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The Night 1,500 Vanished: Haiti's Forgotten Ferry Horror
The Night 1,500 Vanished: Haiti's Forgotten Ferry Horror
Fear of large, avoidable catastrophe: a single rusting ferry left port carrying between 800 and 2,000 people on February 16, 1993, and by 1:00 a.m. almost all were dead-so how did a routine overnight sailing become one of Haiti’s worst uncounted disasters?
In this episode, we tell the story of the MV Neptune and the conditions that led up to the sinking, from overcrowded decks and absent safety equipment to a sudden squall that sent passengers rushing to one side-what exactly caused the ship to founder and why was no one ever held…
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