Break in Kake's ferry dock mooring fouls Thanksgiving plans for dozens of people stranded in Juneau

Joey Chang says he was getting ready to depart the Hubbard state ferry after it docked in Kake on Saturday when suddenly the ship was no longer at the dock.

"We are getting ready to get into the vehicle and we saw the opening of the ramp, and suddenly the whole ferry was moving away from the dock, and everybody got shocked and pretty much everyone froze up," he said. "The north wind was blowing so hard it pushed the ferry away from the dock."

"And then I was looking at the rope, because the rope was still holding, and I was like 'this is going to break very soon.' And it was just as I thinking...