Wow. Thanks for the history lesson. Good stuff.
I always found that to be an amazing story.
It has everything...lots of variables, a big, gray hunk of historic and impressive steel, arrogance, ignorance, brass hats, speed, water, bewilderment, people running around waving their hands, engineering, tugboats...I always thought the story about the helicopter pilots was funny and instructive. I think they got screwed for it, but they were just trying to yuk it up.
They didn’t have the slightest premonition that was going to land them in hot water.