Product Placement Linked to Freak Storm, Injuries
The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship was damaged by a large wave Saturday, and 4 passengers were injured, after the ship's itinerary was altered, allegedly to make it available for "product placement" on an episode of The Apprentice.
The ship was originally scheduled to stop in the Bahaman port Nassau, and then return to New York at 10 AM EST, Sunday. However, shortly before the ship left, passengers were informed that Nassau was no longer on the itinerary and that the ship would return to New York 5 hours early "because of a special event happening onboard the ship that day."
A "source close to Donald Trump's TV show" claims this special event was an 8 AM shoot for The Apprentice. While Norwegian Cruise Line would not be paid for the shoot, the source notes that "it was going to be a good promotion for the ship. It's a very hot show."
While traveling from Miami to New York Friday morning, the Norwegian Dawn ran into waves as high as 25 feet and greater-than-55-mph winds. Passengers describe the ship "violent pitching" lasting 20 hours, as rooms filled with seawater, tables overturned, and glass broke. Saturday, a "freak" 70-foot wave hit the ship's bow and flooded 62 rooms. 4 people were treated for injuries, none serious.
Some passengers accuse Captain Niklas Peterstam of steering the ship into the path of the storm.
"He knew the weather was bad and he went right through," said Robin Hanley, 44, of Boston.
Indeed, weather Channel meteorologist Steve Leon says, "They should have known they would be in 25-foot seas," noting that 25-foot waves had been measured in the area, and "rough waters" had been predicted last week.
"We knew where the storm was, and we knew where the center of the storm was," acknowledges Bill Hamlin, an executive vice president at Norwegian Cruise Line, who says the ship had turned away from the storm. "But this wave was significantly larger than other waves."
The U.S. Coast Guard has said Captain Peterstam acted properly. However, an investigator from The National Transportation Safety Board has been sent to investigate the incident.
Following the incident, the ship stopped in Charleston, S.C. for repairs and a Coast Guard inspection and returned to New York on Monday. Of course, Trump hates waiting, so the Norwegian Dawn was likely outta luck. Plus if the ship was to be used as part of a reward, that is kind of a time-sensitive thang, as the kids say. Maybe the Apprentice 4 task-winners got to worship the very shiny and tacky Trumpapartment a week or two early. If it was really last-minute, perhaps they had to chow down on Count Chocula for breakfast. There were people injured on the ship, but maybe there are some forgotten victims of the allegedly publicity-hungry folks at Norwegian Cruise Line: Apprentice candidates who would have preferred a less chocolatey most-important-meal-of-the-day. The world may never know.
The ship was originally scheduled to stop in the Bahaman port Nassau, and then return to New York at 10 AM EST, Sunday. However, shortly before the ship left, passengers were informed that Nassau was no longer on the itinerary and that the ship would return to New York 5 hours early "because of a special event happening onboard the ship that day."
A "source close to Donald Trump's TV show" claims this special event was an 8 AM shoot for The Apprentice. While Norwegian Cruise Line would not be paid for the shoot, the source notes that "it was going to be a good promotion for the ship. It's a very hot show."
While traveling from Miami to New York Friday morning, the Norwegian Dawn ran into waves as high as 25 feet and greater-than-55-mph winds. Passengers describe the ship "violent pitching" lasting 20 hours, as rooms filled with seawater, tables overturned, and glass broke. Saturday, a "freak" 70-foot wave hit the ship's bow and flooded 62 rooms. 4 people were treated for injuries, none serious.
Some passengers accuse Captain Niklas Peterstam of steering the ship into the path of the storm.
"He knew the weather was bad and he went right through," said Robin Hanley, 44, of Boston.
Indeed, weather Channel meteorologist Steve Leon says, "They should have known they would be in 25-foot seas," noting that 25-foot waves had been measured in the area, and "rough waters" had been predicted last week.
"We knew where the storm was, and we knew where the center of the storm was," acknowledges Bill Hamlin, an executive vice president at Norwegian Cruise Line, who says the ship had turned away from the storm. "But this wave was significantly larger than other waves."
The U.S. Coast Guard has said Captain Peterstam acted properly. However, an investigator from The National Transportation Safety Board has been sent to investigate the incident.
Following the incident, the ship stopped in Charleston, S.C. for repairs and a Coast Guard inspection and returned to New York on Monday. Of course, Trump hates waiting, so the Norwegian Dawn was likely outta luck. Plus if the ship was to be used as part of a reward, that is kind of a time-sensitive thang, as the kids say. Maybe the Apprentice 4 task-winners got to worship the very shiny and tacky Trumpapartment a week or two early. If it was really last-minute, perhaps they had to chow down on Count Chocula for breakfast. There were people injured on the ship, but maybe there are some forgotten victims of the allegedly publicity-hungry folks at Norwegian Cruise Line: Apprentice candidates who would have preferred a less chocolatey most-important-meal-of-the-day. The world may never know.
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