piled high with 391 containers plus 294 vehicles. among them according to the massachusetts maritime academy graduate school, chief griffin. mariners don t fear too much but they fear this, when their shipmates, their schoolmates, their friends, their family members are involved in a marine tragedy. reporter: the main maritime academy says there are reports four of their graduates were also on board. alexander field, cnn, new york. just terrible. we ll of course, be following this and storm-related stories throughout the night. we turn to politics and polling that shows donald trump leading but by a slimmer margin. the latest nbc news university numbers out of iowa showing a five-point trump lead over dr. ben carson and carly fiorina in third place. a month ago he was up seven points over dr. carson.
how long can you survive? in warm water four to five days and look at the arof it, these are trained mariners. they know how to properly abandon ship. they know how to survive in the water. reporter: the coast guard says the ship lost power thursday morning but officials haven t explained why leaving it vulnerable to the force of the waves and previously taken on water and was already leaning over. 28 americans and five polish nationals all on board a ship piled high with 391 containers plus 294 vehicles. among them according to the massachusetts school, graduates. mariners don t fear too much but fear this, when their shipmates, their schoolmates, their friends, their family members are involved in a marine tragedy. reporter: the main maritime academy says there are reports four of their graduates were