Posted on 03/25/2019 5:46:00 AM PDT by C19fan
An American couple who were aboard a cruise ship that was violently rocked by massive waves and 50mph wind gusts recalled the terror they experienced as walls of water engulfed the vessel just off the coast of Norway.
Rodney Horgen, 62, and Judy Lemieux, 66, of Deer River, Minnesota, were among several hundred passengers rescued from the Viking Sky, a 12-day luxury cruise along the Norwegian coast, on Saturday.
Passengers described conditions as comparable to 'being on the Titanic' and feared they would drown as the ship was tossed around the Norwegian Sea.
'I tried to grab her, but I just couldn't,' Horgen told the Star Tribune, recalling the moment his wife was being swept away by water that had inundated the inside of the seventh-floor restaurant.
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For them.
That’s why cousin Johnny joined the Marines. They ain’t afraid of nothin’.
Who would have thought there’d be rough seas in the North Atlantic...in March?
It was more like the Andrea Doria. It was rammed by the Stockholm.
Anyone going to those waters in March is certifiably insane and deserve what they got.
Will they be charged with a shore excursion?
Just not interested.
After spending 2+ years on a heavy cruiser in the USN and surviving some really heavy storms, I’m surprised that ship didn’t capsize. Those ships look so top heavy there is no way I would set sail on one of them.
The Doria finally capsized and sank though. The Stockholm limped back to port with a crushed bow.
I suspect the only Norwegians on the crew are the officers. I did not look it up but almost all these cruise ships carry Liberian or Panamanian flag vessels. The majority of the crew are from third world countries that work for much less than our minimum wage.
Most people do not realize when you step on these ships(even US companies like Carnival) you are now subject to the laws of another country. If something goes wrong, you are on your own.
What would this incident have been like if the ship had been out to sea... and escape had been based on launching small evacuation lifeboats into heavy seas?
They most have had some type of total computer failure. I would think there must be something really wrong to lose all four engines at the same time. I read this ship is only a couple years old.
We cruise and have had one bad experience, but not terrible. Have had much worse plane flights (lost engines, etc.), and picked up illnesses flying, but never cruising. It’s always something, I guess. Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer chances.
I would not step foot on one of these larger ships. Although this one was not that big . I believe it was around 1300 people.
I would still consider some of the smaller cruise ships that have 350-400 people or less. There are some smaller ships that go up and down the New England coast in the summer from Newport, RI up to Bar Harbor, ME and back.
Also, there are river cruises up and down the Columbia River to the Snake River. I would also consider the Viking River cruises up and down the Danube in Europe.
Twenty two years ago my wife and I went on a Windjammer Barefoot cruise around the British Virgin Islands. I was great. They went out of business after the owner died. They had 5 or 6 ships that carried between 75-125 passengers. The ship we were on had less than 100 people. The cabins were small and spartan. There were no gambling tables, no midnight buffets and no disco balls. These ships took you to the same places people went on private charters.
What about the FREE helicopter site seeing tours?
My daughter joined the Marines and she was afraid of needles/shots, otherwise she was absolutely tough as nails. So when I said to her, “you know you have to get a bunch of shots, how’s that going to work?”
She responded that when she was in the line and everyone was getting them, she stopped and started to step back backward. They told her if she takes one more step backwards to just keep on stepping that way and get her ass out the door and don’t come back. She sucked it up and stayed in line. She was proud she did.
Good for her!
Millions, including me, thank her for her service.
Hurrah!!!
You are right. I don’t think any one of them is flagged U.S.A.
I rode a tanker in those waters in September, 2005, and caught the leading edge of hurricane Maria. Even though the tanker was DP, it was empty and rolled quite a bit. I'm not insane, it was just part of my job to go for that boat ride. The officers and crew were all Norwegian, and very capable and professional.
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