"The most terrified I’ve ever been in my life": Passengers hurt as cruise ship tilts 45 degrees
<p>The Norwegian Cruise Liner which tilted on a “45-degree angle,” on Sunday night, according to one cruiser, is blaming the incident on a strong, sudden gust of wind.</p>
<p>The Norwegian Escape began slanting over at roughly midnight, shocking passengers who were enjoying their trip in the piano bar.</p>
<p>“Just before midnight on Sunday, March 3, Norwegian Escape encountered unexpected weather in the form of a sudden, extreme gust of wind, estimated at 100 knots, which resulted in the ship heeling to the port side,” the cruise line wrote in a Twitter post.</p>
<p>“Several injuries were reported, and those guests and crew received immediate attention or are being treated by the ship’s medical staff,” the statement continued.</p>
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<p>The ship, which is capable of carrying over 6,000 people, says it was pushed suddenly by a gust of wind about 185km – a burst similar to that of a wind from a Category 3 hurricane.</p>
<p>The cruise line said the ship sustained no damage during the incident.</p>
<p>Not only passengers of the vessel were injured, crew members were also wounded, but the exact amount has not been disclosed.</p>
<p>American publication <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.wesh.com/article/cruise-ship-headed-to-port-canaveral-after-sudden-extreme-gust-of-wind/26650652" target="_blank">WESH</a> reports around a dozen ambulances were at a Port Canaveral, Florida port on Tuesday morning when the ship arrived back to shore.</p>
<p>Aaron Black, one of the cruisers onboard, told <a rel="noopener" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/05/us/norwegian-cruise-line-ship-passengers-hurt/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a> he was at the piano bar on Sunday night when the ship started to slope. Tables, chairs and even passengers slid across the room, as other terrified passengers watched.</p>
<p>In a video Black recorded, screams, shattering glass and items sliding and being thrown by the wind can be heard.</p>
<p>“I remember thinking about how calm it was for sailing out of New York in March and suddenly we got hit by a large gust of wind and the whole ship kind of just tilted to the side for about 30 seconds,” he said in a video he recorded from aboard the ship Tuesday afternoon.</p>
<p>“Suddenly everything around me was starting to move.</p>
<p>"I was used to some movement, but it was a very surreal escalation to, 'Oh this is normal' to, 'This is very unusual and probably shouldn't be happening,'” he said, explaining he had been on many cruise ships before.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Honestly, <a href="https://twitter.com/CruiseNorwegian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CruiseNorwegian</a>, the gust of wind that threw all of the shattered glass all over my bed and floor is all on mother nature, but where my pro-rated premium plus discount for all the bottled water I was going to drink tonight? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/norwegianescape?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#norwegianescape</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nclescape?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nclescape</a></p>
— AJ Black (@aaronjosef) <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronjosef/status/1102445860074516480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
<p>Passengers on the Escape shared their terrifying experience onboard the vessel Sunday night, reporting damage to interior cabin and common areas of the ship.</p>
<p>“The scariest s---t just happened on this cruise. Chairs, tables, glass, people went flying to one side of the ship,” one passenger wrote.</p>
<p>“Everything in our room falling and sliding ...I have never been so scared in my whole life,” Samantha, another cruiser wrote in a Facebook post.</p>
<p>“All the plates and glassware smashed on the floor. A lotto machine fell on a lady. Blood everywhere.</p>
<p>“Hands down the most terrified I’ve ever been in my life. Can’t wait to hit solid ground...”</p>
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<p>Photos from inside the ship also show glass and debris on the ground, as well as passengers running away from the indoor pool area, which showed tilted water.</p>
<p>“There’s no exaggeration on statements and pictures posted online. Ship was like at 45 degrees angle … freaked out everyone … but they said it was normal lol,” claimed a separate passenger.</p>
<p>The ship is due to stick to its schedule on its next voyage on Tuesday for the Bahamas, the cruise line reports. </p>
<p>Have you ever been on a cruise during rough conditions? Let us know in the comments below. </p>
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