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Default Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:59:20 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

The initial report that I read indicated that the ship was taking on water
and the captain purposely grounded it so that it did not sink in the middle
of the ICW.


Yes, but that was after the initial damage which went unnoticed until
they started taking on water.