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Shudder felt by crew on support ship around time when Titan sub lost contact
The crew of the Titan's support ship felt a "shudder" around the time they lost contact with the submersible during its doomed dive to the Titanic shipwreck, the Coast Guard said Friday. U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Chair Jason Neubauer revealed during the last day of a two-week hearing on the implosion that the master of the Polar Prince told them that in hindsight, he believes he felt the ship "shudder" around the time when communications with the sub were lost during the June 2023 expedition. The statement was provided to the board in October 2023, when the unidentified master was asked if he or crew members heard anything indicating the OceanGate submersible imploded, Neubauer said. "The answer from the master was, 'With the benefit of hindsight, I now believe I felt the Polar Prince shudder at around the time communications were reportedly lost, but at the time, we thought nothing of it. It was slight,'" Neubauer said.
54 people trapped on roof of Tennessee hospital due to floodwaters from Hurricane Helene
At least 54 people are trapped on the roof of a hospital in Tennessee on Friday after floodwaters due to Hurricane Helene quickly surrounded the medical center. Unicoi County Hospital -- located in the northeastern part of the state on the border with North Carolina -- took on so much flooding that those inside could no longer be safely evacuated and had to relocate to the roof. In addition to the people trapped on the roof, seven people remain in rescue boats. The National Guard and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) are currently engaged in "a dangerous rescue operation," according to Ballad Health, a health care company that runs a chain of hospitals. Rep. Diana Harshbarger posted on the social platform X on Friday afternoon that helicopters had arrived to help evacuate people off the roof.
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