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Steve Golding, chairman of Golding Barge Line, and Coast Guard Rear Admiral (Ret.) John Nadeau were honored at the 21st annual River Bell Awards Luncheon.
the merrick jones will have to wait until dawn to reach baton rouge, but these barge men say they will deliver the cargo come hell or high water. okay. patrick oppmann with me from vicksburg, and remind us, because you said it in the piece, how long it takes for them to get down the baton rouge, and how long to mack it back up? well, it took much, much longer, because it is strange, t.j. with the current pushing and they make it more dangerous. they are concerned about going un un ununder the bridges and the nighttime we have to stop, because it is going to take them twice as long to go up and back from the river, because they have lighter loads and that means carry less and bring less up which raises costs on a lot of of the items that we end up using in our daily lives.
boat captain keith flashmans has been navigating the waters for over 30 years, but a flooded mississippi means a late start to this trip for him and the crew of the merrick jones. it is easier in the daytime to tell what you are doing than it is at night. the current affects you tremendously. and you have to be able to recognize it quickly so you can react to it. reporter: he has to navigate through the wall of floodwater raging downstream. danger is a constant companion during the 24-hour journey from vicksburg, mississippi to baton rouge, louisiana. treetops peek out where banks once stood. a shipyard is sunk under water. and those are people s homes sacrificinged to the tide. the bargesmen say they no longer recognize the river they have been on for years.
on this in a moment from the pentagon correspondent chris lawrence in a moment. also on the bin laden front, claims today of a first attack to avenge the killing of osama bin laden. at least 80 people were killed in twin suicide bombings in northwestern pakistan. the pakistani taliban says that it staged the attacks to avenge bin laden s death, but pakistani police not so sure about that. the target was a pakistani military recruits in these attacks. now, a report from our stan grant who was at the scene in pakistan. reporter: the taliban did this? the taliban. reporter: that one word is enough to strike terror in people here. the militants claiming responsibility for this carnage, and avenge killing of osama bin laden. and warning of what is to come. both men were taliban. one came on aorcycle this man says and he ran and exploded the bomb. all around, a debris, and the testament to the ferocity of the at tack, and shattered buildings and blown-out cars and here blood