Tanker slams into tugboat in New Orleans, all 180 passengers rescued

A tanker in New Orleans lost its steering and slammed into a docked river cruise boat with 180 people aboard Friday.

All passengers survived after the crash that prompted a massive rescue operation.

Video from the scene showed the much larger Atlantic Asphalt tanker hit the cruise boat while it was docked as metal and glass crashed and crunched.

Tugboat operators, nearby workers, police and several other rescuers rushed to help. New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno called it "a miracle on the Mississippi."