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this would be a really good time for us��?C�u�炚��ӡ́ {\an8}to do this amazing trip
that we've talked about doing for so long,��
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and chilling with your family.��C�u��2������ {\an8}The next moment, you're just there,��8�����p {\an8}powerless.��pC�u��n������ It felt like
the ground under our feet opened.��PC�u@��� �̡Ɓ People were grabbing onto the walls
and grabbing onto each other.��
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of Titanic, completely.���C�u����ѡˁ Stories of fear and panic
from the cruise ship Costa Concordia.��������� Let's be honest,���C�u@���X�ԡ you have thought about it every time
you get on a plane or a cruise ship.��
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you see something from the night.��C�u�� 0����� Just literally back in
the most terrifying moment�������� you've ever experienced with your family.���C�u��!������ God, what have I done?���C�u@��Sx����� {\an8}We'd been to Europe before,
but never together.��
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our longest vacation together,�� �C�u��i������ {\an8}our furthest vacation together.��/�����0 Our daughter, Lila, was 14 months old.���C�u@����ݡׁ so we felt like it was a good opportunity
for us to do a really big trip together.����ϡɁ� I'm pretty sure we packed
a suitcase of toys, diapers, diaper wipes,��C�u@��������� you know, the whole thing.
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Switzerland, Venice, Barcelona.��OC�u@���蠴��� Ultimately, we would end on a cruise ship.�� ؠˡŁ
Yeah, I think that was a big part
of why we chose this vacation.��
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made a ton of incredible memories.���C�u���ࠩ��� I always wanted to go to Italy.��������� That was, like,
the highest on my bucket list,��
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I was going on a cruise ship.��ؠϡɁ {\an8}I hadn't told her that part yet.
Just told her the Italy part,��C�u��5h�š�� {\an8}but the cruise ship was gonna be
a special surprise.��
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at that time.��W�ˡŁX The idea was, at some point,
I was going to ask her to marry me.���C�u@��k𠪡�� If you ask someone to marry you,��Ϡ����� you'd want the most romantic place
you could find,��
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quite a few places to choose from.��C�u�����¡�� This would just be
that moment where everything clicks.���C�u@�����ȡ She can't say no, right?
If you ask 'em in the perfect place?��W�����X Everybody thinks that,
if you're gonna do it, right?�� �C�u���p����� When I arrived,����¡��� I was amazed with how big
and enormous the ship looked.���C�u������� At the time, I was 17.��G�����H {\an8}My mother wanted to celebrate
her 50th birthday.��@C�u��
������ She booked for me,
my boyfriend at the time,��������� and her childhood best friend, Luisa.��C�u@��-����� Since I was very little,
we did everything together.��(�ʡāH I was about seven years old
when she was diagnosed with cancer.��`C�u��X������ But a few months before our departure,��������� her cancer was in remission.�� �C�u��n��̡Ɓ This was definitely another big reason
to celebrate her birthday.���C�u���`����� The first thing we did
was explore the… the ship.�� C�u@���h�ʡā I knew that it was going to be
the largest ship I've ever seen.��ؠš��0 I still remember stepping into the ship
for the first time���C�u���h�ȡ and just being overwhelmed
by how extravagant everything was.���C�u@���p����� Very opulent. Chandeliers everywhere.��`�Сʁh It seemed like everything was either made
of gold or glass or marble.��
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just everything shining and perfect.���C�u@����̡Ɓ I didn't know exactly what room
I was gonna get when I booked it.��h�����( At that time,
the trip was quite expensive,���C�u��+������ and I was a… a student.����ġ��
( But he made sure
he got the best room that we could have.��(C�u@��Vh�֡Ё I was so happy because we got the balcony,
and we have this beautiful view.��w�����x We walked on the balcony,�� �C�u��oh����� and Nick pointed out,���ơ��� "Hey look, about a floor or two below us
is the lifeboats."��oC�u���X����� The lifeboats.��������� And I thought,
"Well, I'll take a picture of that."�� C�u@���蠫��� I've never been on a cruise ship,�� ��Ρȁ
and I thought, "Well, say if something
like the Titanic happens…"��C�u@�������� And I said,
"It's not gonna be like the Titanic."�� ��ءҁ � "I've been on cruises before. It's gonna
be fantastic. You're gonna love it."���C�u�������� Kids, don't you dare run away from here!��C�u��#h����� When we first got
on board, it was pretty amazing.��G�����H We met with someone that asked us��?C�u@��;𠹡�� what we wanted to do
for the rest of the week.������ We set up a spa day,
and it just was so exciting, right?��WC�u@��Pࠩ��� This was all happening so fast.����ġ��� We had just gotten to our room.
Now we're walkin' around.��p����� As we're walkin',
I'm taking pictures of everything.���C�u��yX����� One of the amazing things about cruising�� ������ � is that it's going to provide you
with everything.��OC�u@���0����� And so for me, especially as a new mom,��
'�����
( that made it really easy.��Ϡ����� There were endless restaurants
of every type,�� C�u���8����� you know, theaters, shows, casino.��������� The only difficulty, really,
is how to spend your time�� �C�u@�������� in terms of how many choices there are.��Ϡ͡ǁ� I remember an ice cream bar
where you could make your own sundaes,���C�u��ܸ����� and I feel like it was 24 hours a day,�������� you could just eat ice cream
if you wanted.��HC�u@�����ġ�� This was back
when The Walking Dead was kinda big,��
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� and so we'd always play a game.��������X You know, "If zombies attacked,
where would you go,���C�u@��ؠš�� and what weapon would you use
to either fight or get out?"��
o�͡ǁ
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Would you go out that way or that way?"��
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where's the weapon you can use to stop it?�������� When he would do this to me,���C�u@��@��ءҁ the first time, I told him, "I don't know.
I wasn't really paying attention."��������� - And he's like, "Wrong!"
- Exactly.���C�u@��Wؠ���� - Exactly.
- "Wrong!"��'�����( "That's where you messed up."���ǡ��@ Slowly I started to really pay attention
to my surroundings.���C�u���h����� It was a beautiful evening.���͡ǁ {\an8}The weather was clear,
a little cold because it was January.���C�u���h����� {\an8}However, it was a quiet evening
like any other.��0C�u��������� I worked with Costa for about 43 years.��������
� You always work on a ship.��C�u���P����� Christmas, New Year's,
Easter, Saturday and Sunday.��������� I felt more at home on board than at home.��
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on the Costa Concordia.���C�u�������� So by the night of Friday 13th January,��������� I'd been working on board for four months
as a dancer.���C�u�� (����� At that point,
it was absolutely my dream job.��
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x It was literally heaven on earth.��C�u��5��̡Ɓ Getting to explore the world.
I was in the best shape of my life.��������� I had great friends.���C�u��L`����� It was magic.��8C�u@��c��ʡā {\an8}On behalf of the management
of Costa and the entire crew,��
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� {\an8}I am pleased and honored
to welcome you on board.��
C�u��|���� {\an8}I met Captain Schettino a few times.��������� The first time I met him
was in the crew elevator.��C�u@�������� The only thing I kind of knew about him������� was that he was
a newer captain to this ship.��?�����H Enjoy your cruise.��(C�u@��� ����� One time, my mum came to visit on board,��������� and he was talking with my mum,�������8 and he was saying��wC�u@���Р͡ǁ that he was gonna go fishing
on the island with one of his friends��Ϡ����� but not to tell anyone��������� because he wasn't actually allowed
to do that.��
'C�u���Ƞ���� And so there was also this, like,��������� "Oh, he's working the system"
kind of thing.���C�u�� ࠹��� That night,
around nine, the captain calls me.��C�u�� "p�ġ�� A few days earlier,
the head waiter had asked the captain���C�u@�� 8(�͡ǁ {\an8}if the ship could do a sail-by salute
close to Giglio Island��
�ʡā
� {\an8}since both his sister and his mother
lived on the island.��`C�u�� d8�סс {\an8}He asked me if I would like to join him
on the bridge for the sail-by.���C�u�� }������ To me, it sounded a bit unusual, because,�� ؠ����� as it was night, all dark,
there wasn't much to see.��
�C�u�� ������ But, as this was the captain's decision,�� 7����� 8 we complied.�� �C�u�� �ؠ���� That night, me and my boyfriend, Andrea,�� ������ � decided to go up on the deck of the pool.��C�u��
H����� As I opened the door,������� I felt this fresh breeze.���C�u��
#𠞡�� Everything was dark,��������� but it was light up by the few lights.��
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?p����� Sparkles just reflect on the water.��8C�u��
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he hugged me.�� C�u��
v������ He said, "It feels like the Titanic."�������@ At that moment, I…���C�u��
������� Actually, I…��ؠ����� I felt a little strange.��������P But it's crazy, right?���C�u��
���á�� So you… you just…
leave that… that thought behind.�� C�u��
�h����� And then I received this call
from my mother.��(������ She said, "We are here in the restaurant."��C�u��
�0�̡Ɓ "They are beginning to serve dinner,
so please come on, join us."���C�u��
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with Lila being one, it was time for bed.���C�u��>������ We went back to the cabin
and put her down.��࠷���P We just did
our traditional bedtime routine.�� �C�u��W������ Getting on my pajamas.����ϡɁ� I come out of the shower,
have my boxer shorts on, getting into bed.���C�u��n@����� And I remember laying down��W�����X and actually verbalizing,
"I am exhausted."��0C�u���Р���� Um, that was such a long day.���C�u@��а����� As we are getting closer to the island,��������� I see that we're getting too close,��o�ʡā0 so I mention this to the head waiter
who's standing next to me.��OC�u���0����� I said, "I think
we're getting a little too close."��
�����p Suddenly,
the shore became clearly visible.���C�u��h����� On this particular night,��ߠ����� with my friends,
we had the half-hour break.��@C�u@�,������ I was dating one of the barmen from Peru,������ who was working in the Londra Bar
at the back of Deck 5,��wC�u@��K������ at the back of the ship,
and I wanted to see him,��G�����H so I said to everybody else,���̡ƁP I was like, "Do you wanna go get
a cappuccino in the Londra Bar?"��7C�u��i0����� And so everyone was like,
"Oh yeah, let's go do that."��
�C�u@���Ƞ���� As the ship got closer to the island,����͡ǁ� what surprised me quite a bit
was that the ship never slowed down.��0C�u��䠠���� In that moment, I started to panic.�� C�u@��
0������ The head waiter tells me, "No, look."������� "The captain knows very well
what he is doing."��
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�࠳��� I heard and felt a sound and a vibration.���ӡ́� For me, the room starting to slowly shift
just was incredibly unnerving.��0C�u��
���Сʁ You know, my body tensed up,
and I knew something was terribly wrong.���C�u��
Š����� We heard a loud screeching sound.�� ��ɡÁ� And then the noise changes
from a screech to a scraping noise,���C�u��
�(����� and that's a terrifying noise to hear.���C�u@�� ��¡�� Can you imagine
a thousand plates breaking in one time?��
x������ I was so scared
because the sound was really high.���C�u��2ؠˡŁ And all this boiling water
from the braiser starts falling down.���C�u@��N���� I was one of 180 chefs.��
(������ No one knows what's happening.��Ǡ����� I thought it's rough sea,
and it's gonna be all right.��
GC�u��n������ And after a few seconds…��0�����@ no, it's something not right.��
xC�u��� ����� I turned and saw���š�� that the ship had crashed into the rocks
on the left side.��PC�u���ơ�� You could literally see
the water entering the ship's hull.��C�u��0p����� We were all shocked and unable to move.���C�u��Ip����� Calm down.��������� - It's better if you sit down.
- Sit down?�� _������ - Sit down?
- Yes.�� C�u��l������ Everyone was freaking out.���� And I was looking at my mum
that was right in front of me.��_C�u���ؠ���� She looked at me and said, "It's okay."��������� "Everything okay."���C�u���(����� She was trying to do everything��G�����H to make me feel like
nothing bad was happening,��'C�u��������� but I knew it was.��
xC�u�������� We're just standing there,
looking at what to do next.��C�u��쐠���� I quickly stopped having any emotion,��w�����x and I looked at Nicholas, and he said,�� �C�u��ؠ̡Ɓ "We need to get out of here,
and we need to get out of here now."��
HC�u��h����� He said, "Did you hear that?
Did you feel that?"��
������� I definitely felt panic,�� C�u@��4 �ơ�� and so my body sort of goes
into this crisis-response mode.��(�ơ��� You know, I've been accused of being
an unemotional person,��
�C�u@��TȠ���� but at that moment,
it was just pure survival��
���
� and just trying to lead my family out
of this thing.��
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I said, "Grab the baby."��G�����H Like, "We've gotta go."���C�u@���Р���� Seeing him react the way that he did,��o�����p I immediately felt dread.�� _�ȡ� I grabbed Lila out of the crib
in the middle of a deep sleep.���C�u���h����� At that point,
I had not grabbed the pacifier.��g�����h She was crying immediately.��
�C�u��ư����� I threw on jeans, but that was it.��
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� I didn't have a shirt on.
Meghan had Lila in her arms.���C�u���P����� And we ran out the door.�� 8C�u��������� As soon as the impact occurred,��
��ơ��
� my first thought is to go and see
what happened down there.��
GC�u��h����� And near the machine room,�� 7����� 8 the chief engineer comes out,
all alarmed and scared.��
�C�u��%8�Сʁ He tells me it's a disaster downstairs,
water entering at full force.��������� I felt helpless.���C�u@������� We burst out the door into the hallway.��
�ɡÁ
� I was thinking the ship was just gonna be
slowly tipping over,��C�u@��3��ʡā and in my head, It was just a race
to get to the lifeboat deck.���ˡŁ� And so we started just racing
up the stairs as fast as we could,��C�u��W������ Meghan and the baby behind me.��pC�u��p������ The adrenaline starts rushing.
Panic was hitting.��X������ Lila's been crying the whole time.��
C�u@���(����� We were taking stairs two by two,��������� and I was holding the baby,
trying to keep up.��蠛���� I was struggling.��wC�u���`����� I felt physically sick.��������� I said, "I think I'm gonna throw up."�� C�u�������� John said,
"Just throw up and keep running."��������� "Just don't stop. Just keep going."��xC�u@������ We got to the fourth level deck
where the lifeboats are.��
�ʡā
� And there was a couple
that passed out life vests to everybody.��@C�u���x����� At this point, it was only a few people,��
O�����
P and there was this ice of anxiety
that you have��
�C�u��h����� with no one giving you information.�������� � No one was instructing us what to do.���C�u��/������ And right then, the lights went out.�� 8C�u��XX����� It was just pitch black.��𠽡�� Suddenly I'm being separated
from Meghan and Lila.��
�C�u�������� I don't know
if it was three stairs or 13 stairs,�� _����� ` but they were not next to me.��hC�u���(����� I was scared,�������� and I remember yelling for him.��������� "John! John!"��PC�u��������� Yelling, following each other's voices.��������p It felt like an eternity.���C�u��ٸ����� When we did reconnect, I remember saying,��������� "Just grab my waistline on my jeans
and don't let go."��8C�u����ˡŁ I had Lila in my arms
and just continued up two steps at a time.��C�u@��P����� The chief engineer
came to the bridge with me.��ߠġ��� Together with Captain Schettino,
they open the ship plans��gC�u��+��ɡÁ and try to understand the damage
the ship has really suffered.��hC�u��j��¡�� On the bridge,
the sound of the impact was hardly felt,��(C�u@��~�ȡ while the people who were
in the restaurant in the back area,��Ǡ����� they felt the full force of the impact.��C�u@��X����� Your attention, please.��G�����H I speak on behalf of the captain.��ߠ١Ӂ( We're currently in a blackout
as we're experiencing electrical failure.��
oC�u@��6����� At this point,
the situation is under control,��o�ɡÁp and our technicians
are working to solve the situation.��
Ǡ͡ǁ8 We'll give you further information
as it becomes available.��
HC�u��[��Сʁ They continued to say things like,
"Don't worry, everything is fine."��C�u@��q����� - "Go back to your room."
- "Go back to your room."����ȡ� We have made
an announcement on behalf of the captain.��/C�u@��������� We kindly ask you
to go back to your cabin.��0�����8 I kept thinkin',
"I'm not gonna go back to my room."��7C�u@���h����� - No way.
- There's no way.���ҡ́ I don't even know if I could find the room
at that point, to be honest.���C�u��������� As I am going downstairs,��������� I see that the passengers are very scared,��
�C�u��֠����� and they are asking me what has happened.��
x�����
p And, not to go against
what the captain has said,��
�C�u���Рӡ́ I couldn't give them a different version
as I would only do more damage.��8C�u�������� The inability to act. This is the problem.�� 8C�u��.������ We don't know what's happening.�� ؠ����� Every announcement we heard, we believe.��XC�u��LH����� We heard, okay, there is a minor fault.��
P�����X The captain, whatever he said,
that's the final word.���C�u@��kؠϡɁ And I heard the chef saying,
"Oh, nobody… Don't move. Don't move."���ϡɁ� "Just stay there where you are
and be ready for the dinner service."��HC�u@��ؠʡā It felt like it was a long time
before the lights came back on.��������� We're still running up the stairs.�� C�u���8�ҡ́ And then finally we entered out
into the deck where the lifeboats were.��0C�u��먠���� Hundreds and hundreds of people
shoulder to shoulder.��
x������ You're hit with a wall of panic.��
C�u���ѡˁ People yelling, arguing, trying to decide
what to do, what's going on.��PC�u�� ����� Every crew member saying,����ϡɁ� "There's been an electrical failure
or issue. We're not evacuating."���C�u��9Ƞ���� Lila is in my arms, still crying.��@�����0 I was a new mother,��?C�u��Q8����� and so the loss of control of��ࠩ���� not having a way to help her…�� �C�u��mX�ɡÁ My primary focus was
on the nurturing and comfort of my child.���C�u���P����� It was very hard
hearing and seeing Meghan struggle.��
�C�u���(����� And at that point,
I remember looking John in the eye��������� and saying, "I want to get off the ship."�� �C�u@��ޠ����� In this endless
period of general confusion,��_�ҡ́` the captain was often on the phone
with the company crisis coordinator.���C�u��D����� They didn't tell the truth
because, in my opinion,��
������
� the captain was fully panicking.��/C�u��dؠ���� He couldn't understand what had happened.���C�u���@����� In the restaurant,����¡��� we looked at the crew
for some direction on what to do,��C�u�������� but they seemed in panic.���C�u����ġ�� Then finally, the waiters told us
to reach the pool deck.�� ����� Everybody was scrambling��7C�u��
H����� because everyone was panicking.��
xC�u��"����� Exit the other side, please.
Exit the other side.��
�C�u��=�š�� There was a lot
of broken dishes and glasses on the floor,��O�����P and we were dressed up for the dinner,��gC�u��W���� so we wore high heels.�� 8�����( But finally, we reached the pool deck,���C�u��v������ and I remember, I looked out the windows.��������� I saw Giglio Island.���C�u�������� Look, there's the coast.
There's no problem.�� ������ � Look, Alice, look at the land.
We have arrived!�� C�u������� We could see the lights.��
w�����
x We could see the… you know, the port.��hC�u����ġ�� So I say, "Oh. Oh, okay,
we are just… next to the land,���C�u��ݸ����� so it's okay. It's gonna be fine."��@������ Many people relaxed,���C�u���蠪��� and that's where the problem is.������� We lowered our defenses.�� 8C�u@��_��á�� There were three chefs.
They were stuck in the elevator.������� They were shouting
and knocking the elevator door.��XC�u��������� Four people went there.��������� And we forced the door to open,
and we took them out.���C�u�����š�� At the back of Deck 5,
the ship was listing more and more.��
�C�u���p����� I remember thinking to myself,
"I can't stay here."��W�����X "I need to get off the ship."��pC�u@���ġ�� And as I'm walking along the corridor,
I see my superior.��x������ She sees me,
and she says, "Where are you going?"�� �C�u@��ؠ���� And I say,
"I'm going to my muster station."��������� She said, "No, you're not."��'�ܡց
"You're gonna go back into the lounge,
and you're going to entertain passengers."���C�u��*������ And I couldn't believe what I was hearing,��������� and I said, "I quit."���C�u@��E@����� I went straight to my muster station.��������� I didn't wait for any code, any signal,��������8 any mayday, nothing.�� C�u@��j������ I'm on Deck 4.
I'm at the front of the ship.�� 7����� 8 We, the crew,��'�����` we're in a completely segregated,
different area.��@C�u���p����� My superior officer was supposed to come,��?�����@ but when he arrived,���C�u@��������� it was like seeing a ghost.��������� He was completely white. Completely white.��
�Сʁ� There was nothing behind his eyes.
I felt like I was seeing a zombie.��
�C�u@��� ����� He had his… his engineer suit on,��������� which is kind of like a onesie
or a Babygro.��ߠ̡Ɓ� It's like an all-in-one,
and it was completely drenched in water.���C�u@���@����� And when he came,
he wasn't able to communicate.��8�ѡˁ@ It was at that point that I was like,
"Okay, we've got no leadership."���C�u��p����� "It's falling to me."���C�u��.`����� I am on the bridge,
and I say to the officers,������� "Look, the ship
is already tilting 20 degrees."��
�C�u@��Kp�Ρȁ So a light should've gone off
in their head, since it is their job,��o�����p and they should know
that the more the ship tilts,�� �C�u��gࠥ��� the more stability is lost.��C�u���蠠��� The level of the water�������� was now getting closer and closer�� 7������ to where we were at.���C�u���X����� What seemed to be
so far from the lifeboats��_�����` is now creeping closer and closer
to where we were,���C�u��������� and I was kinda getting
more panicked and scared,���C�u���H����� and I started to film
everything that I could.���C�u��� ����� People having to grab the side��������� in order to stay from sliding
to the side of the boat.��@C�u@�� 8����� No one's telling us what to do,��g�����h and then Nicholas said…��������` "This boat's going down.
We need to get off."��
�C�u��!����� Wait, wait. Her husband, her husband.���¡�� So we opened up the lifeboat,
and when we got in there,��
'C�u@��6H�� we started looking
at, like, you know, the pulley system��������� and then also the motors.��נ����
p I'm getting pushed!���C�u@��Jp����� I'm…�������� We actually now start to see
what looks like a chef,��
G�����H and he's got a life vest on.��
�C�u@�gX����� He comes and tells us,��������� "You are not supposed to touch
all of this."��������� He closes the gate.��@C�u@���Ƞ���� - Hey, hey, hey, one by one.
- What do you wanna say?��נ����� I'm getting a bit louder.
"This doesn't make sense."�� _C�u��� ����� "We need to get off this boat."��/�����0 And we're kinda starting to freak out.���C�u���ࠝ��� It was very evident������� that it wasn't only a blackout,���C�u���Р���� that the passengers stopped believing this�� ������� and started calling the police.���C�u@����� They were saying
there had been a blackout,����ơ��� but they weren't telling them
the reality of the situation.�� `C�u�������� The captain probably wanted
to exonerate himself��'�����( from what was happening.���C�u��!������ Which is very wrong, in my opinion.��
�C�u��;x����� Some chef comes up and says,��O�����P "You know what?
Something big has happened,�� �C�u��TȠ���� and Deck C is leaking."�� ������ When he said Deck C is leaking,
I forgot everything.��
GC�u@��t������ I run to the downstairs,�������� � because whenever I get paid,��W����� I used to keep my money under the bed.��8C�u������� I was in a lot of debt.�� �����
( I had put my family in trouble.�� `C�u�����ԡ I was keep thinking every day I will
get enough money to pay all my debt.��pC�u�������� All my hard work, everything that I save,������� under my bed.��@C�u���`����� So I have to get my money,��
'�����
( which I have in my cabin in Deck B.���C�u�� X����� I see chief security guard standing there,��C�u�� #����� and he was stopping me, saying,�� _����� ` "You're not… you're not allowed
to go in Deck B."��C�u�� 8蠴��� He said, "No one is allowed in this area."��������� I said, "But I have
very important things to take."��OC�u�� V蠷��� He said,
"Nothing important than your life."�������h He was right.��@C�u�� o������ I have to get to my lifeboat.��@C�u@��!*x����� On the bridge, there is a lot of chaos.�� נɡÁ � The other officers are speechless.
They don't know what to do.��WC�u��!J��ġ�� And at this point, they hit
the general emergency button,��������� and the blasts are triggered.��XC�u��!q@����� Suddenly, we heard the first siren blast.���C�u��!�Р���� At that moment, everybody went quiet.���C�u��!������� We heard one horn and then a second horn.��_�����` And about this time, I think,��C�u@��!��ҡ́ "No shit," you know? That this is
what we've been waiting on all night.��0�š�� This was probably
one of the ugliest points of the evening��'C�u@��!�P�աρ because it was just hundreds of people
fighting to push through each other������� and push over each other
to get to these life rafts.��
PC�u��!��� Hey, hey!��_�����` I was being shoved around
by people my father's age.��
�C�u@��"
������ Ladies and gentlemen,
your attention, please.��
�̡Ɓ
� Please remain calm
and go to your muster station on Deck 4���C�u��"(������ Military mentality prevails on the ship.��'�����( Hierarchy is important.
Each person has a role.��C�u��"I��ǡ�� Why did it take them 45 minutes
to call a general emergency?��HC�u@��"^��ǡ�� I think the captain wanted to see
how the situation evolved.����ޡ� In my opinion, it should have been sounded
no later than five minutes after impact.��0C�u@��"������� I went down to Deck 4��o�����p to try to save as many people as possible��
Ǡ����8 and lead the rescue operations.�� �C�u��"� ����� The ship was tilted,��������� and my mother began to struggle
with her heels.��`C�u��"�𠧡�� She held my hand really tight��Ϡ����� and said, "Don't let me go."��
�C�u@��#������ At this moment,�������� 8 we, without saying a word,��砻��� looked at each other
and knew what we had to do.�� �C�u��#)������ One by one, one by one.��H�����
P Get the kids, go, go. You, you, you, you.��/C�u��#@8����� And we start
getting people into the lifeboat.��蠶���
� You never know
what kind of person you are,��?C�u��#Vh����� like, flight or fight.�� ����� You never know
if you're gonna be that person��gC�u��#j࠭��� that's just gonna stand there still�� 7����� 8 or go into action.��/�����h You go, you go.���C�u��#�h����� Bring the children here.��������� Bring the children here.��C�u��#������ The lifeboats can only hold 150 people,�� 7����� 8 so you have to make sure
there's only 150 people.��C�u��#�H����� Stop. We're going to capsize.��
'�����
( We're going to capsize. Stop!��XC�u��$���� Stop!��(�����
P Stop!��`C�u��$+������ No, no, no!�� ����� We've got quite a few people on the boat,��G�����P close to the 150-people maximum.���C�u��$G0�ǡ�� People are offering money
to get on a boat. It was very sad.���C�u��$_������ One of 'em was, like,
a little bit more elderly,��G�����H and I was just like, "Oh man."��hC�u@��$v������ - What is your name?
- Nicholas Taliaferro.��������� - From where? Nicholas?
- San Diego, California.��
������8 It's very helpful.���C�u@��$�蠰��� I was sitting waiting in the lifeboat.��
x�ϡɁ� There's a point that people wanted to say
their names on the camera.��C�u��$������� We're Steve and Kathy,
from Port Huron, Michigan.��������� We're Marie and Melissa.��C�u��$Ө�ɡÁ - We're gonna stay together.
- Yes, we're gonna stay together.�� C�u��$�@����� It's so eerie�� 7����� 8 because they thought they were gonna die.��
�C�u@��%����� We were on the high side of the ship.��Ϡ����� There's just dozens and dozens of people���á��P piling into what essentially is,
like, a metal canister.���C�u@��%5P�ġ�� Then we eventually had
our turn to get into the lifeboat.��
���
� "Let's get this life raft
actually down into the water."��C�u��%Oh�ˡŁ Everybody, once they were on,
was just dying to hear that order.��h����� Think we might be ready to go.���C�u��%gP����� I looked at the people in the lifeboats,��
������
� and they were scared.���C�u��%|������ They were waiting for the signal
of abandon ship.��8C�u��%�ؠǡ�� Yes, but why are they
not sending the lifeboats down?��
C�u@��%������� We were expecting this signal,
to abandon ship.��������� But it was slow to arrive,
and it was not clear why.��
C�u��%�x����� And I noticed
everybody was wearing a life jacket,��נ����� but we didn't find one.���C�u��%�h����� And I remember Luisa looked at my mother,��������� and she said, "I can't swim."��C�u��&
����� She was pretty scared.�� �����0 My mother said,
"I need to go to the cabin."��7C�u@�&,������ "I need to get Luisa's life jacket,��
'�ɡÁ
( and also I will change my shoes
because I can't walk anymore."��C�u��&I������ And I say, "No!"��������� "This is the worst idea ever."��C�u��&^���� "There's no way
I'm going back to our cabin."��������� "It's two deck below."��(C�u��&v������ And she said, "We are going."��������� "If you don't want to come with us,�� �C�u��&���� you can just wait here with Andrea."��C�u��&똠���� Are the lifeboats ready?��W�����X Yes, they're coming down.
I see them. I see them.��
�C�u��'W������ As soon as I entered the lifeboat,��
���
� I called my mother,���C�u��'m ����� and I said, "Where are you?"���C�u��'������� She told me
she was about to get onto a lifeboat too.�� C�u@��'�P����� We are going down. We are going down.��
�ϡɁ� Just because we were on the lifeboat
didn't make us feel any better.��C�u��'������� Hands in, hands in.������� When it went
to slowly go down to the waterline,��oC�u@��'ؠ����� we started holding hands
and say "Our Father."����աρ And we said it repeatedly and repeatedly
and over and over and over again.��hC�u��(`����� "We are gonna do this together."��
�C�u��("8����� We could see what would've been our room,��
砳���
� which was above where the lifeboats were,��OC�u��(?p����� was… was right at water level
at this point.��pC�u��(W������ Oh, look at that list. Holy shit!�� �����( Oh my God, the boat is sinking.���C�u@��(v ����� Sh! We don't wanna be
yelling it out loud, guys.�� ������
That would scare the shit outta me
if I was up there.��
(C�u��(�P����� Glad to be outta there.����͡ǁ � I saw the crew member getting
the go-ahead to deploy the lifeboat,���C�u��(� ����� and I remember thinking, "Thank God."��W�ġ��X We finally had gotten this close
to getting off the boat.�� C�u��(�Ƞ���� We were on a high side at this point.��������
� I was holding Lila,��ߠ����� and then, within seconds,��
C�u��(�P����� I had the feeling
of, like, a rollercoaster ride��������� where your stomach drops.��(C�u��)������ It was a big drop,
a big bang, and then a tumble.��
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� God, now I am scared!��8C�u��):`�Ρȁ The lifeboat tipped, and it
basically flung 80 people in that boat.��`C�u@��)Q������ Piles of people
just slamming against one another.�� ��̡Ɓ
You're just a mangling of bodies
and people screaming and crying.��pC�u@��)x������ With the ship at an angle,���סс they basically deployed the lifeboat
right into the side of the cruise ship.���C�u@��)�0����� We were on what was now
the high side of the lifeboat��ؠ����� and basically holding ourselves up
with our feet.��
HC�u��)�`����� I was bleeding.
You know, our feet were bleeding.�� ������x Lila's crying is just shattering Meghan.��
�C�u��)����� I remember crying out to John,��
P�����X you know, "John,
I'm not gonna be able to hold Lila."�� 8C�u��)�H����� And I handed Lila to you.��������h It was an extremely precarious situation.���C�u��*������ I don't know
whether the thing was gonna drop�� `������ because we were high off of the waterline.��pC�u��*.�Сʁ Below us on the lifeboat, there were
clearly people that needed help,��8�����@ but I…��C�u��*GH����� My entire focus was on saving my family.���C�u��*[p�á�� We really didn't know
how we could get outta this thing.��
�C�u��*q������ At that point, I heard myself say,��
�����
"Are we gonna die?"���C�u��*�H����� {\an8}I never heard "abandon ship."�� _�¡�� ` {\an8}The captain found it difficult
to give this order��?C�u��*��Ρȁ {\an8}because when the captain says
abandon ship, the ship is lost.��XC�u��+������ People are leaving the ship, but for me,��?�����@ it was real bad situation.
I was still in the ship.��
oC�u��+60����� I was really scared
because I don't know swimming.��
����� In order to join in the cruise line,���C�u��+O����� you have to be trained by swimming.��8������ But my institute,
they put me in a life jacket,��
�C�u@��+kP����� and they just pushed me
in the swimming pool.��G�ӡ́H And I was floating, and the next minute,
they took me out from the pool,��C�u@��+������ and they said,
"Yeah, your training is done."�� `������ So I don't know what to do.�������` The ship was falling, like, really fast.�� �C�u��+������ "I'm… I'm going to die."��ؠ����� And then one of my colleagues saw me�� _C�u��+�X����� with my wet eyes,
and he said, "Come with me."�� ����� The water had reached Deck 3,�� _C�u��+�Ƞ���� and he guided me to Deck 4
on the other side.���C�u��+�X����� I reach other side, and I get in the boat.���C�u��, ������ When I left,
I can see a lot of people still inside.��?�����@ They were struggling to… to be rescued.���C�u��,+Р���� I didn't believe it's happening.�� ������ I was still thinking it must be a dream.��XC�u��,I0����� And one of my friends was working with me,��Ϡ����� and he just told me and said,
"Hey, you see?"��0C�u��,cp����� "Captain is sitting in the lifeboat."�� 8�����8 And that was surprising me.���C�u��,wH����� Why captain need to get out before me?��
pC�u��,������� It's tilting.��ߠ����� Look, the tilt is increasing!�� ������� Look at that!�� �C�u��,������ As the ship was sinking,��ϠɡÁ� we kept tilting and tilting and tilting.
We couldn't stand up,���C�u@��,������� so we rearranged ourselves
onto the side of the ship.��ؠ¡��H What we were also seeing
on this high part of the ship,��C�u@�,��ơ�� there was a lifeboat
that was trying to deploy and go down,��������� and, because of the angle of the ship,��GC�u��-X����� the lifeboat was rolling,��������� and we saw
people being tipped out into the water.��
�C�u��-F(����� Help me!��8����� On the open area that we're in,�� C�u��-bH����� there's a set of double doors,��W�����X and behind that is a horizontal corridor,��WC�u@��-u������ and it's very wide.��Ǡ����� And the other side of it is a… a railing,���ˡŁH but because we were tipping so much,
it was becoming impassable.���C�u@��-�`�Ρȁ We have to get across this chasm,
and we need to get to a lifeboat,�������� or we at least need to jump in the water.��
�C�u@��-����� I yelled out to all the crew members,��
O�ɡÁ
P what we're gonna do is
we're gonna throw people across the way��wC�u@��-ߘ����� so that they can catch on to the banister��
'�����
( and then climb down
to the side of the ship��������� that was closer to the water.�� �C�u@��-�`�ϡɁ I'm standing on one side,
I've got a man standing on the other side,����Сʁ� and we're taking people under the arms,
and we're just throwing them.��
�C�u@��."Ƞ���� After we managed to get everyone across,��
o�ǡ��
p there were five of us
that, um, at that point, got stranded.���C�u@��.BРˡŁ We had tilted so high
that now this was truly an elevator shaft.��_�����` There's no way we could've made it across.�� C�u@��.hx����� At this point,
everything went eerily peaceful,�������h and it felt like being marooned
on a desert island.���C�u��.�0����� We've gotta get out of the lifeboat.����ơ��� There was a hatch that wasn't too far
from us that was open��OC�u��.������ where that was the clear escape point.���š�� The few of us who were not in the pile
at the bottom of it���C�u��.��¡�� basically began to try to climb out
through that hatch.��������� One by one, we climbed our way out.�� �C�u��/ؠڡԁ Then once on the top of the lifeboat,
you then had to get onto the cruise ship,���C�u��/x����� which was now above us, and we…�� 7����� 8 There was a gap that we had to clear.�� �C�u@��/.������ We had to make a human chain,������� but there was no way
I could actually climb out�� �����0 while carrying Lila.���C�u��/I������ I had to hand Lila to a stranger.�� �����
( Dangling over the Mediterranean
in the dark.�� 8C�u@��/c@����� You know, one slip
and you're down in the water,��
��ɡÁ
� which was, you know, who knows
how far below us at that point.��@C�u@��/�Ƞ���� I've always had a fear of heights,����ȡ� so the notion that I would be
climbing up the side of a ship,�� נ����� like, by my fingertips,
probably six stories up,��
�C�u@��/������ in the dark
over the Med is, like, crazy to me.�� 8�ȡ But it was the only way Lila or I
or Meghan were getting off.��
xC�u��/�P����� Then we eventually had to get back
on the ship,�� ؠ����� which was a real dark spot
in the night for us.���C�u@��/�`����� Our first thought was,
"Is there another lifeboat?"���͡ǁ
� But it was very quickly evident
that there were no lifeboats left.��(C�u��0'X�� I was saying to John,
"Let's swim. We can survive this."��PC�u��0=`�ԡ We started talking really seriously
about what it would actually involve.��(������ The height of the jump.���C�u��0X������ Could Lila survive that jump?�������� Can we swim with Lila
in the temperature of the water?���C�u��0y`����� So we were weighing
the likelihood of surviving it�� ����� against staying on the ship.��pC�u@��0���ԡ That was the time where a different level
of realization began to sink in��������� that we may not be getting off this boat.��pC�u��0������� As a Christian,
we're told to not bargain with God.��?�����@ But that's where your head goes.��C�u@��0� ����� And I said,
"God, you just get me off this ship,��
�ɡÁ
� I will… show Lila who Jesus is.
I will raise this kid right,���C�u��0� ����� but you've got to get us off this ship."���C�u��1�̡Ɓ With the ship being so far tilted over,
we were at the high side.���C�u@��1+������ Then I see what looked like a crew member.��
Ǡ����
� He was dressed in white.��O����� He looked official
in some sort of a uniform, and…��_C�u@��1Jp����� He looked at Lila. He looked at us.��
x�ˡŁ� He said, "Get down to this level
on the other side of the ship."���C�u@��1g������ "You all probably are gonna need to swim."�� �ǡ��
"That's where you're gonna have
the best chance to survive."�� `C�u@��1������� I look towards the front of the ship��砾���� and see a small group
of passengers standing still.��
'����� And I thought, "Are they in trouble?"���C�u@��1�0����� "Why haven't they joined all of us?"������� Walking towards this small group,��?�����X it was very difficult to tell the wall
from the floor,���C�u@��1ƀ����� so I was forced to walk on the walls
at this point.���Сʁ At first, I checked if the doors
could hold my weight, using my foot.��pC�u��1���ɡÁ But then, unfortunately,
one of the doors opened like a hatch.���C�u��2������ I fell into the empty darkness�� ����� and passed out.�� C�u��2M����� When we got to the island,�������� what are we supposed to do now?��g������ Where do we go?���C�u��2c8����� There was nobody giving direction
to anyone.��HC�u��2zX����� At one point, I screamed,��
������
� "Is there anybody that can help us?"��
pC�u��2������ And faintly, I heard someone say,
"Go to the church!"��XC�u��2�@����� The first thing I did
was to call my mother,��
H�����x but the phone didn't ring anymore.���C�u��2��Сʁ But she said she was on a lifeboat,
so she have to be here somewhere.��xC�u��2�H����� We began to search for her and Luisa.��
�C�u��3Р���� The island was very crowded,�� ������� and it seemed impossible to find someone.���C�u��3.0����� We entered every shop.�� נ���� � We entered the church.���C�u@��3I��Сʁ The crew still does not know
anything, and the ship is still sinking.��������8 They don't know if anyone's still on it.��pC�u��3i������ We found a little nook in the church.��O��P Everyone's been really anxious
and very scared and cold.��C�u��3�𠯡�� I went and found those foil blankets.��������� I was able to bring 'em back
to the church.���C�u��3���ԡ I can still remember people calling out
their family's name and no reply.��C�u��3������� Judy!��������
� Steve! Steve!���C�u��3�x����� Kathy!��ؠ����@ We looked everywhere for my mother,��
�C�u��3쀠���� and finally, I just stand near some people��XC�u��4������ who were watching the ship����¡��� because I thought
maybe her lifeboat isn't arrived yet.��8C�u��4,������ As the time passes,��p�����
x we noticed that the ship
was tilting even more.���C�u��4MؠɡÁ This is straight out
of a scene of Titanic. Completely.�� C�u��4b𠶡�� To see it from that viewpoint
was so scary.���C�u@��4z��š�� Yeah, you could see
people on the boat waving their hands,��
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� ask… like…
You could see 'em begging for help.���C�u@��4������� It was horrible to see it.��Ǡ����� Even though you knew you were safe,��o�ġ��8 you knew that there was
still people trapped on the ship.��
�C�u@��4�@����� We could see there was an open hallway���ʡā� that went all the way through the ship
to the opposite railing,��
O�ԡ8 and that was going to be the obvious way
for us to get to the other side.���C�u@��5��͡ǁ So that cross hallway was
effectively, you know, a 200-foot slide.��h����� So we knew
that once we were on our bottoms,��_C�u@��5&����� we could not get back onto our feet.����ڡԁ The boat was still moving so much that
every, you know, half a degree it moved,��OC�u��5G��͡ǁ a new piece of furniture would just go
barreling down the hallway.��8C�u��5\�ѡˁ I had Lila still strapped to me,
and I sort of held her on my chest…��hC�u��5tؠ���� …and just slid down that whole thing.�������( You're tumbling very awkwardly,�� �C�u��5������� barreling down this cross section
on our backs.��
C�u��5������� Furniture and just stuff all around us.��G�����H I mean, we had to be going
20 miles an hour.�� �C�u��5�h�� I remember feeling a jolt.
Lila's just slammed her head.���C�u@��5�𠹡�� Oh my goodness,
she just hit her head so hard.��砘���� "Is she okay?"��O�ˡŁ8 I mean, I thought for sure
she wouldn't be able to survive that.���C�u��5��̡Ɓ I remember him telling me
when we got to the bottom of the slide,���C�u@��6����� in a… almost like a confession,������� "Lila hit her head very hard."��������� And I could remember the pain in his face.�� C�u@��6>@����� I think that my reaction
was just to check on her�� 7����� 8 and that she was crying,����ˡŁ
� and it was just more of like
a, "She's okay. Let's keep moving."��@C�u��6y ����� Once I woke up, I quickly checked myself,���C�u@�6�蠱��� and I realized that I had a broken leg.��
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I understood that I was in the restaurant.���C�u��6�@����� I started to shout, "Help, help, help!"��7�����8 But obviously nobody could hear me.��C�u��6ƀ����� Next to me, there was a frying pan.�������
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and tried to bang it on the ground.��
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a mechanical kind of knocking.��������� It was almost like, you know,���¡��� like people were trying to let us know
where they were.���C�u��7*Р���� But there's no way, like…
We couldn't get to them.��
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we could see the water.��C�u@��7b ����� Finally, we are this close.��X�١Ӂ We were trying to get the attention
of whatever lifeboats could maybe hear us.���C�u��7�Ƞ���� Hey!��������� I could see
a lifeboat with people's faces.���C�u��7������� I made eye contact with a woman,���ơ�� and we just sort of locked eyes
for probably just a moment.��PC�u��7���ȡ I held up Lila and said,
"Bambino," you know, "Take my baby."���C�u��7ـ����� And she just… shook her head.��������� I think she wishes she could help
but couldn't.��
pC�u��8 h�¡�� At this point,
I was completely broken psychologically.��
HC�u��8X����� In my head, I prayed a lot.���C�u@��8P@�աρ But all of a sudden, we noticed
that there was a couple of lifeboats empty��w�����x and kind of lingering around the boat.��
xC�u@��8lؠ���� We saw signs of life.����ȡ� We both jumped into action, thinking,
"Oh my gosh, are the…��������8 are the lifeboats coming back
for more people?"�� �C�u��8���̡Ɓ And when we did get the attention
of the captain of the lifeboat,��8C�u@��8��ơ�� he was trying to get to the opening
where we were standing.��
�Ρȁ( It felt like we were on that deck
waiting what seemed like forever.��C�u@��8ȸ�ءҁ During this whole time, the ship continued
to slowly tip further and further.��G�����H We just felt like
every minute could be our last.��
(C�u@��8�0�ɡÁ The lifeboats themselves
are probably ten or 15 feet below us.��
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against the cruise ship.��
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to get onto the lifeboat was a risk.��
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we climbed our way onto the boat.��
�C�u@��9)������ We're so relieved.��������
� We drove right out from under it.��g��0 I mean, and you look up
out the opening of the lifeboat,��
�C�u��9H������ and we literally couldn't see sky.��p������ The entire sky is
the side of the cruise ship.��hC�u��9tH����� Lila had quieted.���ϡɁ I remember holding her in my arms,
and I was hoping that she's okay,��7C�u��9������� that nothing was wrong.��PC�u��9�p�Ρȁ I definitely felt like I'm all alone.
Nobody's coming to rescue us.��xC�u@��9�h����� Then we started hearing
helicopters going overhead.��࠹���( But the ship was covering us
like an umbrella.��
�C�u��9︠���� They can't see us.��x�סс� I couldn't get down to the water level.
I couldn't get back inside the ship.��?C�u@��:������ At this point, we were sinking.��Ƞ����
� And that was the moment����СʁX when this little reel of my life
started playing in front of my eyes.���C�u��:Q������ I remember my dad saying that��0�����H it shouldn't be
that children die before parents.���C�u��:�X�ġ�� So it was at that mo… moment
that that fight kicked in.��hC�u��:������� I have to figure out how to survive.��HC�u@��:������ At that point,
I think, "How can they see us?"��@��0 And then I realized
I have this flashlight in my pocket.��PC�u��:��� I don't know Morse code,����ǡ�� but I started flashing the light
to the boat in front of us.��
pC�u@��;8�� Rescue India Mike Alpha.
Rescue India Mike Alpha.��
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� Go ahead, go ahead.����̡Ɓp We have a signal from someone.
We're going to assist them.��hC�u��;9����� Okay, perfect.��������
P And then,
all of a sudden, this man floats down��WC�u��;T������ like James Bond.�� C�u@��;k��� We're pulled up into the helicopter,�� ������
and one at a time,��������� they went back down
and got the other four.��HC�u@��;���ϡɁ All right, well done.
Received three people in good condition��w�����x who will be taken to Grosseto Airport,�� 7C�u��;�8����� where people are waiting for first aid.��
�C�u@��;�0����� When I flew away,
I could see everything that I loved������� and everything that was my reality
was gone.��@C�u��;������� But I was alive.��@C�u��<������ It was late on a Friday night.��
w�ʡā
x My feed was lit up from passengers
who were on some cruise ship��C�u@��<8����� off the coast of Tuscany on Giglio Island.��@��X I knew the only way to find out
what was really going on���C�u��