🗞️ Story file #1824
Tanker collides with river cruise ship in New Orleans; all passengers and crew accounted for
Nov 13, 4 PM ET to Nov 14, 6 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
- 116 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”
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
- 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”7
- “Lost Control”2
- “Fighting for their lives”1
- “Miraculous”1
- “lost control”1
- “All hands on deck”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 (2 wordings): “BREAKING: Tanker Collides with River Cruise Ship in New Orleans; Passengers Overboard as Riverboat Sinks” → “BREAKING: Tanker Collides with River Cruise Ship in New Orleans; Passengers Overboard as Riverboat Sinks – with Trump Statement”
- 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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📺 On TV
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📻 On the radio
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🎙️ On the shows
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🕵️ Investigated, joked about
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No investigator or satirist matched to it yet.
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
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🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
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🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
A story of its own so far: no saga yet.