A woman fell to her death from a mast on a historic ship that’s featured at a Texas museum after her safety harness somehow came unclipped, police said.
Highlights
- 58-year-old woman died Saturday after falling from a mast on the tall ship Elissa.
- The Elissa is berthed at Galveston’s seaport museum.
- Training classes are held each year on the Elissa and they include lessons in sail rigging.
- Ship was built in 1877, from a scrapyard in Greece in 1978, according to the historical foundation.
- After restoration work, the ship opened as a floating museum and now has more than 40,000 visitors each year, the foundation says.
- The historical foundation brought Elissa, which was brought in from scrapyard, to the museum in 1978.