Saw 70-foot wave, thought about Titanic Passengers wonder why cruise ship didn't dodge storm

NEW YORK -- When a "Boom!" on a cruise ship awoke him, the firstthing that crossed passenger Robert Clark's mind was "the Titanic."

In a panic, he and his wife and 7-year-old daughter ran to areception area and found passengers from flooded cabins, bunchedtogether and wearing life preservers -- some of them cryinghysterically. They soon discovered that the thunderous disruption wasa freak 70-foot wave that smashed windows, sent furniture flying andripped out whirlpools on the Norwegian Dawn.

"We were going back and forth, up and down. And then, 'Boom!' "Clark said.

Clark and his family discussed their ordeal Monday after theNorwegian Dawn, carrying about 2,000 …