22 stranded on lame ship as Ike roars through Gulf

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Twenty-two people were expected to ride out Hurricane Ike aboard a crippled freighter in the Gulf of Mexico after rescue teams could not reach their ship on Friday. The nearly 183-meter ship called the Antalina sent a distress call early Friday after it broke down in the hurricane's path, about 193 kilometers southeast of Galveston, Texas. The Coast Guard said the storm's winds were too strong to try to rescue the crew by air and the waves were too high to send another boat. Authorities were talking with the crew and hoped to be able to launch another rescue attempt later.