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- ↑ "National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Report - Allision of the Liberian Freighter Bright Field With the Poydras Street Wharf, Riverwalk Marketplace, and New Orleans Hilton Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 14, 1996" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 1998-01-13. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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