DESTREHAN (AP) — By the end, 77 balloons were drifting slowly over the Mississippi River near the spot between Destrehan and Luling where 33 years ago the ferry George Prince collided with the massive Norwegian tanker S.S. Frosta. More than 300 people attended last weekend’s dedication of a memorial to the victims and survivors of the Oct. 20, 1976, disaster. The Destrehan monument is not the first to commemorate the disaster.——Contact The Daily Reveille at [email protected]
Ferry disaster site memorialized on river near Luling, Destrehan
October 24, 2009
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