I guess unless you have lived under a rock somewhere, you have heard about this; but it is news and that’s what I do around here! 😀
Just my opinion here: This is why I do not get on cruise ships. Too many things, like this happening.
Via Fox News and AP:
Video from Fox News:
Video Via the AP:
PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy – Survivors who escaped a luxury cruise liner that ran aground and tipped over off Italy’s coast recounted a chaotic and terrifying evacuation through the ship’s upended hallways on Saturday, as divers searched the submerged part for any people still unaccounted for in the confusion.
Three bodies were recovered from the sea after the Costa Concordia with 4,234 people aboard ran aground hundreds of yards off the tiny island of Giglio near the coast of Tuscany late Friday, tearing a 160-foot gash in its hull and sending in a rush of water.
Three bodies were recovered and 4,200 people evacuated after luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring through a 160-foot gash in the hull. Passengers complained the crew failed to give evacuation instructions and that a drill was only scheduled for this afternoon. Authorities still hadn’t counted all the survivors, the Associated Press reported.
As authorities and port officials carefully matched names on the cruise ship’s list of passengers and crew with those of survivors getting off ferries or other boats on the mainland, the number of the unaccounted for steadily dropped to roughly 40.
Among those passengers the U.S. State Department estimates 126 to be U.S. citizens, Fox News confirms. At this time the American passengers have not been listed among those missing or injured.
Passengers described a scene reminiscent of “Titanic”, saying they escaped the ship by crawling along hallways, desperately trying to reach safety as the lights went out and plates and glasses crashed around them. Helicopters whisked some survivors to safety, others were rescued by private boats in the area, and witnesses said some people jumped from the ship into the dark, cold sea.
Here is a video of some Americans from the ship, saying the crew reacted way too slow and actually were just flat out wrong:
Again, this is why you will never catch me on one of those ships ever, and not just from this company either. I mean any of those stupid ships. I just do not trust them at all. Honestly? I could never afford to even go on one of those cruises. However, even if I could; I would stay far, far away from those kind of ships. They are too big, they can sink and I am not a big fan of water anyhow.
Just another good reason to stay safe, stay alive and stay on dry land! 😀