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KaryninMiami

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7. Wasn't it half power half tow?

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:20 PM

Mar 2013

I'm not sure - but if the waves were rough it could have made tge towing too dangerous. But I thought it was a combination of both-although that may not have been the case till they were very nearby Mobile.

Trust me- if there was a way to get them off that ship faster and still stay safe-or a closer port with facilities (hotels, airlift, etc.) in a closer vacinity, things would have been different. They wanted those people off of that ship as soon as possible. Every hour added more press and more lawsuits.

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Wasn't it half power half tow? KaryninMiami Mar 2013 #7

OK Ken Burch Mar 2013 #8

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