1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:13,574 So, how did a modern ship with 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,654 state-of-the-art steering and navigation hit a rock? 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,614 Listen Schettino, there are people trapped on board! 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,894 Get on board! This is an order! 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,254 Almost exactly 100 years on from the sinking 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:30,254 of the Titanic, on the night of January 13th, 2012, 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:35,734 another floating paradise became a trap of darkness and freezing water. 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:37,454 Yeah, and then all the plates were coming 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,734 off the tables and smashing and things. 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,254 It was just like bedlam then. 13 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,574 In a matter of minutes, an unauthorized, reckless 14 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,854 maneuver tore a 174-foot gash into the 15 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:54,214 ship's hull, sending 4,000 passengers into immediate panic. 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,414 This is the story of a preventable catastrophe, 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,534 a night where 32 lives were needlessly lost 18 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,454 and thousands more were forever changed, a night 19 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,854 when the illusion of an unsinkable luxury met 20 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,294 the cold, hard reality of the sea. 21 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,574 It's January 13th, 2012. 22 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,934 People across the world board the behemoth cruise ship, the Costa Concordia. 23 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,974 It is early winter, with clear skies and 24 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,574 a light wind, and perfect evening with limitless 25 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,440 entertainment and a beautiful sunset. 26 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,654 The ship embarks on a seven-day cruise 27 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,734 from Civitavecchia near Rome, with 4,229 cruise 28 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,814 passengers and crew members on board from 60 29 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,320 different countries. 30 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,014 The ship was an engineering marvel, a floating 31 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:17,494 palace of excess, and a symbol of the 21st century megaship era. 32 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,014 This was a ship designed not just to 33 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:25,734 transport people from one port to another, but to be the destination itself. 34 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,974 At the dawn of the new millennium, the 35 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:33,014 cruise industry was locked in an arms race of scale and luxury. 36 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,214 Carnival Corporation, the parent company of the Italian 37 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,774 line Costa Cossiere, ordered a new class of 38 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,654 ships that would dwarf their predecessors. 39 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,934 Built by the world-renowned Fincantieri shipyard, 40 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,280 in Sestri Ponente, Genoa... 41 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,014 When she was completed in 2006, at a cost 42 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:06,400 of roughly 450 million euro, her dimensions were staggering. 43 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,254 Her length was 290.20 meters, which is 44 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,854 nearly the length of three football pitches, making 45 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:18,960 her the largest Italian cruise ship ever built at the time. 46 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:24,720 On September 2nd, 2005, the ship was officially launched. 47 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,574 In a detail that many would later view 48 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:31,774 through the lens of maritime superstition, the ceremonial 49 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:36,560 champagne bottle failed to break against the hull on its first impact. 50 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,814 Still, the ship entered service in July 2006 51 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,254 to immense fanfare, embarking on her maiden voyage 52 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,200 and setting a new standard for Mediterranean cruising. 53 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:04,640 To accommodate these guests, the ship was outfitted with 1,500 cabins. 54 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,720 Five hundred five cabins featured private ocean-facing balconies. 55 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:15,054 Fifty-eight premium suites offered expansive private verandas. 56 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,214 The ship featured four large swimming pools. 57 00:04:18,280 --> 00:04:22,054 The pool decks also featured five jacuzzis and 58 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:28,080 a giant poolside movie screen that played blockbuster films under the stars. 59 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:34,240 Feeding 4,000 people daily required a monumental logistical effort. 60 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,134 The ship boasted five restaurants, ranging from sprawling, 61 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,814 multi-story main dining rooms to casual buffet spaces. 62 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,974 At the helm is Captain Francesco Schettino, 63 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,974 an experienced mariner born in 1960 in the coastal 64 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,360 town of Castellemare di Stibia. 65 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,654 He had been with Costa Crocere since 2002 66 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,600 and was promoted to captain in 2006. 67 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:09,000 He seemed like a sociable, happy man who was close with his crewmates. 68 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,054 Welcome to Giglio, Italy. 69 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:17,014 It was exactly one week ago at 9.30 at night that approximately 4,200 people 70 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,734 lived through their own Poseidon adventure when their 71 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,734 cruise ship hit the rocks. 72 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,974 9.30 p.m. Returning from dinner, Captain 73 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,254 Schettino takes his place on the bridge, but 74 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,974 his focus is dangerously divided. 75 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,974 Joining him is Dominica Cermorton, a young Moldovan 76 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,974 dancer with whom the captain was having a covert affair. 77 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,214 Her unauthorized presence on the command deck that 78 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:47,614 night would soon become a scandalous footnote, cementing 79 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:52,400 their illicit romance in history for all the wrong reasons. 80 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,814 I don't want, I want the truth to come out because you even don't know that 81 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:03,694 what you write or what you're looking for is not the truth, is not me, is 82 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:04,934 not my luggage. 83 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,814 It's the case and the people who died. 84 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,334 You need to find out the truth. 85 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,440 Captain Schettino takes manual control of the Costa Concordia. 86 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,494 He ordered the ship to sail dangerously close 87 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:23,134 to the Tuscan island of Giglio to perform a sail-by salute. 88 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:30,054 A sail-by salute, known in Italian as an incino, meaning a bow or curtsy, is 89 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,054 a maritime tradition where a ship intentionally deviates 90 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:39,760 from its standard route to sail extremely close to the shoreline or a port. 91 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,694 The purpose is to pay tribute to a 92 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,094 specific place or person on land, or simply 93 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,680 to put on a spectacular show for the people watching from the shore. 94 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,174 The captain, by engaging in this alleged showmanship 95 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:01,120 and reckless conduct, imperiled the lives of all the passengers. 96 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,494 Historically, it was a gesture of respect, perhaps 97 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,080 honoring a retired captain who lives in a coastal village. 98 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,680 For cruise lines, it also served as free advertising. 99 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:18,254 Seeing a colossal, glittering megaship pass just offshore 100 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:23,560 is an awe-inspiring sight that makes people want to book a ticket. 101 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,934 Captain Schettino did this to impress the ship's 102 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,494 head waiter, whose family lived on the island, 103 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,800 and as a tribute to a retired Costa captain. 104 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,774 Navigating by sight at night and traveling at 105 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,934 an unsafe speed of 15 knots, Schettino brought 106 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,840 the 114,000-ton megaship too close to the shore. 107 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:54,174 While visually stunning, a sail-by salute is inherently dangerous. 108 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,894 It requires disabling automated navigation alarms, switching to 109 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,814 manual control, and relying heavily on the captain's 110 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:07,800 visual judgment in shallow, often rocky, coastal waters. 111 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:12,774 Before 2012, it was a somewhat common, unofficially 112 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,720 tolerated practice in the Mediterranean cruise industry. 113 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:23,934 However, after Captain Francesco Schettino's disastrous in Chino, 114 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,574 the practice was heavily condemned, and international cruise 115 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:33,040 lines instituted strict bans on unauthorized coastal deviations. 116 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,040 9.45 p.m. 117 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,774 The captain realizes, too late, that the ship is bearing down directly 118 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:58,214 on Les Collets, a maggot outcropping just off the coast of Giglio. 119 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,094 He orders a desperate hard turn to starboard, 120 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,694 to swing the bow away from the rocks. 121 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,134 The bow clears the reef, but the massive 122 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,774 952-foot length of the ship causes the 123 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:14,920 stern to swing outward, scraping violently against the granite. 124 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:23,334 The force of the impact is so severe that a massive boulder from the reef is 125 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:28,654 sheared off and remains permanently embedded in the ship's steel hull. 126 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:33,334 Testifying later in court, Admiral Giuseppe Cavodragone confirmed 127 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,000 the terrifying reality of those final seconds. 128 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,920 The desperate order to turn away from the reef was utterly futile. 129 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,894 The laws of physics dictated that the ship 130 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,494 of that massive scale, traveling at that speed, 131 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:51,814 simply could not turn in time. 132 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:57,200 The disaster was not born from a fleeting mistake or a misheard command. 133 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,894 It was the result of a deliberate, reckless 134 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,734 decision to steer a 114,000-ton leviathan 135 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:10,760 within a stone's throw of a jagged reef in the dead of night. 136 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,280 9.46 p.m. The damage is catastrophic. 137 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:23,134 The gash slices directly across compartments 4, 5, 6, and 7. 138 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,614 These compartments house the ship's diesel engines and main generators. 139 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:30,654 Within three minutes, the engine rooms are submerged 140 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,880 in millions of gallons of freezing seawater. 141 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:39,174 The ship immediately loses all main electrical power and propulsion. 142 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,294 The bright, thumping entertainment venues are plunged into total darkness. 143 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,254 The Concordia is now effectively a dead ship, 144 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,600 drifting purely on its own momentum in the ocean currents. 145 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,934 It turns to an electrical fault with one 146 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,254 of the generators, but the situation is under 147 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,814 control, and our technicians are aiming to rectify 148 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:01,134 the situation at this time. 149 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:02,934 So please remain calm, and we'll keep you 150 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,254 informed as we have more news to inform you. 151 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:06,814 Thank you for your attention. 152 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,574 The physical reality of the catastrophic damage sets 153 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:16,654 in as the massive vessel begins a terrifying list for the starboard side. 154 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,574 Inside the grand dining rooms, gravity takes over. 155 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:26,934 Heavy dinnerware, glasses, and bottles shatter as they slide off the tables. 156 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:32,334 It had a crunch, and my glass of Sprite started going one way. 157 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,734 And she said, that's a bit tilted. 158 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,814 And we asked what was going on. 159 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:39,854 They said, no, it's the engine or something. 160 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:40,934 They said it was a generator problem. 161 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:41,614 Yeah, a generator. 162 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:43,734 And then the lights went out and come back on. 163 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,174 And then it started going the other way. 164 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:47,854 Like, quite a lot the other way. 165 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,134 - And that's when... - You were sitting like this? 166 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,694 Yeah, and then all the plates were coming 167 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,734 off the tables and smashing and things. 168 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:55,614 Yeah, it was just a whole pickle of me. 169 00:11:55,680 --> 00:12:00,334 Recognizing the imminent danger, panicked passengers begin scrambling 170 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:05,494 through darkening corridors to their cabins to retrieve their life vests. 171 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:11,094 Perhaps more damning than the crash itself was Shatino's immediate response. 172 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:16,014 For over an hour, as the ship took on massive amounts of water and began to 173 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:20,494 list severely, Shatino downplayed the severity of the crisis. 174 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:23,214 Despite his chief engineer warning him that the 175 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,414 watertight compartments were flooded and the ship was 176 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:31,294 doomed, Shatino hesitated to sound the general alarm. 177 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,774 This critical delay costs precious time, meaning that 178 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,414 by the time the abandoned ship order was 179 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,854 finally given, the Concordia was listing so severely 180 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,640 that half of her lifeboats could not safely be lowered. 181 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,214 We headed up to the steeper end, as opposed to going over. 182 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:51,374 You don't want to be on the other end. 183 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,934 So we went up to the top of it, if you like, or the side that's 184 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,894 up in the air, and I was trying to get the lifeboats down. 185 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,294 But because they extend them out, as they're 186 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,574 coming down, they're just coming back in because of the angle. 187 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:03,574 So they wasn't coming down. 188 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,854 We all got in them and got so far down. 189 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,134 And then we had to get back out of them because they were going so low up. 190 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,574 They'd hit the side of the boat. 191 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,054 You know, normally they're hanging like that, and 192 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,494 they would release them down. 193 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,814 But because their boat was like this, as 194 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,574 they were releasing the lifeboats, they was hitting 195 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,454 the side, so they just were stuck. 196 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:25,614 A complete evacuation of a cruise ship should take place under 30 minutes. 197 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:28,214 He waited, and he created an environment where 198 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,894 it was impossible to deploy all the available lifeboats. 199 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,334 The ship's crew, the vast majority of whom 200 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:11,334 were hospitality staff, cooks, and entertainers, not trained 201 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,800 mariners, were overwhelmed. 202 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,134 Many did not speak the same languages as 203 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,480 the passengers they were trying to save. 204 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,654 The Costa Concordia operated on a rolly embarkation 205 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,654 schedule, which required passengers to undergo an emergency 206 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,240 drill within 24 hours of boarding the ship. 207 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,814 This is to inform passengers of their allocated 208 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,120 muster stations, where the lifeboats reside. 209 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:15,280 Almost 700 passengers had just boarded that day in Civitavecchia, 210 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,374 so hundreds of people on board 211 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,814 had absolutely no idea where their muster stations 212 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:27,640 on Deck 4 were, or how to properly secure their life jackets. 213 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,360 This would inevitably spell disaster. 214 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,534 Eighteen miles away on the Italian mainland, the 215 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,134 Coast Guard received its first reports of the disaster. 216 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:43,934 Shockingly, the distress calls didn't come from the ship's command, 217 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:49,134 but from panicked passengers using their personal cell phones. 218 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,614 When dispatchers finally made contact with Captain Schettino 219 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,574 on the radio, he downplayed the crisis, burning 220 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:02,320 20 critical moments before finally admitting the ship was doomed. 221 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:09,320 10.42 p.m. The General Emergency Alarm finally sets off. 222 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,454 The official Abandon Ship Order is given, an 223 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:18,880 agonizingly late call that comes over an hour after the initial impact. 224 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,454 Maritime tradition and international law dictate that a 225 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,014 captain must be the last person to leave a sinking vessel. 226 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:31,694 Schettino, however, abandoned the Costa Concordia in a 227 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,974 lifeboat, while hundreds of terrified passengers and crew 228 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:40,414 were still trapped in the dark, enlisting corridors. 229 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,054 Listen, Defalco from Livorno, am I speaking to the Commander? 230 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,014 Yes, good evening, sir. 231 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:46,534 Tell me your name, please. 232 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:47,894 I'm Commander Schettino. 233 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,374 - Schettino? - Yes. 234 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,214 Listen Schettino, there are people trapped aboard. 235 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:53,880 Now you go with your lifeboat. 236 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,414 Under the ship’s bow, on the right side. 237 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:58,440 There is a ladder. 238 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,294 You get on that small boat and go aboard the ship. 239 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:07,800 You go aboard the ship and tell me how many people are there. 240 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:09,614 Is it clear? 241 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,480 I'm recording this communication, Commander Schettino. 242 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,600 So, Commander, I'll tell you something. 243 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:17,240 Speak up! 244 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,652 - So, the ship is now... - I'm in front... 245 00:17:22,218 --> 00:17:23,974 Cover the microphone with your hand and speak louder! 246 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,560 Put your hand in front of the microphone and speak louder! 247 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:28,854 Okay? 248 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:40,854 Commander, at this moment the ship is tilted. 249 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:41,934 I understand. 250 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,334 Listen, there are people who are coming down from the small boat. 251 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,094 You go with that small boat in the opposite direction. 252 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,814 You get on the ship and tell me how many people are there. 253 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,854 And what they have aboard. 254 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:53,520 Okay? 255 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:59,094 You tell me if there are children, women or people in need of assistance. 256 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,734 And you tell me the number of each of these categories. 257 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,014 Is it clear? 258 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,094 Look, Schettino, you may have been saved from the sea, 259 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:10,294 but I won’t let you get away with this. 260 00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:11,934 I’ll make your life a nightmare! 261 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,280 Get on board, damn it! 262 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,814 Sir, please, out of courtesy. 263 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:16,774 No, out of courtesy. 264 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,454 Now, you go on board, and assure me that you are on board. 265 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,734 I'm going here with the rescue boat. 266 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:23,694 I'm under here. 267 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,134 I didn't go anywhere. 268 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:25,934 I'm here. 269 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:26,614 Under here. 270 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,294 What are you doing, Commander? 271 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:30,094 I'm here to coordinate the rescue boats. 272 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,094 He's coordinating them. 273 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:32,854 Go on board. 274 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,440 Coordinate the rescue boats on board. 275 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:36,520 Do you refuse? 276 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:38,694 No, no, I'm not refusing. 277 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,894 You are refusing to go on board, Commander. 278 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:41,734 No, no, I'm going. 279 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,880 And tell me why you're not going. 280 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,654 I'm going because there is another lifeboat that has stopped. 281 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,014 Go on board! 282 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:49,894 It's an order! 283 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,454 You don't have to make other assessments. 284 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,214 You have declared the abandonment of the ship. 285 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:54,280 Now I command. 286 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,174 You go on board. 287 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,520 The psychological shift on board was instantaneous. 288 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:04,280 The thin veneer of a luxury vacation evaporated, 289 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,614 replaced by the primal, desperate instinct for survival. 290 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,414 For the 4,200 souls aboard, the instruction 291 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:18,080 to head to the muster stations on Deck 4 was now a matter of life and death. 292 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,334 Navigating the ship suddenly became a physical nightmare. 293 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,094 The grand, neon-lit corridors had transformed into 294 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,894 treacherous, sloping funnels. 295 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:33,360 Floors became walls, and walls became floors. 296 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,894 Staircases, once the elegant arteries of the ship, 297 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,960 were now steep, slippery cliffs. 298 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,814 Passengers who had obediently returned to their cabins 299 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,654 on the lower or port-side decks suddenly 300 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,814 found themselves trapped in a labyrinth of tilting metal 301 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:57,214 and rising water, forced to climb uphill in pitch darkness. 302 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,174 Some call heroic, the captain turns the ship towards shore. 303 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,814 He says to make evacuation easier, but the 304 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,454 Concordia is now listing so dangerously. 305 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,054 Passengers struggle to keep their footing. 306 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:10,334 People are going very slowly because if you 307 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,654 miss one step it could be a domino 308 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,694 effect and everybody can fall and slide right down. 309 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:21,614 Everybody was getting the life jackets and they told us to stay. 310 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,974 They said no, no, it's alright, it's under 311 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,614 control, you know, we're in Dazier announcement, which 312 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,094 in the cabin when we got there, because 313 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,854 we'd only been on it seven hours, and we watched it on the cabin, it said 314 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:33,294 if you get the seven bleeps and a 315 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:37,134 long bleep, you know, that's your abandon ship and this, that and the other. 316 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:42,000 But we got our emergency card weird. 317 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,894 The drill's not until five o'clock the next day, so we didn't have a clue 318 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,254 what was going on anyway, so we didn't get it. 319 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,080 Families were violently separated in the crush of bodies. 320 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,814 Fights broke out over life jackets, some passengers 321 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,454 looking out at the chaotic, failing lifeboat deployments 322 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:06,214 and the dark, freezing waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea. 323 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,614 Rather than wait for a boat that might 324 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:13,054 never launch, hundreds made the terrifying decision to 325 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:17,814 to jump directly from the decks into the icy ocean, 326 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,360 swimming desperately toward the faint lights of Giglio. 327 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,440 In the Concordia case, the assembly process started late, 328 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,054 which meant it was more difficult to 329 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:32,654 get the passengers assembled because the ship started 330 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,774 to heel, and then by the time the 331 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,654 passengers were assembled, the ship had quite a 332 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,334 significant heel, and then it was difficult to 333 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,174 get the passengers in the lifeboats and to launch the lifeboat. 334 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:47,094 In those chaotic hours, the Costa Concordia ceased 335 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,334 to be a masterpiece of modern engineering. 336 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:54,174 Stripped of its leadership and betrayed by a 337 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,454 fatal delay, it became a sloping, steel trap 338 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:03,214 where survival came down to sheer willpower, the 339 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:07,654 kindness of strangers and agonizing luck. 340 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,094 It went over completely, we would not get out, 341 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,800 and we didn't think we would die. 342 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,094 How did you, at that point, what was going through your mind? 343 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:17,560 We thought we were going to die. 344 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,814 I think the fact is that 11 days 345 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:26,534 into marriage, you know, come on, things don't end this way, should they? 346 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,134 Did you express your fears to one another in that way? 347 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,614 Yes, we did, yes. 348 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:32,174 And you had a moment to yourselves perhaps? 349 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,214 Yeah, we did, we did. 350 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:39,094 11.40pm, the Italian Coast Guard launches a massive 351 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:45,534 rescue operation, deploying boats and helicopters into the pitch black sky. 352 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:46,734 Shit! It’s sunk! 353 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:47,760 Son of a bitch! 354 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:50,880 Bloody hell! 355 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:54,520 What a mess. 356 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:56,760 It’s properly sunk. 357 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,120 We’re going into the ship now. 358 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,000 Get closer, we’re going in now. 359 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,840 Currently there’s still a lot of people on board the ship. 360 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,014 It’s unbelievable to see all these people on a capsized ship. 361 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:21,334 There should be several people swimming between the ship and the shore. 362 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:26,294 On the tiny island of Giglio, the local population of 800 awakens. 363 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:32,080 And rushes to the port with blankets and supplies to aid the survivors. 364 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,094 As the days go by, reluctant heroes are 365 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,174 beginning to emerge, like Mario Pellegrini, the deputy 366 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:42,494 mayor of this tiny island, who jumped into a boat in the dark and headed out 367 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,974 to the shipwreck, pulling passengers from the water 368 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,240 and coordinating the rescue. 369 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,280 I realized there was a complete lack of coordination. 370 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,494 No one was giving orders. 371 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:01,560 The real terror and panic started when the ship lurched onto its side. 372 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:08,600 The first fully loaded lifeboat makes landfall on Giglio. 373 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,694 Over the course of the night, a frantic 374 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:16,214 but massive rescue effort unfolds, ultimately bringing roughly 375 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,374 4,000 terrified passengers and crew members safely 376 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,454 to the island's rocky shores. 377 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,414 You can see the little boats around us 378 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,014 that obviously didn't come right in close, with 379 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,854 the lights and everything on us. 380 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,694 But they were trying to get the lifeboats 381 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,654 out with oars, trying to push them away, 382 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,734 just the people on the boat, passengers. 383 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,014 But the only people that was helping that 384 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:44,174 we'd see was the chefs and the catering people that just served us our meal. 385 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:45,534 We didn't see anybody else. 386 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,574 We didn't see anyone at night either. 387 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,214 Captain's coat, if you like, or something like that. 388 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,454 It was all the people that just served us dinner. 389 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,680 Everybody had the life jackets on. 390 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,094 Then we see that there was boats coming. 391 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:02,414 As we looked through, we were holding onto the rails like this. 392 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:03,854 And we're looking down like this. 393 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,254 So through the middle of the boat, we can see some boats, the lifeboats. 394 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,374 So we literally, as a slide, come through 395 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,174 the boat to the other end, where there 396 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,054 was people there, sort of stopping you with torches. 397 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:20,894 And then we went on one boat, the top of a boat, and then lifeboat, then 398 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,614 down into another boat. 399 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,614 And within two minutes, they quickly had to 400 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,014 get away, because I think it went a bit more than... 401 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,054 That's when it went right over. 402 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:31,254 And then we went to some Gizio or Giglio or some place we ended up at, 403 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,174 with a... they gave us a scarf and a coat, 404 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:36,774 blankets, and that was it. 405 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,080 And then we've been different places, I mean. 406 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,760 Where are you going? 407 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,214 - Make a call to freak out people. - Call? 408 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,200 Yes, but no, we need to call before. 409 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:51,894 Cathy! 410 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,214 Cathy! 411 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,534 Cathy! 412 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:56,894 Steve! 413 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,774 Steve! Cathy! 414 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,920 How long did it take you guys to get off the boat? 415 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,600 That’s our sinking boat. 416 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,360 Uh huh, I’m not even... 417 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,094 I didn’t even realise that this is actually happening right now. 418 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:33,134 This will hit me later. 419 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:34,654 All of our stuff is on it. 420 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:39,760 But we are off of it and there's still people on it. 421 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:43,294 The image of the Costa Concordia resting on 422 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,734 its starboard side, breached like a dying whale 423 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,454 in the shallow waters, became an indelible symbol 424 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,774 of modern maritime disaster. 425 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:58,134 The tragedy claimed 32 lives, a senseless loss 426 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,454 stemming from a single reckless decision. 427 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:06,374 The ship ran aground off the island of Giglio, and came to rest on a narrow ledge. 428 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,574 It's 300 metres long. 429 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,374 First, they had to make sure that the 430 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:15,494 114,000-ton wreck didn't slip into deeper waters. 431 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,414 So they made an enormous base from concrete 432 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,134 and sandbags that would eventually serve as a 433 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,974 sort of mattress for it to rest on. 434 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:28,854 Huge hollow boxes called sponsons were then fitted to the port side. 435 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,334 Then they were fitted with hydraulic jacks and 436 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,640 connected by cables to the underwater platforms. 437 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,654 In a process called power buckling, the cables 438 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,040 will be gradually tightened to pull the ship upright. 439 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,374 If everything goes to plan, it should be righted within 10 hours. 440 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,254 Sponsons will then be fitted to the other side of the ship and serve as sort 441 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,214 of giant armbands, keeping it afloat. 442 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,440 It'll then be towed to Sicily and sold for scrap. 443 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,694 It's shocking, I'd say, I’ve seen pictures on TV of the boat 444 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,854 that was tied to the rocks, 445 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:43,214 and just seeing the devastation the rocks did on the rock side 446 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,574 is kind of, well, scary, I'd say. 447 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,414 And we're thinking, well, why did this captain do this? 448 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,400 I mean, it's, no, it's rather shallow there. 449 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,614 Many have come to see the Costa Concordia since she was righted. 450 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,520 Few have such a dreadful reason for their journey. 451 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,934 Kevin Ribello's brother, Russell, died on board. 452 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,574 His body is one of two still missing. 453 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,214 He hopes it will be found within the wreckage. 454 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,974 At this moment, we're looking to close this 455 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,294 whole chapter, so I'm hoping at least they 456 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,614 find some remains because after 20 months undersea, 457 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,960 underwater, in these circumstances, I don't pretend much. 458 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,334 That the ship is now upright means there 459 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,400 is a chance the missing will be found. 460 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,894 But this vessel is damaged beyond repair and 461 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,840 the search will be slow and delicate. 462 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,214 It's very clear now to see where this 463 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:39,294 114,000-ton vessel tipped onto the huge granite rocks. 464 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,214 Those who raised her are amazed she stayed 465 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,734 in one piece, but she did, and they 466 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:45,934 were able to salvage her intact as protected 467 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,774 the island of Giulio from an environmental disaster. 468 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,360 A mother has pleaded with rescuers to not stop the search for her daughter. 469 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,894 I would like the rescuers to not stop looking and continue looking. 470 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:03,974 My little girl, they need to bring her back home as soon as possible. 471 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,774 Elizabeth Nani and her friends took in one 472 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,174 man who'd lost his 30-year-old wife. 473 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:17,014 There was a town on the top of a hill, and the church was open there, 474 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,534 and the school was open, and the nursery 475 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,694 school was open, so he brought the man there to see if he could find his 476 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,454 wife there, and he brought him around the 477 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:30,400 whole, everywhere where she would have been taken in. 478 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,600 Still, so far, no news. 479 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:41,934 One experienced Navy diver says he has never faced such a difficult task. 480 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,054 It is dangerous because it's dark and also 481 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:50,454 we are losing the track of our way. 482 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:56,934 So we are using a line of course, safety line, to get inside with lights on it. 483 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,254 But it's dangerous because you can go inside 484 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,600 and open a door, but maybe on your back the door can close. 485 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,614 Suspending the operation was an agonizing decision, but 486 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,854 the risks were just too great. 487 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:12,614 The ship is sitting on a rock ledge 488 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,174 30 meters under the water's surface, and the 489 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,294 fear is that if it's shifted even just 490 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:21,614 a few inches now, this massive vessel may yet fall further. 491 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:26,534 Inspect them with search cameras through small hole 492 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,214 and with search camera, search and rescue camera. 493 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,534 Giorgio Cimenti is an engineer who specializes in 494 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,520 shipwrecks and has real concerns for the weeks ahead. 495 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,974 A strong problem is probable. 496 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:01,814 It's probable? 497 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,414 - Yes. - That the ship will fall? 498 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:04,080 Yes. 499 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:09,454 There are more than 2,000 tons of oil on board the Concordia held in tanks 500 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,494 not built to withstand deep water pressure, and 501 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,974 this is Europe's biggest marine conservation area, a 502 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,334 spill here could cause untold damage. 503 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,334 Specialists have been brought in to pump the 504 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:26,814 oil out, but even in good conditions, that'll take more than a month. 505 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,334 Very impressive, I would say. 506 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,494 Actually, I've just checked yesterday and the day 507 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,614 before about the techniques they employed in terms 508 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,934 of, well, setting the boat straight again and 509 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:43,334 trying to lift it and so on, and they did a tremendous work, I'd say. 510 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,040 It's amazing, it really is. 511 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,840 Never seen that kind of thing in my life. 512 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,400 And scary also. 513 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,734 The local bishop came to Giglio today to 514 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,374 pray with the rescue teams and lift their spirits. 515 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:07,760 The search for survivors continues, but prayer is about all they have left. 516 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,654 Tonight, at least the prayers for good weather have been answered. 517 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,414 The storm that was forecast here has yet 518 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,854 to arrive, but after another day of hard 519 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,494 work, the divers have come up with nothing, 520 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,214 and so for the families of those still 521 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,760 missing, the agony of uncertainty goes on. 522 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:31,294 Back safe and sound, dancer Rose Metcalfe thought 523 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,574 her chances of surviving were only 50-50, 524 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,494 so she wrote a farewell letter to her family. 525 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,334 At Heathrow, she cried joyful tears in the 526 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,440 arms of her mother Carolyn and brother Robert. 527 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,294 The thing about when you're considering whether you're 528 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,374 going to survive or not, is you're worrying 529 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,214 that other people are worrying about you, and 530 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,880 that's the worst thing, is you don't want anyone to worry about you. 531 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,294 Lives with you, suddenly you're doing something and 532 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,054 you get a flashback or you get a memory. 533 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,480 If I'm in a crowd, I can't bear crowds anymore. 534 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,934 Sometimes I panic in the underground, so it stays with you. 535 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,254 Captain Francesco Schettino is forever cemented in maritime 536 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:18,214 history as the man responsible for the sinking 537 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:23,400 of the Costa Concordia on January 13, 2012. 538 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,934 Dubbed Captain Coward by the Italian tabloids and 539 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,374 once labeled the most hated man in Italy, 540 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:36,094 his actions before, during and after the disaster 541 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:42,254 became a global case study in failed leadership and catastrophic negligence. 542 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:48,520 The master of the ship took his decision to go close, so that's up to him. 543 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:50,854 - Obviously... - It was his decision. 544 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,680 Unfortunately, yes. 545 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,560 This case is now being handled by the chief prosecutor here in Grosseto. 546 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,854 He says there appears to be evidence that 547 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:07,000 the captain abandoned ship while passengers were still on board. 548 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,960 He has been held here for two days and will now be questioned. 549 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,534 Prosecutors are also trying to establish if any 550 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,374 other people on board were involved. 551 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,934 Captain has said the rocks the ship hit 552 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,694 didn't appear on navigational charts and that he 553 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,054 was among the last to leave the ship. 554 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,414 Tomorrow, a judge will decide whether he's formally arrested. 555 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:32,454 Following the disaster, which claimed 32 lives, Schettino 556 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:36,134 was arrested and placed under house arrest. 557 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:41,640 His highly publicized trial in Grosseto, Italy lasted 19 months. 558 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,974 Prosecutors painted him as a reckless idiot who 559 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:51,694 showed no remorse and abandoned his passengers to save himself. 560 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,734 His defense argued that he was a scapegoat 561 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:59,854 for systemic corporate failures at Costa Crociere and 562 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,974 that the ship's watertight doors had malfunctioned. 563 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,694 Costa Crociere avoided a criminal trial by paying 564 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:10,040 a 1 million euro fine in a plea bargain. 565 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,734 In February 2015, Schettino was found guilty of 566 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:20,494 manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship 567 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,640 with passengers still on board. 568 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:27,800 He was sentenced to 16 years and one month in prison. 569 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,694 To this day, he maintains that his actions, 570 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,774 specifically maneuvering the drifting ship closer to the 571 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:39,014 port after the strike, saved thousands of lives, 572 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:43,854 a claim heavily disputed by maritime experts and survivors. 573 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,694 I think it affected not only those that 574 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,614 died and, of course, the manslaughter element forms 575 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:54,134 a major part of the 16-year sentence, but I think that it affected more than 576 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,454 4,000 people's lives in some way or 577 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,254 another, either panic on that evening or, in 578 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,414 fact, subsequently, where many people, like my wife, 579 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,054 won't go on a boat, you know, without trepidation. 580 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,374 Passengers weren't put in that situation. 581 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,094 They wouldn't have died. 582 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,814 You know, there's that little girl who's five years old, Diana. 583 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,000 I mean, it's a travesty and it should not have happened. 584 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,694 The sinking of the Costa Concordia stands as 585 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:25,040 one of the most profound cautionary tales of the 21st century. 586 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:29,134 It was a marvel of modern engineering, equipped 587 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,974 with the latest digital navigation systems, automated watertight 588 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,160 doors and redundant power grids. 589 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:45,214 Yet, it was entirely undone by the oldest of maritime hazards, human hubris. 590 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:49,160 And he has to live with it, doesn't he? 591 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,614 If it was his error, he has to live with it. 592 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,094 I can't imagine. 593 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:58,374 If that is the case, I can't imagine what he must be thinking. 594 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,734 The disaster proved that no amount of technological 595 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:06,280 perfection can override catastrophic human error. 596 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,574 A series of terrible choices, to the delayed 597 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:15,054 emergency alarm, to a captain abandoning his post, 598 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,400 cascaded into an entirely preventable tragedy. 599 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,280 The ship was not left to become a rusted monument to failure. 600 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,374 What followed the tragedy was an engineering epic 601 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,880 that rivaled the construction of the ship itself. 602 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,134 An international team of engineers spent over two 603 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:39,374 years and roughly 1.5 billion dollars, more 604 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,814 than three times the cost of building the 605 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:46,200 ship, to meticulously upright the decaying hull. 606 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:51,974 In July 2014, the battered, rusted ghost ship 607 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:56,174 was re-floated and towed to Genoa, the 608 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:58,774 very port where it had been proudly launched 609 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:05,174 just eight years earlier, to be cut apart and sold for scrap. 610 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,854 Adjusting the water levels or the air levels 611 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,974 in the sponsor, this is my job now, 612 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,694 and then keep all these forces under control 613 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:15,494 by equally ballasting and re-float the ship actually. 614 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,134 We keep an eye on every single value. 615 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:24,280 If something is out of range, so we will see an alarm and we adjust the levels. 616 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,760 But yesterday, for example, nothing went wrong, it was perfect. 617 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:34,934 Yeah, but it's a very safe system, so normally nothing can go wrong. 618 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,694 The next two, three days, you will see 619 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:42,774 the starboard sponsons and pairs of two going 620 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,974 down deeper into the water to the final 621 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:51,534 position and you will hear some noise because of the air we are releasing. 622 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:56,894 So basically, you have to keep an eye on this side, on the starboard side. 623 00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:02,560 The disaster forced a painful global reckoning with the cruise industry. 624 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:08,080 The fatal loopholes that cost so many lives were closed forever. 625 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:13,800 Most notably, international maritime law was permanently altered. 626 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,134 Emergency muster drills are now strictly required for 627 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,934 all passengers before a cruise ship ever leaves 628 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,294 the dock, ensuring that no guest is ever 629 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:30,680 again left wandering a sinking ship without knowing where the lifeboats are. 630 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,494 Furthermore, corporate oversight was tightened and the reckless 631 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:40,440 tradition of unauthorized coastal salutes was firmly banned. 632 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:47,280 Today, the Costa Concordia is gone, its steel melted down and repurposed. 633 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:54,214 The waters off Giglio are clear again, the shattered reef slowly healing. 634 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:58,360 But the memory of that January night remains. 635 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:03,094 It serves as a permanent haunting reminder that 636 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,014 no matter how massive the ship or how 637 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:11,494 luxurious the amenities, the ocean remains unforgiving and 638 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:15,334 the lives of thousands will always depend on 639 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,574 the integrity of those at the helm.