HAMBURG, Germany - They came to dine at an expensive restaurant along the normally calm harbor in Hamburg. Instead, they got soaked.
About 50 patrons at the Strandperle restaurant briefly found themselves up to their waists in water Wednesday evening when a 640-foot-long cargo ship entered the harbor at high tide, creating a giant wave that inundated the chic eatery, the Hamburg coast guard said Thursday.
None of the patrons suffered injuries, although restaurant-goers' pants legs were soaked through, police said.
However, authorities were investigating the captain of the Italian ship "Grand America," which had overtaken another ship before it entered the harbor ?- a maneuver that brought it close to the restaurant, police said
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