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Breakfast more important than safety

American and German tourists whose boat crashed into another watercraft in a lake in Central Russia refused to leave the sinking vessel without first having their pre-paid breakfast.

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Source: http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-08-18/foreign-tourists-boat-crash.html