Today we also feature a very special guest from our homeport here in New York ,
her name is Tracy B Wilson.
Tracy is a talented actress and a wonderful photographer .
it was only earlier this month she was aboard the Carnival Splendor with her boyfriend on vacation when the ship had it's infamous engine room fire earlier this month.
There Tracy along with her travel companions witnessed first hand the chaos and the deteriorating conditions aboard the Splendor for the first 24-48 hours.
During her ordeal and when the USS Ronald Reagan came to the rescue of the Splendor and her passengers , Tracy pulled out her digital camera and videotaped this amazing footage of the helicopters dropping off supplies on the upper decks of the ship.
This footage is by far the best I've seen by any of the passengers with more to be released in the coming days and months to follow, she also made few vid logs of the crew and of herself .
Unfortunately she was unable to photograph more due to having to conserve battery power due to there being no way to recharge anything.
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| Chopper dropping off Food and Supplies on the decks of the stricken Carnival Splendor. Photo by : Tracey B Wilson |
Heres the amazing video she took viewed by thousands , this video gives us a glimpse of the situation aboard and what really happened aboard despite the extreme conditions and the long tow towards San Diego.
When Tracy finally returned to dry land , it was very emotional for her and her comrades as well as for the other passengers who made it safely to San Diego .
As much as we can say the Carnival Splendor incident was a huge disaster indeed but it was a miracle that no one was hurt or injured or the worse case scenario of the vessel sinking off the coast.
When Tracy returned to New York , she did a so so funny comedy skit at the Comedy club Comix about her experience , it is there where we meet for the first time and exchanged words on the event.
Ms.Wilson will forever go down in history not only as one of the famous passengers aboard the ill fated cruise but as one who documented the experience and has given the world such incredible and historically important footage of the incident.
We wish Ms.Wilson well and smooth sailing.
Article assembled By : Byron Huart
(Special Thanks to Ms.Tracey B Wilson )
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