Salmonella has been confirmed as the cause of the gastrointestinal illness that sickened 26 crew members of the U.S. Flagship Niagara while in Cleveland. Most of the crew members are feeling well enough for a Great Lakes tour to Duluth, Minn.; Green Bay, Wis.; and Chicago, said Bill Sutton, executive director of the Flagship Niagara League, the ship's fundraising arm.
The ship, which returned home from Cleveland Tuesday night, was scheduled to leave Erie tonight for the first leg of the trip to Duluth. Initially, it was reported that 24 of 42 crew members had become ill, but two more became sick later last week, Sutton said. Those two may meet the ship later, he said.
"Everybody's pretty much back to par, and the ship is leaving tonight,'' Sutton said.
