“Kryssningsföretaget donates million – as a thank you for the help”
“After a very dramatic day and a great räddningspådrag could Viking Sky add. As a thank you gift now a million Norwegian kroner was one of the organisations that participated in the action.”
“When the Viking Sky finally la at the port in the Norwegian Molde on Sunday, 24 march, they were met by cheers. The cruise ship had the day before, suffered engine trouble in a storm. A large and very dramatically räddningspådrag with helicopters was launched and several hundred persons were evacuated. Now give Viking Cruises, which owns the ship, a million Norwegian kroner was one of the organisations Redningsselskapet, the Norwegian Red Cross and Norwegian people’s aid as a thank you for the help.”
” We are very grateful for this gift from Viking Cruises. The funding gives us the opportunity to invest in new equipment and training in the massevakuering, says Redningsselskapets general secretary Rikke Lind in a press release.”
“Even the Red Cross announces that the money will be used to develop beredskapsarbetet.”
“Money is both a clear and a nice recognition of the efforts of the 200 volunteers who set up,” says Robert Mood, head of the Norwegian Red Cross, to Bergens Tidende.”
“During the dramatic day was around 470 persons to be evacuated via helicopter. The remaining 900 passengers arrived in the country on Sunday, when the ship la at the port.”
