Sunday a crowd gathered in Acadia National Park, on Mount Desert Island along the Maine coast, to watch the surf, roaring with energy from an offshore hurricane, smash against the shore. A towering wave crashed over some onlookers, dragging half a dozen into the ocean. A 7-year-old girl drowned. Soon it was asked why officials had let the crowd get so near waters so dangerous. "The Park Service's goal is to get people out into the park," Acadia Chief Ranger Stuart West told Maine Public Broadcasting. "And we don't want to take that opportunity away from the public."
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