2,500 flee beached cruise ship
2,500 flee beached cruise ship
MORE THAN 2,550 tourists were safely evacuated from a Caribbean cruise ship that beached off St Maarten after it struck a reef and began taking on water. Fishermen and boat owners helped to ferry all passengers off the 74,000-ton Monarch of the Seas, which was bound for Martinique.
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