Travelers Hop Off Norwegian's Mystery Miami Cruise to Nowhere
- Passengers disembark ship to get home and back to work
- City streets start to empty out as thousands flee the city
Hurricane Irma on a Collision Course With Florida
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Hundreds of passengers of the Norwegian Escape disembarked from the cruise ship Thursday in Miami to face Hurricane Irma rather than wait out the storm at sea.
After setting sail from Miami on Saturday, the 4,200-passenger Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. vessel returned to port early and gave passengers the choice of either getting off the ship or staying on board to sail away from the storm, a trip to an undetermined location for an unknown amount of time. Hundreds chose the former, pouring off the ship into a region undergoing its biggest ever evacuation.