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Decision? its a popular excursion for ocean-loving fun seekers the world over, commonly called the booze cruise, because the price of a ticket includes unlimited alcohol and food. on the west coast of costa rica, one such party boat is about to depart for the island of tor tu ga. alexis is one of more than 100 people piled onto this multi-level catamaran for the trip. its a hot day, and most ever the pat jers are on the top deck enjoying the shade of the canopy, but then strong winds and waves f...

Its a popular excursion for ocean loving fun seekers the world over. commonly called the booze cruise because the price of a ticket includes unlimited alcohol and food. on the west coast of costa rica, one such party boat is about to depart for the island of tortuga. alexis is one of more than 100 people piled onto this multi-level catamaran for the trip. its a hot day. and most of the passengers are on the top deck enjoying the shade of the canopy. but then, less than 30 minutes into the trip, ...

Ocean loving fun seekers the world over. commonly called the booze cruise because the price of a ticket includes unlimited alcohol and food. on the west coast of costa rica, one such party boat is about to depart for the island of tortuga. alexis is one of more than 100 people piled onto this multi-level catamaran for the trip. its a hot day. and most of the passengers are on the top deck enjoying the shade of the canopy. but then, less than 30 minutes into the trip, strong winds and waves force...

Its a popular excursion for ocean loving fun seekers the world over. commonly called the booze cruise because the price of a ticket includes unlimited alcohol and food. on the west coast of costa rica, one such party boat is about to depart for the island of tortuga. alexis is one of more than 100 people piled onto this multi-level catamaran for the trip. its a hot day. and most of the passengers are on the top deck enjoying the shade of the canopy. but then, less than 30 minutes into the trip, ...

Commonly called the booze cruise because the price of a ticket includes unlimited alcohol and food. on the west coast of costa rica, one such party boat is about to depart for the island of tortuga. alexis is one of more than 100 people piled onto this multi-level catamaran for the trip. its a hot day. and most of the passengers are on the top deck enjoying the shade of the canopy. but then, less than 30 minutes into the trip, strong winds and waves force the boat to turn back and the crew issue...

The shipwreck. >> we really wanted to come back and go to the hotel bahamas and see the inn keeper and give him a hug and thank him again. >> you know, he was the person who gave us a place for a few hours, who took care of us and he gave us a hug. he let us call our family. >> hello! >> and its very emotional in that moment when you felt completely abandoned and you want to be angry at the world and the world said you know what, not all of us are bad, someones nice, too. >> do you remember walk...

Out there? >> lin: 1,969. [ chuckles ] and this is a good number, you know? >> anthony: its a lucky number? >> lin: six is for fortune and nine is for forever. so fortune forever. >> anthony: a drink or two on the top deck, check. now for the rest of the day -- try to do a little as possible. a nap, sunset, maybe some more drinks. and what about dinner? >> lin: one for you. >> anthony: oh, thank you sir. >> lin: cheers, my friend. >> anthony: cheers. so, were eating some squid. >> lin: tons of s...

>> new information on the sinking of a whale watching boat. and investigatorsp say passengs on the top deck were crowded on the left side of the boat and a wave hit the right side and cap sized the vessel and throwing all people in the water. five died and an australia man is missing. >> fallout over the irs scandal. house republicans are moving to impreach the irs commissioner saying he lied to the american people. we have the latest from washington, rich? >> reporter: charging he violated the...

They lost power and this massive ship, think of it, its longer than two football fields, 700 some feet long, went into the storm, which turned out to be as strong as andrew or hugo or katrina were at one point or another, and eventually the winds clocked maximum sustained at 130 miles an hour and gusting. seas at 30 to 40 feet. and these 33 people on board realizing that they had no help, and no hope. eventually the ship itself listing, with hundreds of cars on board and containers up on the top...

Accidents happen. in this case there are factors of weather. there are factors of the machine itself and there are human factors. until we recover the black boxes, we dont know how those three factors came together. weve seen other accidents. air france was mentioned where weather was also a factor. again, improvements have been made but unfortunately sometimes they are slower than we would like to see the progress result. >> kitty higgins, thank you very much. search and rescue efforts contin...