A small boat belonging to the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph Monday in the Gulf of Mexico. The Triumph has been floating aimlessly about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula since a fire erupted in the aft engine room early Sunday, knocking out the ship's propulsion system.
AP Photo | U.S. Coast Guard- Lt. Cmdr. Paul McConnell
Eden Davis told WXYZ that her sister Gina is from Saline and is on board the Triumph, which left Galveston, Texas last week for a four-day Caribbean tour.
A weekend engine fire had partially disabled the ship off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
Gina and other passengers have reported poor conditions on the ship -- including trouble getting enough food to eat and sewage in the hallways, according to media reports.
The cruise ship now is being slowly tugged to Alabama.
The incident happened about a year after 32 people died when the Costa Concordia -- a luxury cruise ship operated by Carnival's Costa Cruises brand -- was grounded on rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio in Italy, Reuters reported.
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