# Carnival Cruises responds to Senator: No way we’re paying for Triumph rescue -$4.2mil
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**Created:** [April 3, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carnival-cruises-responds-to-senator-no-way-we-re-paying-for-triumph-rescue-4-2mil/266677 "2013-04-03T19:10:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carnival-cruises-responds-to-senator-no-way-we-re-paying-for-triumph-rescue-4-2mil/266677/1 "2013-04-03T19:10:41Z")
> **[UPDATED: Carnival responds to Senator: No way we're paying for Triumph rescue](https://skift.com/2013/04/03/carnival-tells-senator-it-has-no-intent-to-pay-for-triumph-rescue/)**
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> Carnival told a U.S. senator it has no intent to reimburse the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy for assistance in the recent Carnival Triumph incident.
> The senator from West Virginia [penned a letter](http://skift.com/2013/03/25/senator-rockefeller-is-taking-on-the-cruise-industry-one-ship-at-a-time/) March 14 to Carnival CEO Micky Arison alleging that the U.S. Coast Guard responded to 90 “serious events” involving Carnival ships over five years, and that the Coast Guard and Navy had shelled out $4.2 million to cover the Carnival _Triumph_ and Carnival _Splendor_ incidents. The senator asked whether Carnival, since it pays “little or nothing in federal taxes,” will reimburse the Coast Guard and Navy.
> Without giving a specific “yes” or “no” answer to the question, James Hunn, Carnival’s senior vice president, corporate maritime policy, wrote: “Carnival’s policy is to honor maritime tradition that holds that the duty to render assistance at sea to those in need is a universal obligation of the entire maritime community.”
> For example, the Carnival _Breeze_ diverted from its scheduled course on March 25 and helped the Coast Guard respond to two individuals requiring medical help in a small boat off the Florida coast, Hunn wrote.
Cliffs for our Gov’t:
> Privatize profits and socialize losses. Bank bailouts, oil spills and cruise lines.
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### Author:  [@JSEnclosures](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JSEnclosures)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carnival-cruises-responds-to-senator-no-way-we-re-paying-for-triumph-rescue-4-2mil/266677/2 "2013-04-04T06:55:22Z")
just anyother person crying wolf because someone out there is making a profit
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### Author:  [@Neo187H](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neo187H)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carnival-cruises-responds-to-senator-no-way-we-re-paying-for-triumph-rescue-4-2mil/266677/3 "2013-04-04T07:15:47Z")
It has always been policy of the US Coast Guard to provide assistance to boaters in need without charging them. If you don’t like the policy go after that, not after Carnival for adhering to it.