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A real life Poseidon Adventure!


I used to think that the ending of TPA weakened the movie because of how implausible it was (with these people making it to the hull and being rescued). The joke is on me, because this exact same thing happened this week: https://news.yahoo.com/cargo-ship-crew-evacuated-port-131054300.html

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I don't believe this is the first time this has happened either. I remember reading about it. It could have been fifteen (maybe twenty years ago), the ship capsized and the survivors made their way to the bottom and were able to signal their location to rescuers outside. It wasn't a cruise ship though. I think it might have been an oil vessel. Wish I could find it's name.

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Cool. Maybe I'll try tracking this incident down. If I find the name, I'll come back and post it.

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