updated 11:20 a.m. EDT, Tue August 25, 2009

In an instant, majestic waves turn deadly

They went for the view -- awed by a vista of massive waves smashing against the rocky shore. Thousands of people went to Maine's Acadia National Park on Sunday to watch as Hurricane Bill churned offshore. But then a giant wave swept three people into the ocean, one of them a 7-year-old girl. What spectator Mary Ellen Martel saw next was a day of spectacular surf turned tragic. full story

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