Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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'Hg5.,... f 25 WW: f -'uf s fm headquarters for rescue operations as divers worked to free bodies and attempted to haul the ferry up. As the bodies were recovered, the task of identification began. Two Nicholls students, Anita Poole, 25, a commu- nications arts sophomore from Olla, La., and Mary Linda Lightsey, 30, an education junior from Destrehan were among the victims. The 18 survivors were taken to St. Charles General Hos- pital, less than half mile from the river. Charles Chatlain, 34, of River Ridge, escaped through a window of his submerged truck. I surprised myself at how good I could swim. I guess I was under about five minutes. It seemed like a lifetime. . he recalled. The captain of the George Prince, Gene Aulletta, was a 35-year-old Seaman with experience piloting boats in the Gulf of Mexico. I-Ie had been the ferry skipper for just one year. A coroner's examination of his body showed alcohol present, but the test could not prove conclusively that he The ferry capsized after being hit by the Norwegian freighter, Frosta. The St. Charles Grain was drunk at the time of the collision. The news was only a small spark in the aftermath as lawsuits filed against the state by the victims' families and relatives totaled nearly S100 million. At this time the state of Louisiana is still working on set- tlements. The greatest irony was the location of the accident: one mile downriver from the construction of a new bridge. which would replace the ferry by 1981. Four days later, the Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Yankees for the fourth time and won the World Series crown. On television, other stories had taken the place of a small overturned ferry. jutting out of the Missis- sippi River. In time, the rest of the world returned to normal, as life in the parishes along the river did too. But there will always be that moment for some, standing on the river levee, watching an anonymous ship pass by silently. And they would remember. Divers worked to free the bodies and to haul the ferry up from the water. Elevator can be seen in the back- ground. .J -s . A ., - Ji wa.: V ' . ff. .. uf gl 'iff' - . -gov 'LYS .lfflvi T if-if C-Q:'1'i4,.zf flflfif ' i ng, 1 I f 'f5'P'i1i':0Hi'e -K,-Wildgl the sister 1 1 A ' -e C' forry to the George Prince 5 , 5 . E E i forfescue oper a U 1' .al Y'-Y wma., ns. -,,.. -me - rr- ' --iihbdin-i .J . 'mE f- l........- ZI7...-44. ZZ- fu, ki xl' -SE , J-gi!-j'f,,.. 5- '-,f.,,L-5 , 'R afla- i r Z it i ' ---.i....,... qs-

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