Food, supplies transferred to stranded cruise ship

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All right were stranded cruise ship with more than 4000 people on board is now being soon Lou.

Pretty happy to be had an after action is called the carnival triumph this ship and it has been stranded since Sunday morning.

When a fire erupted in one of its engine rooms since then things have not so -- on the cruise ship carnival.

They've been floating aimlessly in the Gulf of Mexico one point they -- about ninety miles north to sort of listing through the water.

I am joined now by way the hero one about love this story commander Greg -- is the commanding officer of the Coast Guard cutter.

Bigger -- which is in the golf right now providing support he joins us on the phone good morning commander good to have you with us today.

-- it could be here.

Good morning site in -- -- you're better off on the vigorous today that you are the triumph is my Ghassan -- give us a sense of what's happening out there in the water right now.

Well yesterday afternoon we had to carnival cruise ship that -- -- being with trial.

And transferred about three pounds of supplies would stop them and other -- -- trying to.

At about 8:30 PM last night.

Told him alongside.

Other -- large ocean going -- And -- -- The last night we can go about over the eight miles per hour to the north.

We do -- current pushing -- though that probably -- this decision the core of what made you spoke about the Mobile, Alabama that are.

So what's the reaction when when the food was delivered because the reports that we have been getting off that ship -- -- people are saying that that.

Toilets overflowing that the carpet serves so to that that food united barely have any food to eat.

I sign you up -- -- some supplies which I'm sure they were very grateful for.

What what's it what's the feeling for what's going on on the actual ship right now as far as you can tell.

-- we -- not of the ship.

But with very hard pressed because -- that conditions on board carnival would have to comment on that.

We did you know people -- good -- with the when -- rappers by going on.

And I pretty much what we just observed that people -- Beck.

I Beck -- that they -- happy to see you guys I'm sure they weren't so take how -- do you expect this will take when -- expect that they will be back home.

Right now looking at about four I think -- in the late afternoon or early you know put their feet.

That a student that we can continue to make the speed that we're going and that there's no problem along the way but to we don't have any problem -- the.

And you expect that you'll make more deliveries of supplies before the ship gets and gets back to to the coast.

Are right now there's.

No request for supplies from the Coast Guard it appears that they have enough to get back in the -- between -- -- leadership they transferred a lot of material.

So.

We don't know -- -- having to do any additional resupply but we get back in the -- Maybe that's a fantastic job and I -- they were so glad to see the Coast Guard.

Coming to their aid commander thank you so much good luck with this mission.

Thank you very much thing.

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