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Survivors told tales of heroism and almost miraculous rescues. William Cardwell was trapped on an upper deck when he saw a man carrying a baby to safety. "I saw one man climbing up seats with a small baby in his teeth," he recounted. "It was unbelievable." Cardwell had been trying to break through a window to escape when the man with the baby came up along with two other children. "It was pitch dark and freezing cold," he said. "We took turns rubbing the baby to keep it warm." Finally a helicopter dropped them a line, pulled...
...officials speculated that the 7,951-ton ferry, which was built in 1980, struck the Zeebrugge harbor wall or a sandbar as it made its way out of the port. But surviving passengers did not report feeling any sudden impact. Whatever happened, the bow doors of the cavernous vehicle deck, which was holding 88 cars and 36 trucks, suddenly swung open. The car deck flooded, causing the vessel to tip over. Peter Ford, managing director at Townsend Thoresen, the British company that owns the Herald of Free Enterprise, acknowledged that "somehow the doors burst open and the water rushed...
Mullets jumped in the river as Janis talked one recent winter afternoon. Dolphins glided gracefully by. It is an economical life, she conceded, pointing to a 5-gal. canister on the deck. Normally the thing would hold weed killer, but on this boat, it holds fresh water. "That's the shower," Janis said. "Two people can bathe with it if you don't wash your hair." This was as far as she got on the subject of economy...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--The Harvard women's swimming team arrived on the deck here at Smith Swimming Center last night disguised as samurai warriors...
Disregarding the presence of both the women's team and recreational swimmers, the aquamen began chanting, "Suits on head," removed their swimming trunks and paraded around the pool deck with their suits on their heads. They even took a few pictures of themselves...