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Passengers cheer escape from 'horrible' cruise

Posted: 02.15.2013 at 7:41 AM

Veronica Arriaga, of Angleton, Texas, a passenger from the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ship, holds a sign referring to the red biohazard bags used as toilets, after arriving by bus at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans. / AP photo

Crippled cruise ship docks at Alabama port; passengers celebrate end of miserable Gulf odyssey

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