A riverboat-style cruise ship ran aground off the Alaska coast early Monday, forcing an evacuation of more than 200 passengers before it could move again with a Coast Guard escort.
All passengers were evacuated from the Empress of the North by 7 a.m. and returned to Juneau aboard a ferry. One person was taken to a hospital for observation, a city employee said.
Passengers said they were jolted awake when the ship hit the rocks in a remote part of a southeast Alaska archipelago in the middle of night. They were ordered to don lifejackets and gather in the ballroom, where a singer and piano player entertained them with songs including "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as they waited for rescue.
I was just kidding. Captain Hazelwood, who struck a reef with the Exxon Valdez in 1989 causing the largest oil spill in Alaska's history, had nothing to do with the cruise ship accident above. But the headline made me giggle. I just love to giggle.
But one part of the story did surprise me. I had no idea that Alaska had an "archipelago"!
I may need to leave town more often.
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