Nearly 500 passengers were individually airlifted from the stranded ship before it finally made it safely to port.
By Katie Mettler Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features Email Bio Follow March 24 at 1:49 PM Through the large picture windows lining the Viking Sky, passengers on Saturday afternoon watched the gray waves churn and the horizon teeter as their massive ship, carrying 1,373 people, became overwhelmed by the sea.
“It was frightening at first,” passenger Alexus Sheppard, who posted videos online from inside the ship, told the Associated Press. “And when the general alarm sounded, it became VERY real.”For 24 hours, those aboard — a mix of American, British, Canadian, New Zealand and Australian citizens — endured violent conditions as rescue teams worked to evacuate passengers one by one.
Horgen said a six-foot wall of water broke through a door and windows and swept fellow passengers, including his wife, Judie Lemieux, 30 feet across the floor. The cruise was scheduled to pass through the Norwegian towns and cities of Narvik, Alta, Tromso, Bodo and Stavanger before docking in the British port of Tilbury on the River Thames on Tuesday.
The Norwegian Red Cross told Reuters that even those who weren’t physically harmed have been “traumatized by the experience” and required care on shore.
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