Costa Concordia's Captain Instructed to DROWN

[maddiegt]

You really have no clue what you're talking about! The whole point to have a captain and a chain of command is to have people responsible for the safety of the passengers.... the reason people died was because he didn't do his job, not giving the right instructions, not alerting and starting the evacuation on time... he's the only one that could give the order you idiot! So if your argument makes any sense, then why do firemen go into the fire when everyone is running out?

[IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW]

@maddiegt If 'everyone' is running out then there is no need for the firemen to go into the fire!!!

[IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW]

@maddiegt My whole point in the video was to say that the captain doesn't necessarily have to go down with the ship. Instructions and evacuation can be arranged quickly and before the sink goes under, and then he can make his escape with the rest of the passengers. Whether he is on the ship or not when the ship goes down is something that hardly matters to me at all but it appears that the rest of the world wishes he stayed on the ship and went with it, personally I couldn't care less.

[Hi675445]

on a sicking ship it every man for him sefle

[IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW]

@Hi675445 On a sinking ship it is every man goes insane, I would get me swimming trunks and dive in, lovely swim to the shore too.

[Hi675445]

capting go down with his ship

[superspartan1110]

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[randumpotato]

@superspartan1110 At least he can spell right dumbass! Go back to school!

[IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW]

@randumpotato Well, sort of. ;) My spelling isn't perfect by any means.

[IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW]

@superspartan1110 Thanks, gay people are cool too!

[thatsthewayitgoes09]

@IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW You'd think with 100 years of progression on technology and sea fairing nautical knowledge that they DIDN'T have in 1912, they'd be able to totally avoid a disaster like this?

One thing you can't remedy is the behaviour of people.

The Captain was a coward and I bet there's PLENTY of relatives of the disaster who like to have more than a 'word'. Know what I mean?

[dragon83wolf]

It isn't about being a hero when a ship is going down. The Captain's job is to make sure everyone (as is possible) is safely off his ship and out of immediate danger. He is supposed to coordinate the evacuation process so that innocent people don't die needlessly.

It isn't about him getting back on the ship to die but to save lives.

[IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW]

@dragon83wolf I don't mean it like that. Just that if the ship is obviously about to go under there is no time for an evacuation, the whole thing about a captain must go down with a sinking ship is too much really. But I get what you're saying and agree in part. If there is hope of saving lives then he must do that, if not he should get off.

[dragon83wolf]

@IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW Agreed. From what I've heard about the event itself, the Captain looked to get off the ship before it was known how many people needed help or where trapped on board.

[bet0001970]

@IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW Captains don't actually "go down with the ship" anymore. It just doesn't happen. But, as a retired sailor, what this captain did...is an unforgivable sin in maritime tradition and law. The captain is the ultimate authority responsible for evacuation coordination during a maritime crisis. Leaving the ship (with passengers on board who were in his care) was completely inconceivable.

This is one of the worst, most disgraceful things a captain can do. It's unspeakable.

[IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW]

@bet0001970 I totally agree with where you are coming from. If he just jumped ship immediately without any thought of a rescue attempt, and the ship still had time, then it was cowardly and the wrong decision. If it was because water was literally creating waterfalls where he was then it was the correct and only logically thing to do. Having said that I didn't know what to think, these big ships don't just drop immediately and it sounds like he just got off board straight away.

[randumpotato]

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[IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW]

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[randumpotato]

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[IJUSTSUBSCRIBENOW]

@randumpotato heheheh, I've just been called a name.