Divers Try to Move Ship Blocking Mississippi
From Times Wire Reports
Divers worked to move a shipwreck that has obstructed the lower Mississippi River since Saturday and bottled up scores of freighters and cruise ships.
The 178-foot supply boat sank in the river’s main shipping channel after colliding with a container ship in fog. Three crew members were killed and two others were missing.
Salvage divers pumped air into the vessel and attached straps as part of a plan to move it. But there was no definite timetable set for reopening the channel.
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