Word: lansburgh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rooms, or let us off!" The America reversed course and arrived back at New York fewer than twelve hours after embarking. More than 250 vacationers jumped ship and were ferried by tugboat to Staten Island, where many were stranded for the rest of the night, cheered only by Lansburgh's promise of a full refund...
...ship steamed into the Atlantic, the disgruntled passengers began to mutiny. More than 100 of them drew up a petition to the state attorney general demanding refunds. Leonard Lansburgh, one of the ship's owners, tried to pacify the passengers by announcing that drinks were on the house. It hardly helped. Fistfights and swearing matches broke out. One drunken man took a swing at a woman purser, who thereupon screamed into the p.a. system, "Emergency! Emergency!" By then, the crew-including Greeks, Jamaicans and Koreans, who had difficulty communicating both with one another and with the guests-began...