Passengers tell tales of joy, woe as crippled cruise ship returns

MOBILE, Ala. – The first real glimpse of what life has been like for those stranded aboard a Carnival cruise ship adrift in the Gulf of Mexico came late Thursday as passengers began to disembark at the port in Mobile, a process that stretched into the early morning hours Friday. The lengthy parade of passengers was, at times, irate, tearful, amused and full of new-found gratitude.

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

February 15, 2013