'Miracle on the Mississippi': All Accounted For After Tanker Capsizes Cruise Ship in New Orleans

All passengers and crew aboard an American Cruise Lines riverboat survived after a Marshall Islands-flagged asphalt tanker struck the docked paddle-wheeler on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday, causing it to capsize and sending people into the water.

New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno confirmed that everyone aboard the American Heritage had been accounted for following a massive rescue operation. Thirty-two people were taken to local hospitals, including 30 passengers and two police officers, but none suffered critical injuries.

“We have zero people unaccounted for, which truly is a miracle on the Mississippi,” Moreno said at a news conference.

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