 20 years. "
Ngyuen is working closely with the mary, queen of vietnam community development corporation to help resident of the eastern new orleans community of village de l'est, which is home to more than 5, 800 vietnamese.
The corporation serves as a liaison for parishioners and representatives from oil giant bp, medicaid and the catholic charities, said executive director diem nguyen.Translators are available.
"We've gotten people come in and you can't help but feel bad,"Diem nguyen said. "They've done this all their lives.Coming from vietnam, that's all they know how to do. "
Outside hosanna church in marrero, pastor george mclean and his staff have put up a black and white sign in support of the 60 or so families affected by the spill. "Pray for a solution to the oil leak problem,"It says.
"We are resilient here in bouncing back from storms that we've been through, but we've never have to face oil coming at us,"Mclean said.
Mclean has provided counseling to his congregation and has tailored his sermons to address their concerns.
"I've really been trying to address faith and encouragement,"He said. "Somehow, in what seems to be a drastic and tragic situation, he'll(God)Bring good out of it. "
This same optimism is shared by pastor john dee jeffries of the first baptist church of chalmette, who is also trying to lift the spirits of the 180 people in his congregation through sermon.
"God is a god of hope,"Said jeffries, who has been with the church for 20 years. "I don't understand how god will work this together for good, but i'm confident that he will. "
About 40 percent of the church is unemployed and still reeling from the devastation of hurricane katrina, jeffries said.They were not ready for the oil spill.
"It's a pretty tightknit web of pain and despair that has been here for awhile that is starting to lessen, but this is really complicating things,"Jeffries said. "There is a general gloom and anger across the metropolitan new orleans area.They can't believe this is happening again.
The upper cut(Katrina)And then the body blow(Oil spill 2010)
At what point does the fabric of a society become unrepairable?How much can you ask of a people who even before both of these crushing blows had very little to speak of.
I fear the very worst here as their very way of life vanishes.I keep thinking of the shocking new tv series"Life after people".The riveting episodes chronicle in dramatic detail what life would be like after a major societal breakdownpeople becoming much like wild dog packsall sembalances of law and order break downlooting murderstarvationno hospitals, supermarkets, police, no nothingour modern society and its insatiable needs are destroying them first and then us in time
Are we really that far away from that world?Methinks this whole damn system replete with financial disasters, global meltdowns, oil gushing into the oceansforget dante we have our own inferno right hereright now
Twentyone years after the exxon valdez disaster, effects are still visible on the beaches and rocks on the shores.This disaster is much greater in scope and will probably be much worse that that one in alaska.
How long will it take for the ecosystem to recover, even part way?How many people will lose their livelihoods due to the oil?What other areas will be affected when hurricanes hit?
We know basically how to cope with the aftermath of hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires, earthquakes disasters from mother nature.But how to cope with this manmade disaster?That is a question that no one seems to be able to answer and that is causing fear and anger and justifiably so.
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