Tanker collides with river cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalized

🗞️ Story file #1824

Tanker collides with river cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalized

Nov 13, 4 PM ET to Nov 14, 7 PM ET

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

44front pages over its life
🫏20 · 7 · 17🐘left · center · right
1.1 dayson the front pages
44front pages at once, at its peak
118 minof TV captions
26radio newscasts

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Nov 13, 4 PM ET
first on TV: Fox News
Nov 13, 4 PM ET
first on front pages: 20 front pages at once
Nov 13, 4 PM ET
first on the radio: NPR News Now
Nov 13, 5 PM ET
the news that day, The National Desk:
“Tanker collides with river cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleans”
Nov 13, 10 PM ET
peak: on 44 front pages at once
Nov 14, 3 PM ET
the news that day, CBS News:
“Port of New Orleans sues tanker that hit riverboat cruise for $1 million”

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:leftleans leftcenterleans rightright. First: 20 front pages at once, Fri 4:00 PM ET.

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline, and a headline swapped for a new one between our hourly looks runs on to it. A gap means a look found the story gone from that front page. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

1Fri 5 PM“Tanker collides with river cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleans”The National Desk
2Sat 3 PM“Port of New Orleans sues tanker that hit riverboat cruise for $1 million”CBS News

💬 Quoted

“Miracle on the Mississippi”6
“Lost Control”2
“All hands on deck”1
“Fighting for their lives”1
“Miraculous”1
“lost control”1

phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did

📌 Linked by aggregators

2 Google News · Drudge Report

aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)

▸ ✏️ 25 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (5 wordings): “Tanker collides with riverboat with 129 passengers on board in New Orleans: Officials” → “'Miracle' rescues after tanker-riverboat crash”
AP (4 wordings): “Tanker strikes river cruise boat in New Orleans, partially submerging it as rescues unfold” → “Scenes from Mississippi River in New Orleans as tanker strikes river cruise paddleboat”
Axios (2 wordings): “Mississippi River cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans” → “Mississippi River cruise crash has no fatalities, critical injuries”
BBC (6 wordings): “Cruise ship seen on its side after collision with cargo ship in New Orleans” → “New Orleans port sues tanker owners over cruise ship collision for $1m”
Breitbart (3 wordings): “‘Miracle on the Mississippi’ Tanker Capsizes River Cruise Ship in New Orleans” → “Mississippi River Cruise Ship Capsizes after Tanker ‘Lost Control’ and Collides into It Near Port of New Orleans”
CBS News (4 wordings): “Tanker hits river cruise boat in New Orleans, rescues underway” → “Port of New Orleans sues tanker that hit riverboat cruise for $1 million”
CNN (5 wordings): “Tanker ‘lost control’ before colliding with river cruise ship near Port of New Orleans All cruise passengers are accounted for and there are no critical injuries, Mayor Helena Moreno said” → “Tanker ‘lost control’ and hit cruise ship in New Orleans, spurring massive evacuation, officials say”
HuffPost (3 wordings): “Rescues Are Underway In New Orleans After A Tanker Hits A River Cruise Boat On The Mississippi River” → “‘Miracle On The Mississippi’: All Passengers And Crew On New Orleans Paddleboat Survive Crash With Tanker”
NBC News (5 wordings): “BREAKING: Tanker collides with a docked river cruise ship in New Orleans with more than 100 passengers on board” → “100 pulled from water after tanker capsizes New Orleans riverboat”
New York Post (4 wordings): “The Atlantic Asphalt tanker collided with American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage around 12:30 p.m. outside the Port of New Orleans Administration Building, WDSU reported.” → “The Atlantic Asphalt tanker slammed into the docked American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage, which was carrying about 129 passengers as well as crew on the Mississippi River at around 12:30 p.m., Port NOLA told The Post.”
New York Times (3 wordings): “Cargo Ship Crashes Into Docked Riverboat in New Orleans” → “All Accounted for After Tanker Crashes Into Docked New Orleans Riverboat”
News Nation (3 wordings): “Mississippi River collision: Tanker crashes into riverboat” → “'Miracle on the Mississippi': 191 survive riverboat disaster”
Newsweek (4 wordings): “Latest New Orleans Tanker Collides With American Cruise Lines Passenger Ship” → “‘Miracle on the Mississippi’ as All Rescued After Cruise Ship-Tanker Crash”
Reuters (2 wordings): “Freighter collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, passengers in the water” → “Tanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalized”
Scripps News (2 wordings): “Rescues are underway in New Orleans after a tanker hits a river cruise boat” → “Nearly 200 passengers rescued after tanker hits river cruise boat in New Orleans”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Tanker Collides With Docked Riverboat in New Orleans” → “Tanker Collides With Docked Riverboat in New Orleans, 32 People Hospitalized”
The Gateway Pundit (3 wordings): “BREAKING: Tanker Collides with River Cruise Ship in New Orleans; Passengers Overboard as Riverboat Sinks” → “Everyone On Board Miraculously SURVIVES After Tanker Collides with River Cruise Ship in New Orleans as Possible Cause of Incident Emerges”
The Guardian (3 wordings): “Tanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people” → “New Orleans officials file $1m lawsuit after ‘Mississippi miracle’ tanker crash”
The Independent (4 wordings): “Passengers pulled from water after tanker slams into New Orleans riverboat with more than 100 onboard” → “‘Miracle on the Mississippi’: All passengers accounted for after New Orleans riverboat crash, officials say”
The National Desk (3 wordings): “Tanker collides with river cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleans” → “WATCH: Passengers frantically swim after tanker crash sends them into Mississippi River”
The Sun (4 wordings): “RIVER HORROR American Cruise Line ship capsizes in Mississippi River with 150 on board after collision with tanker in New Orleans” → “SHIP STRIKE Shock moment tanker smashes into cruiser as terrified passengers race to escape”
The Wall Street Journal (2 wordings): “Tanker Hits Cruise Ship With Over 100 People on Board in New Orleans” → “A Tanker Lost Control and Hit a River Cruise Ship in New Orleans”
The Washington Post (3 wordings): “Tanker strikes cruise ship in New Orleans, sending passengers into river” → “Tanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, sending passengers into river”
USA Today (3 wordings): “Tanker collides with docked cruise boat on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, rescue efforts underway” → “'Miracle on the Mississippi': No fatalities reported in collision of tanker, cruise boat at Port of New Orleans”
Yahoo News (4 wordings): “Rescues underway after tanker hits cruise ship in New Orleans” → “All accounted for and 32 hospitalized after tanker sinks New Orleans cruise ship”

📰 Every outlet's headline 44left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Rescues Are Underway In New Orleans After A Tanker Hits A River Cruise Boat On The Mississippi River
Raw Story🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET ‘Fighting for their lives’: Cruise ship capsizes after tanker collision
The Daily Beast🕒 Nov 13, 10 PM ET Tanker Hits Cruise Ship With 129 People On Board
The Guardian🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Tanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people
ABC News🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Tanker collides with riverboat with 129 passengers on board in New Orleans: Officials
AP🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Tanker strikes river cruise boat in New Orleans, partially submerging it as rescues unfold
Axios🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Mississippi River cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans
Business Insider🕒 Nov 13, 6 PM ET Photos and video show a cruise ship sinking after it was struck by a tanker in New Orleans
CBS News🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Tanker hits river cruise boat in New Orleans, rescues underway
CNBC🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Rescues underway in New Orleans after a tanker hits a river cruise boat on the Mississippi River
CNN🕒 Nov 13, 9 PM ET Tanker ‘lost control’ before colliding with river cruise ship near Port of New Orleans All cruise passengers are accounted for and there are no critical injuries, Mayor Helena Moreno said
Los Angeles Times🕒 Nov 13, 7 PM ET All aboard river cruise boat are rescued after it was hit by tanker in New Orleans
Mediaite🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET WATCH: Moment a Tanker Crashes Into Cruise Ship In New Orleans
NBC News🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET BREAKING: Tanker collides with a docked river cruise ship in New Orleans with more than 100 passengers on board
New York Times🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Cargo Ship Crashes Into Docked Riverboat in New Orleans
PBS NewsHour🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Rescues operations underway in New Orleans after tanker hits river cruise boat
The Independent🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Passengers pulled from water after tanker slams into New Orleans riverboat with more than 100 onboard
The Washington Post🕒 Nov 13, 7 PM ET Tanker strikes cruise ship in New Orleans, sending passengers into river
USA Today🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Tanker collides with docked cruise boat on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, rescue efforts underway
Yahoo News🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Rescues underway after tanker hits cruise ship in New Orleans
BBC🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Cruise ship seen on its side after collision with cargo ship in New Orleans
News Nation🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Mississippi River collision: Tanker crashes into riverboat
Newsweek🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Latest New Orleans Tanker Collides With American Cruise Lines Passenger Ship
Reuters🕒 Nov 13, 6 PM ET Freighter collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, passengers in the water
Scripps News🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Rescues are underway in New Orleans after a tanker hits a river cruise boat
The Hill🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Tanker collides with riverboat on Mississippi River at Port of New Orleans
WSJ🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Tanker Hits Cruise Ship With Over 100 People on Board in New Orleans
Just the News🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Tanker collides with riverboat transporting 129 passengers near New Orleans
The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 13, 6 PM ET Tanker Collides With Docked Riverboat in New Orleans
The Sun🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET RIVER HORROR American Cruise Line ship capsizes in Mississippi River with 150 on board after collision with tanker in New Orleans
The Washington Times🕒 Nov 13, 6 PM ET Rescue underway after tanker hits riverboat with 129 passengers at Port of New Orleans
Washington Examiner🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Tanker crashes into cruise ship carrying over 100 people in New Orleans
Breitbart🕒 Nov 13, 8 PM ET ‘Miracle on the Mississippi’ Tanker Capsizes River Cruise Ship in New Orleans
IJR🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Tanker Collision Leaves New Orleans Riverboat Listing
New York Post🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET The Atlantic Asphalt tanker collided with American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage around 12:30 p.m. outside the Port of New Orleans Administration Building, WDSU reported.
Newsmax🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Rescues Underway in New Orleans After Tanker, Boat Crash
OAN🕒 Nov 13, 7 PM ET La.: All passengers accounted for, 32 hospitalized after tanker collides with cruise ship in NOLA
PJ Media🕒 Nov 13, 7 PM ET Tanker Capsizes Riverboat Cruise in New Orleans; Passengers Rescued
Red State🕒 Nov 13, 9 PM ET Tanker Crashes Into Ship Near New Orleans, Sparking 'Miraculous' Rescue Ops; 0 Fatalities (UPDATE)
The Daily Caller🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Rescue Effort Underway After Tanker Collides With River Boat Cruise Ship
The Daily Wire🕒 Nov 13, 4 PM ET Water Rescues Underway After Tanker Slams Into Docked Cruise Ship
The Gateway Pundit🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET BREAKING: Tanker Collides with River Cruise Ship in New Orleans; Passengers Overboard as Riverboat Sinks
The National Desk🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Tanker collides with river cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleans
The Western Journal🕒 Nov 13, 5 PM ET Breaking: Tanker Strikes Cruise Ship in New Orleans Port, Passengers in Water

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No investigator or satirist matched to it yet.

what people online made of it

Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ Names in it

New OrleansMississippi RiverTankerRiverboatCruise ship

what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

A story of its own so far: no saga yet.

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