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Amid search for the missing, haunting memory for survivor
Sun StaffDespite intense search efforts yesterday, three passengers from the capsized Seaport Taxi remained missing in the frigid waters off Fort McHenry as some survivors recounted more tales of horror and heroism from Saturday's harbor tragedy. In addition to...Tags: Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Fires, Weather, Fells Point, Gaming
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'We have some higher hopes' for today
Sun StaffFred and Lois Rao sat quietly in the warm afternoon sun yesterday along Fort McHenry's shore and tried not to cry as they spoke of Saturday's capsized Seaport Taxi. Lois gripped a rosary in her left hand and a bouquet of flowers in her right. Both wore...Tags: Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Fires, Martin O'Malley, Weather, Hospitals and Clinics
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Deep commitment
Sun StaffWater is ordinarily a firefighter's friend. But for the team of Baltimore Fire Department divers who plumbed the muddy, near-freezing depths of the Patapsco River over the past two week period after the fatal capsizing of the water taxi Lady D, the water...Tags: Fires, Hospitals and Clinics, Eyewear, Weather, Fort McHenry
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Board to examine use of life jackets
Sun StaffInvestigators are "very interested" in whether the captain of the water taxi that capsized in Baltimore's harbor Saturday told passengers to put on life jackets in the moments after he was warned that winds were quickly becoming too dangerous, authorities...Tags: Eyewear, Weather, Fort McHenry, Breach of Contract, Pennsylvania
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U.S. merchant fleet sails toward oblivion
Sun StaffLast of two parts The LNG Aquarius was built in the United States because it is one of the most technically sophisticated cargo ships afloat. And American shipyards are the best in the world. The 936-foot tanker was registered, or "flagged," in the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Hawaii, Trade Policy, Sailing, Foreign Aid
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Travel by water bus
Sun-SentinelRead Travel Editor Tom Swick's column on the waterbuses. Fort Lauderdale has an unusual form of public transportation -- waterbuses. How they operate There are two routes. The north route runs between the River House on the New River and Yesterday's...Tags: Transportation, Fort Lauderdale, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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She talked of wedding; he bought a diamond
Chicago Tribune StaffIt was the weekend he planned to ask her to marry him. They were going to spend time together with their parents, and, when he got his chance, Andrew Roccella hoped to take Corinne Schillings' father aside and ask for his daughter's hand. Then, when the...Tags: Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Purdue University, Trade Policy, Fells Point
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Ill-equipped Weather Service too late with alert
Sun StaffWhen the National Weather Service issued a "special marine warning" at 4:05 p.m. Saturday urging boats to seek shelter, the alert came too late for a Baltimore harbor water taxi. A fierce gust had capsized it about 5 minutes earlier, dumping its 25...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Weather Statistics, Weather, Howard County
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Taxis keep cruising harbor
Sun StaffWhile the Seaport Taxi sat idle as the investigation into a deadly accident involving one of its boats continued, The Water Taxi - the other ticket through the Inner Harbor - drew a steady and unshaken group of passengers yesterday. "Actually, the...Tags: Fort McHenry, Transportation, Fells Point, Inner Harbor, Travel
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Captain is termed 'more than capable'
Sun StaffThe captain of the Seaport Taxi that capsized Saturday in Baltimore harbor is a Vietnam veteran well-regarded in his Baltimore County riverside community as an avid waterman and sensible, skilled boater, those who know him say. Francis "Frank" Deppner,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore County, Fells Point, Inner Harbor, U.S. Army
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Inquiry looks at boat design
Sun StaffFederal investigators looking into Saturday's fatal capsizing of a water taxi on Baltimore's Inner Harbor are examining the design of the two-hulled Lady D and may study the safety record of similar pontoon boats nationally. Some other water taxi...Tags: Massachusetts, Martin O'Malley, Fort McHenry, U.S. Coast Guard, Inner Harbor
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34-year-old N.J. university employee 'always brought energy' to room
Sun StaffWhen employees of a New Jersey university created a group called the "fun committee," Lisa Pierce was one of the first to join. Much to the delight of her colleagues, she supplied the committee with snacks, planned parties and made friends with everyone...Tags: Career and Workplace, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Stony Brook University, Gaming, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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