Italian luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia aground leaving three dead

An Italian luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia aground off the coast of Tuscany on Saturday after water poured-in through approximately 160-foot, compelling the chaotic evacuation of some 4,200 people leaving behind three dead.

Media reports covering many eye witnesses’ statements later engulfed general public.

One of the top public security officials in Grosseto Giuseppe Linardi told an Italian media that, “There are three certified dead.”

Mara Parmegiani, a passenger, also told the media,

“There were scenes of panic like on the Titanic. We ran aground on rocks near the Isola del Giglio. I don’t know how this could happen. The captain is crazy. We were very scared and freezing because it happened while we were at dinner so everyone was in
evening wear. We definitely didn’t have time to get anything else. They gave us blankets but there weren’t enough.”

One Cruise ship worker Fabio Costa said, “Everything just started to fall and everybody started to panic and run. We had no idea how serious it was until we got out and we looked through the window and we saw the water coming closer and closer. Everything
happened really really fast. Everybody tried to get on the boats but people started to panic so they were pushing each other and the crew was trying to help. A lot of people were falling down the stairs. It took hours for people to be able to get off the ship.”

Costa Concordia was a Concordia-class cruise ship and entered in service July 2006 and considered the largest ship to be built in Italy, approximately at 114,500 tons.

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Posted by Umair Hassan on Jan 14 2012. Filed under Europe, Latest News, World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry