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By Jon Shanks Nov 11, 2007

A cruise ship, the Spirit of Nantucket, hit something while traveling in the intracoastal Waterway and shortly began taking in water. When the captain realized this he decided to run the ship aground instead of letting the ship sink. Sixty-six passengers and crew were transferred to shore on Coast Guard vessels CNN reports.

Cruise Ship Rescue Video: Spirit of Nantucket, Captain Saves Ship (CBS)

In the video you can see the how much water the ship had taken on. The captain then made a decision to save the ship. Sixty-six passengers and crew were transferred to shore on Coast Guard vessels after their cruise ship was run aground off Virginia on Thursday, U.S. Coast Guard officials and the cruise ship company told CNN.

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The video is here. According to a CBS report The boat was stuck in the mud in water about 9 feet deep and was stable, Evanson said. It was only about 100 feet from shore, but the area is a wooded swamp, he said. "You can't just take passengers into the woods. You take them to the closest safe haven," he said.

The boatwas on a 10-day cruise from Alexandria, Va., to Charleston, S.C. It is owned by Cruise West, a small cruise line based in Seattle. The vessel eased onto a mud shoal while damage was being assessed, the company said in a statement.

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The boat is 207 feet long, can accommodate 102 guests and has an 8-foot draft, making it suited for cruising shallow waterways, according to Cruise West's Web site.

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