Captain Crunch
“I was called to speak because I am an expert,” said Francesco Schettino, about his invitation to lecture for two hours at Sapienza University of Rome about emergency practices. “I had to talk about panic management.” After working six years as a ship captain, “I know what to do in these sorts of situations.” If Schettino’s name sounds familiar, it’s because in 2012 he was the captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia, which hit a rock when he commanded it too close to an island off the coast of Italy; it capsized, killing 32 passengers. But Schettino didn’t help with the ship’s “emergency practices” after the disaster struck: he abandoned ship, going to shore rather than helping evacuate his passengers. He was dubbed “Captain Coward” by the Italian press, and faces 20 years in prison in his ongoing criminal trial. (RC/AFP) ...It took him two hours to say “Trample women and children to be first in the exit line”?Original Publication Date: 31 August 2014
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 21.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 21.
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