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King County Water Taxi diverts runaway barge headed for Seattle waterfront

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Kara Johnson – @TrueNWGirl29 on X – for the video. As high winds whipped Elliott Bay on the afternoon of Nov. 2, a King County Water Taxi’s crew took fast action to intercept an unmoored, 300-foot container barge floating toward the Seattle waterfront. The water taxi—the MV Doc Maynard—had just…

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November 3, 2023 in News.

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