'Miracle on the Mississippi': All aboard river cruise boat survive crash with tanker in New Orleans

A tanker in New Orleans that apparently lost its steering slammed into a docked river cruise boat with 180 people aboard Friday, the mayor said. All aboard survived after the crash prompted a massive rescue operation for passengers and crew who plunged into the Mississippi River as the ship took on water and began to topple over.

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Emergency personnel and crews respond after a tanker crashed into a river cruise boat in New Orleans on Friday. (Enan Chediak/The Advocate/The Associated Press)

A tanker in New Orleans that apparently lost its steering slammed into a docked river cruise boat with 180 people aboard on Friday, the mayor said.

All aboard survived after the crash prompted a massive rescue operation for passengers and crew who plunged into the Mississippi River as the cruise boat took on water and began to topple over.

Video from the scene showed the much larger Atlantic Asphalt tanker hit the cruise boat while it was docked as metal and glass crashed and crunched.

Tugboat operators, nearby workers, police and several other rescuers rushed to help. New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno called it "a miracle on the Mississippi."

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