Cruise ship tragedy

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Lets us remember in our prayers those who died and the survivors from the Costa Concordia that ran aground last night. There are thousands of individuals, passengers and crew who, after the ordeal of the ship running aground and partly sinking, are now stranded far from home in just the clothes they were wearing. Eventually they will receive assistance and compensation, but they have a few traumatic days ahead of them.

The Costa fleet have mainly Catholic crews and many Catholic passengers. There is a chapel on board for daily Mass. I recently sailed on the sister ship Costa Pacifica and the pictures of the stricken vessel look worryingly familiar.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16558910
 
Well, let’s hope they don’t neglect to use those Masses for their situation.
 
Yea, it’s indeed a tragedy. The thing is I believe the article I read said it’s not the first time a cruise ship from this company has run aground. The last time the ship crashed into a pier. And this time it again ran into shallow waters. Is it me, or is there a trend emerging?
 
Very sad and tragic to see. My parents are going on a cruise next week also.

And as a coincidence for the first time I sat down and watched the 90s movie Titanic this morning. Not that bad, thought it pretty good, earning its 5 star rating. Then I saw this boating tragedy all over the news!
 
This is very sad. It brings up all the sad memories of the Titanic sinking–the panic, the chaos…This ordeal didn’t catch my attention until today morning. I didn’t know that there were so many people on-board.
 
from MSNBC:
An Italian prosecutor confirms allegations from passengers and others that the captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia abandoned the stricken liner before all the passengers had left, according to The Associated Press.Officials believe the ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, had brought the 114,500-tonne vessel too close to the shore, where it struck the rock, tearing a large gash in the hull.
Three people are confirmed dead after the huge cruise ship carrying more than 4,200 people ran aground on Friday night. Three people – a South Korean couple and a crew member – have reportedly been rescued.
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The crew deserve the benefit of the doubt but from this report (and others) it does seem there was actual malfeasance as well as incompetence at work
 
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