Death Toll Rises To 12 As Woman's Body Found On Capsized Cruise Ship
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 @ 03:35PM
A woman's body has been found in the corridor of the capsized cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, bringing the death toll in the disaster to 12.
The massive ship, carrying over 3,000 passengers ran aground off the Tuscan coast of Italy a week ago but diver only discovered the woman's body Saturday. She was wearing a life vest.
The victim was found during a risky inspection of an evacuation staging point at the rear of the wrecked ship according to Italian Coast Guard Commander Cosimo Nicastro.
Details of the woman's nationality and identity are not yet known.
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There is still one crew member and 19 passengers who have not been accounted for.
Survivors of the accident described the evacuation as "every man for themselves," and compared the evacuation chaos to what happened on the Titanic.
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The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, is currently under house arrest. He is being investigated for possible manslaughter charges and also stands accused of abandoning the ship before everyone was evacuated.
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Jan 18, 2012 @ 18:30
~There is no way the Cruise-line owners could not have known that Capt.-Showboat was not a totally irresponsible jerk that likely could not have been relied upon to sweep the decks competently; -they must be justly Court-prosecuted as well.!!!
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 11:23am
he blew it badly..has done this before..needs to take total responsibility for this tragedy..all the evidence is in that he is responsible..so so sad, that so many people have died, and are still missing due to one persons irresponsiblitity.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 6:34am
In NO WAY can this be compared to the Titanic as the retarded uneducated media calls it.
Posted Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:02pm
I bet the captain tries to commit suicide before this is all over with.
Posted Sat, 01/21/2012 - 5:23pm
He's probably too narcissistic to kill himself. He was too fearful to even go back aboard his sinking ship!
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 1:13pm
...unless he's a sociopath, then he'll think he did nothing wrong.
Posted Sat, 01/21/2012 - 6:10pm
he is exactly that, and he did everything wrong..this isnt the first time..what a total tragedy..never should have happened.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 6:29am
i think you have a good point, he might well be a sociopath, since they say he already has a manslaughter charge with a prior cruise, plus he was in the dining room here with a woman a woman during the accident/then jumped ship.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 6:27am
he probably is a sociopath...he already has a manslaughter charge going for another cruise trip...during this accident he was busy in the dining room having drinks with a mistress, and he is married. he got off the boat b4 the others.
Posted Sun, 01/22/2012 - 6:26am