A cruise ship crusing off the coast of South Carolina was caught
in an enormous storm that tossed the vessel and terrified passengers.
According to NBCNews.com,
Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Sunshine was returning to port in Charleston
after a five-day voyage to the Bahamas when the storm hit Friday night. While
the ship reached port 9 hours after anticipated arrival, it was capable of sail its
subsequent deliberate voyage, though delayed a short while.
The National Hurricane Center mentioned the storm surge lasted 12
hours, winds reached 80 miles per hour and swells reached 17 ft tall. At the
time of the storm, the huge ship was carrying round 3,000 passengers and
over 1,000 crew members.
One of the passengers onboard Carnival Sunshine, William
Blackburn, instructed CNN
that the scenario was “terrifying,” and that he and his household stayed of their
cabin and prayed all through the storm.
Video from Twitter corroborated the tales from passengers on
the Carnival vessel.
The aftermath aboard Carnival Sunshine after a extreme storm.
The crew from Deck 0-4 evacuated to the theater, and anyplace they may relaxation… the crew bar destroyed. pic.twitter.com/MqsDJYvrSG— Crew Center (@CrewCenter) May 28, 2023
Another traveler on the ship, Bill Hassler, instructed CNN he was
stunned he was nonetheless alive, saying that different passengers had been “white as
ghosts” because of the tough seas. Hassler mentioned water stuffed the hallways and the
waves threw objects across the ship.
A spokesperson for Carnival instructed CBS News that a number of passengers
and crew members wanted minimal medical help, however friends onboard had been
protected all through the incident.
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