Tug boats pulled the disabled ship to safe harbor in Mobile, Alabama, late on February 14.

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Two tug boats have joined a French fishing vessel to tow the cruise ship.

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The two tug boats sent to tow the ship began having problems.

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The Carnival Triumph, adrift 150 miles (240km) off the Yucatan Peninsula, is waiting to be towed by two tug boats to Progreso, Mexico.

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That about sums up how people are describing conditions aboard the Carnival Triumph Tuesday as tug boats slowly dragged the stricken cruise ship toward Alabama -- and freedom for its 3, 143 passengers.

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Two tug boats are dragging the nearly 900-foot, 14-story Triumph at a jogger's pace to the harbor, where Carnival hopes to return 3, 143 passengers and 1, 086 crew members to freedom on Thursday, the cruise line said.

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Two tug boats assisted us.

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