It’s Friday, and it’s been a few minutes since any judges have issued temporary restraining orders on Trump’s actions, so perhaps it’s time to report on something different.
In this case, it’s a scene right out of a disaster movie as a huge container ship smashed into the rocky shore and missed a guy’s house by just a few feet.
Was the man freaked out? Terrified? On his knees praying he’d make it out alive? Nah, he was enjoying a snooze.
Container ship almost crashed into a house in Norway.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 23, 2025
Johan Helberg awoke early Thursday, May 22, to discover a huge container ship had run aground a stone's throw from his fjord-side house in Trondheim — and he had slept through the commotion. pic.twitter.com/FHoZpbFP0P
You can’t make this stuff up. I’m not an expert on container ship crashes, but I would imagine such an event would be pretty darn loud. Just not loud enough to rouse this gent, evidently:
Johan Helberg, who lives in Byneset, on the Trondheim Fjord, was woken by his neighbor on Thursday morning asking if he had noticed a boat outside, TV2 Norway reported.
When he looked out his door, he saw a 135-meter-long (443-foot) container ship parked up in his front yard.
“If the ship had hit the rocky outcrop right next to it, it would have lifted up and hit the house hard. It only missed by a few meters,” Helberg told TV2.
His neighbor, Jostein Jørgensen, who lives about 40 meters (131 feet) from the beach, told TV2 he was woken around 5 a.m. by the sound of a boat approaching.
“When I looked out the window, I saw a boat speeding toward the shore,” he told the local TV network, adding that he ran outside and shouted to raise the alarm.
The pictures and videos are pretty stunning:
Who’s order is this?
— Chewy Veetton (@bebem00m00) May 23, 2025
Norway 🇳🇴, Johan Helberg woke up to find a huge container ship had crashed into his front garden. pic.twitter.com/xO7a3oNbiL
Imagine waking up to find a giant ship in your garden. A 🇳🇴Norwegian doesn't even need to imagine - that's exactly what happened to him one day.
— ★V141NG★🏴☠️ (@V141NGs) May 22, 2025
The 135-meter North Sea Container Line ship ran aground "two steps" from Johan Helberg's house while he was dreaming his best dreams. pic.twitter.com/Bqvt2AbZBz
Unfortunately, maritime accidents sometimes end more tragically.
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Authorities are still investigating what went wrong in this episode, but so far they’re struggling to figure out what to do about it:
Bente Hetland, managing director of the shipping company NCL, called it a “serious incident” and said the company was “grateful that nobody was injured in the grounding.”
“At present time, we do not know what caused the incident and are awaiting the conclusion of the ongoing investigation by the relevant authorities,” Hetland said in a statement. “We are currently assessing the damage to the ship.”
A tugboat was initially sent to try to pull the vessel free, to no avail.
It’s an insane story, and it leaves me with one question: what do Norwegians use to sleep at night? Must be some pretty powerful stuff.
This seems appropriate:
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