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In a remarkable act of service and good fortune, a man reported missing from the Carnival Valor sailing in the Gulf of Mexico was found in the water and rescued

In the first hours after the Carnival Valor set sail from New Orleans on Thanksgiving eve, a brother and sister set off for a place apropos of a holiday mood:

A Coast Guard officer called it a \

A passenger went missing from a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. Quick thinking and a miracle saved the mans life.

What happened has astonished at least one seasoned mariner who, with hours of hindsight, declared the stunning outcome unlike anything hes ever witnessed -- and nothing short of "one of

In a remarkable act of service and good fortune, a man reported missing from the Carnival Valor sailing in the Gulf of Mexico was found in the water and rescued

The rescue is being called a Thanksgiving miracle.

Various government agencies are managing the low-water crisis on the Mississippi, and Memphis is right in the middle.

Mayors along the Mississippi River are asking for more federal help as the drought that has plagued the nation’s water superhighway in recent weeks drags on. City leaders shared wide-ranging impacts of dry conditions at a Tuesday press conference hosted by the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, from barge slowdowns to water main breaks caused by shifting dry ground.

Road salt is one commodity affected by the disruption of shipping due to lower water levels.