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Old 01-17-2012, 01:18 PM   #13
Alvin Walton
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Re: Captain Abandons Ship As Concordia Sinks

Theres a video on CNN that shows the ships path and exactly what happened.
I think a lot of people think it hit a rock and stopped and sank right near where it was.
According to the video the rock was hit a ways up the coast.
The ship continued on to the the little town and turned around 180 degrees as if to try to make it into the tiny port area.
But instead it sank/listed so badly that it stopped at the harbor entrance.
The captain did not call for help (to the Coast guard or anyone else) after the collision. I’m guessing he did not think the damage was so bad and could make it to port.
But how the hell do you not know a giant boulder is stuck up your ass?
I think he had a bit of a god complex going and tried to minimize the the whole situation by making it to port instead of sinking in deeper water.
Immediately after he struck the rock he should have started deploying lifeboats.
He screwed up in a lot of different ways.
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