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Reality show irks tugboat association

New History Channel series misrepresents waterways operators, CEO says Allegretti Thomas Allegretti isn’t a fan of the History Channel’s new reality TV series, “Great Lake Warriors.” The show follows tugboat crews during the winter, “the most dangerous season on the Great Lakes,” says publicity material. Allegretti is CEO of American Waterways Operators, the Arlington, Va.-based association of tugboat and barge operators, a profession he says is much safer than its depiction. “Boats [on the show] are managed in a haphazard, cowboy-like manner, and that isn’t true at all,” he said. Allegretti issued a statement in August saying the show was a “missed… Read More