Tanker strikes docked New Orleans riverboat, prompting passenger rescue

FOX 5 Atlanta's report shows the paddle boat on its side against a dock, with small rescue boats nearby.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 215,016 views a day, 65 times a normal first day on this channel (3,290).

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0:06WVUE aerial footage shows the paddle boat on its side against a dock.
0:33A wider view shows the tanker and small rescue boats nearby.
0:43Ariel Onstad locates the scene near Canal Street and later says the riverboat was docked.
3:26The anchor says no deaths have been reported at that point and rescued people received medical treatment.

People wearing life vests were in the water beside a partially submerged New Orleans riverboat, FOX 5 Atlanta's anchor said, citing the mayor's office. The station reports that 129 people were aboard when a tanker struck the vessel.

Aerial footage supplied by WVUE shows the paddle boat lying on its side against the dock. A wider view brings the tanker and nearby rescue boats into the picture, while the anchor points out damage along the riverboat's exposed side.

Ariel Onstad, a New Orleans native joining the broadcast, places the scene near Canal Street and says the riverboat was docked when it was struck. She recalls the city's familiar paddle boats, but does not establish the damaged vessel's identity.

At the time of the broadcast, the anchor said there were no reported deaths and that people retrieved from the river had received medical treatment. That was an early account during the emergency response, rather than a final assessment of everyone aboard.

The report drew roughly 93,000 views within seven hours, far beyond FOX 5 Atlanta's usual opening-day audience for a regular video.

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