100 Saved in River Crash

About 100 people were pulled from the Mississippi River after the tanker Atlantic Asphalt struck the docked American Heritage cruise ship in New Orleans on Friday; all 191 passengers and crew survived, though eight were hospitalized. The Coast Guard plans to remove 16,000 gallons of fuel before salvage work, which officials said could take weeks. Investigators are examining a possible steering problem, but the cause of the collision remains unknown.

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