The fire burned as hundreds slid down emergency slides from the Caribbean Fantasy, a combination cruise and ferry ship. Imagine that.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Coast guard crew catch people as they escape down a slide from the Caribbean Fantasy. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A woman is taken away on a stretcher as evacuees from the burning Caribbean Fantasy are brought ashore. A ProPublica investigation found that the US coast guard had discovered 107 deficiencies during 61 inspections of the ship since 2010. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesThe injured were followed by a small group of children who held hands as they disembarked from coast guard boats.

Source: The Guardian August 18, 2016 03:00 UTC