Tanker collision sinks cruise ship in New Orleans
Verified: 50 outlets in 24 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 10 of them from the United States. 32 injured, according to 2 outlets.
A swift rescue effort bring all passengers and crew to safety, but dozens require hospital treatment
How sure are we
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Injured · 2 figures, newest first
- 322 outlets: akipress.com, wwno.org· latest Nov 14, 5:41 AM UTCTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River, injuring 32 in New Orleans ↗
- more than 301 outlet: newswire.lk· latest Nov 14, 4:29 AM UTCOver 30 injured after tanker collides with docked riverboat in New Orleans ↗
- Rescued · 2 figures, newest first
- 1802 outlets: en.protothema.gr, theadvocate.com· latest Nov 14, 6:13 AM UTCMiracle on the Mississippi”: Cruise ship capsizes after tanker collision in New Orleans, all 180 aboard rescued ↗
- more than 1001 outlet: samoaglobalnews.com· latest Nov 14, 5:55 AM UTCMore Than 100 Rescued After Tanker Collides With Cruise Ship in New Orleans ↗
10 outlets from the United States, where the story is: AOL, Bloomberg, CBS News and 7 more · how we count
- Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst reportTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleanstheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 minTanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updatestheguardian.com (again) ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
- Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials sayglobalnews.ca ↗
- Nov 14, 6:40 AM UTC+10 hAll passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collisionnilepost.co.ug ↗
- Nov 14, 6:45 AM UTC+11 hAll passengers rescued after tanker collides in cruise ship in New Orleansnewsbook.com.mt ↗
- Nov 14, 8:53 AM UTC+13 h32 hospitalised after cruise ship capsizes in New Orleansrte.ie (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 12:34 PM UTC+16 h· you’re reading thisTanker collision sinks cruise ship in New Orleansbdnews24.com ↗
[Claude] All three other reports describe the same tanker-cruise ship collision on the Mississippi in New Orleans, with no conflicting facts about location or parties involved.
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