A woman on the cruise ship struck by a tanker said the riverboat started filling with water like the 'Titanic'

Tamara Carrasco, a retired elementary school teacher from Atlanta, was on the ship when it was struck. Blake Paterson A riverboat was struck by a tanker in New Orleans on Friday, causing the ship to tip over and sink. Tamara Carrasco said the collision knocked her to the floor and water gushed into the ship. "What was going through my mind was: we're going to die," she said. Tamara Carrasco was in the dining room of the American Heritage cruise ship, docked in the Port of New Orleans, when she

NewsBeagle is a discovery engine. We show the headline, a short source-supplied summary and clear attribution. The complete reporting remains with the publisher.