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The Cruise Ship Captain Afraid of the Dark 2 Saturday, May 13, 2017 The cruise ship captain afraid of the dark Costa Concordia’s captain Francesco Schettino The cruise liner Costa Concordia aground in front of the harbour of the Isola del Giglio (Giglio island) after hitting underwater rocks Rome managed to save yourself but tilting liner were unusable. e will go down in there, it will really go badly... As he sat on his rock, the history as the captain I will create a lot of trouble ship’s purser and onboard whoH refused to return aboard for you. Get on board, for doctor saved dozens of lives, the sinking Costa Concordia, fuck’s sake!” with even the island’s deputy saying it was too dark to help mayor climbing on board the save lives in a tragedy that ‘There are already bodies’ sinking giant to help rescue killed 32 people. “Captain, I’m begging you,” efforts. Long before Italy’s top Schettino says, to which De court sealed his fate Friday Falco replies: “Go... There are The blonde by upholding on appeal his already bodies, Schettino.” Born into a seafaring family 16-year jail term, Ray-Ban- “How many are there?” he in Castellammare di Stabia wearing Francesco Schettino, asks. near Naples, Schettino was now 56, had been marked “You are the one who is hired by Costa Crociere as the villain of the piece, supposed to tell me how in 2002 and enjoyed a dubbed “Captain Coward” many, damn it!” De Falco reputation as a ladies’ man, by the media for abandoning cries. hosting lavish dinners for ship. “But do you realise that glamorous guests at his table, As terrified passengers it is dark and we can’t see according to crew members. threw themselves off the anything?” Schettino asks, He was entertaining a tilting cruiser liner into the leaving an incredulous De blonde Moldovan woman -- freezing waters after it hit an Falco to wonder: “What do who was not on the official outcrop off the Tuscan island you want to do, Schettino? passenger list -- in the of Giglio on January 13, 2012, Go home? It is dark so you moments before the crash. Schettino spent most of the want to go home?” During the trial he was nighttime evacuation on a Schettino, who would later ordered to stay within the rock. admit to recklessly ordering boundaries of his hometown He would later claim he a sail-by “salute” near the of Meta di Sorrento but SEND OR EXCHANGE MONEY fell into a lifeboat when the island, did not return to sparked the anger of victims’ ship rolled and was carried the ship to run the rescue relatives by being spotted AT GREAT RATES, GUARANTEED! ashore against his will. operations, which went on sunning himself on a friend’s “He looked like a beaten until 6 am. yacht offshore. We aim to make a positive difference in our customers’ lives by providing dog, cold and scared,” said a The conversation was seen He is separated from his fast, safe and convenient services every time! taxi-driver who saw him. in Italy as an allegory of the wife and has reportedly been • Worldwide Money Transfer • Corporate Payments Livorno port official country’s “two souls”; on living alone with a dog given • Online Money Transfer • Payroll Services Gregorio De Falco was hailed one side the “hair-creamed to him by his daughter. as a hero after a transcript godfather used to breaking In 2015 he published • Currency Exchange • Wholesale Services emerged of him demanding the rules”, on the other the a 600-page book on the • Bill Payments the captain return to ship. military hero with rigorous disaster, called “The Truth “Get on the ship and tell ethics. Submerged”, which he /BFCBahrain /BFCBahrain me how many people there Despite discovering the dedicated to those who died. are and what is happening crash had torn a huge hole in According to the journalist Tel: 1722 8888 | www.bfc.com.bh onboard. Is that clear?” he is the liner, Schettino delayed who helped him write the heard saying. sounding the alarm by over book, he said “the only When Schettino resists, an hour, by which point the mistake I made was not dying he warns: “You may have lifeboats on one side of the too that night”. (AFP) JO3082_BFC_DT_Ads_18cmX12.8cm_Generic_Services.indd 1 2/1/17 3:31 PM.
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