Photos: Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph gets tugged to Alabama
February 14, 2013
The cruise ship Carnival Triumph cruise ship is towed in this video frame grab from NBC News taken off the coast of Alabama, February 14, 2013. Three tugboats were hauling the disabled cruise ship Carnival Triumph cruise ship slowly into port in Mobile, Alabama, on Thursday where its arrival with more than 4,220 people aboard was expected later in the day, authorities said. REUTERS/NBC News/Handout
People wave and hang signs at the side of their balconies on the cruise ship Carnival Triumph cruise ship in this video frame grab from NBC News taken off the coast of Alabama, February 14, 2013. REUTERS/NBC News/Handout
The relative of a passenger aboard the Carnival Cruise ship Triumph talks to her family February 14, 2013 in Mobile, Alabama. The Triumph is being towed in by tugboats and is due to dock in Mobile on Thursday, four days after a fire in the engine room crippled the ship out at sea. (Photo by Jeff Gammons/Getty Images)
This US Coast Guard photo released on February 14, 2013 shows a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew as they deliver approximately 3,000 pounds of equipment, which included a generator and electrical cables, from the offshore supply vessel Lana Rose to the Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico,on February 13, 2013. The generator will be used to help provide additional power to the cruise ship. Passengers on the stricken cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico are enduring a nightmare after days without power, waiting hours for sparse meals and relieving themselves in plastic bags, one said on February 14, 2013. The ship carries more than 4,000 people. It is being towed to Mobile, Alabama and is to arrive Thursday afternoon." AFP PHOTO / US COAST GUARD/PAUL MCCONNELL/"
Residents sit on the shore and watch as the cruise ship Carnival Triumph is visible near Dauphin Island, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with over 1,000 passengers aboard has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
People wave and hang signs at the side of their balconies on the cruise ship Carnival Triumph cruise ship in this video frame grab from NBC News taken off the coast of Alabama, February 14, 2013. REUTERS/NBC News/Handout
The cruise ship Carnival Triumph cruise ship is towed in this video frame grab from NBC News taken off the coast of Alabama, February 14, 2013. REUTERS/NBC News/Handout
People wave on their balconies on the cruise ship Carnival Triumph cruise ship in this video frame grab from NBC News taken off the coast of Alabama February 14, 2013. REUTERS/NBC News/Handout
People wave and hold an SOS sign at the side of their balconies on the cruise ship Carnival Triumph cruise ship in this video frame grab from NBC News taken off the coast of Alabama, February 14, 2013. REUTERS/NBC News/Handout
The cruise ship Carnival Triumph cruise ship is towed in this video frame grab from NBC REUTERS/NBC News/Handout
David Randel, President and CEO of the Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau, speaks at a press conference February 14, 2013 in Mobile, Alabama. The Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph is being towed in by tugboats and is due to dock in Mobile on Thursday, four days after a fire in the engine room crippled the ship out at sea. (Photo by Jeff Gammons/Getty Images)
The cruise ship Carnival Triumph cruise ship is towed in this video frame grab from NBC News taken off the coast of Alabama, February 14, 2013. REUTERS/NBC News/Handout
The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is visible several miles beyond the Sand Island Light House near Dauphin Island, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with over 1,000 passengers aboard has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire, and is being towed to port in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
This US Coast Guard photo released on February 14, 2013 shows the Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph as it is towed by the tug vessels Pioneer and Roland Falgout toward Mobile, Alabama, on February 13, 2013. The Triumph reported lost power due to an electrical fire in the engine room, on February 10, 2013 and has received assistance from the Coast Guard and sister cruise ships. Passengers on the stricken cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico are enduring a nightmare after days without power, waiting hours for sparse meals and relieving themselves in plastic bags, one said on February 14, 2013. The ship carries more than 4,000 people. It is being towed to Mobile, Alabama and is to arrive Thursday afternoon" AFP PHOTO / US COAST GUARD/PAUL MCCONNELL/"
Rusty and Beth Adkins of Noblesville, Ind., await the arrival of their 18-year-old daughter Brianna aboard the disabled Carnival Triumph in Mobile, Ala., on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The teenager went on a cruise with four aunts and cousins. Rusty Adkins is holding his 1-year-old son Brocktyn Adkins. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
The cruise ship Carnival Triumph into Mobile Bay near Dauphin island, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Beds line one of the outdoor decks on the Carnival Cruise ship Triumph in this February 14, 2013 handout photo courtesy of Jacob Combs. Passengers took to sleeping on outside decks after the Triumph lost power February 10 after a fire in the engine room, which left 4,220 people enduring food shortages and unsanitary conditions. REUTERS/Jacob Combs/Handout
A bag of human waste lies in a box on the outdoor deck of a room on the Carnival Cruise ship Triumph in this February 14, 2013 handout photo courtesy of Jacob Combs. Passengers were left without working toilets after the Triumph lost power February 10 after a fire in the engine room, which left 4,220 people enduring food shortages and unsanitary conditions. REUTERS/Jacob Combs/Handout
The disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph is towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship is towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Passengers spell out the word "HELP" aboard the disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph as it is towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Passengers stand on the upper deck of the disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph as it is towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People watch the cruise ship Carnival Triumph as it is towed into Mobile Bay from Dauphin Island, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
This Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 photo, provided by Kalin Hill, of Houston, shows passengers with makeshift tents on the the deck of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship at sea in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship nearing Mobile Bay is without engine power and is being towed by tugboats. (AP Photo/Kalin Hill)
The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed towards Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
This Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 photo, provided by Kalin Hill, of Houston, shows passengers with makeshift tents on the the deck of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship at sea in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship nearing Mobile Bay is without engine power and is being towed by tugboats. (AP Photo/Kalin Hill)
The disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph is towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Passengers congregate on an upper deck of the disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph as it is towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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