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Costa Concordia - Man the lifeboats 
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New, good quality footage of lifeboat operations.
Bit of an edit to get rid of some stuff.

Starts out light hearted, gets far more serious as the piece progresses.
With Italian commentary.

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Added: Feb-18-2012 Occurred On: Jan-13-2012
By: ommadawn
In: World News
Tags: Costa Concordia, lifeboats, sos, italy
Location: Italy (load item map)
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  • Look at the lean on that thing, now i TOTALLY believe the captain 'fell' into the lifeboat! And then into a taxi.

    Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
    Dunblane_Truth_Seeker (643.66)  
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  • Yeah the captain was already on shore snorting lines of a hooker's tits

    Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
    humanbean (65.70)  

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  • It seems that they didn't even know how to deploy the rescue boats. If the Concordia had sunken faster, the death toll would have been much greater.

    Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
    groh (106.20)  

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  • It's all fun and games 'til someone gets stuck in the lower decks and drowns.

    Posted Feb-18-2012 By 
    mflores (209.90)  

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  • I have not heard any more about the gutless captain. Have they gotten around to hanging him yet?

    Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
    RETICLEVIEW (407.68)  

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  • i love how humans think something is funny out of pure ignorance to the actual dangers that are present.

    Posted Feb-18-2012 By 
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    • @fobfob77

      I think that's a pretty common defense mechanism in the face of fear.

      When I did sport parachuting in my early 20's I was always Mr Bravado on the ground, happy and joking.

      The instructors noted that immediately as a sign (of a novice).

      They make you get in the plane first (last out).

      Did three static jumps.

      Great experience, but the brain disonnects from the body (I found).

      The body just stopped obeying the brain signals to jump.

      Get to the door, brain says jump, signals to t More..

      Posted Feb-18-2012 By 
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    • @ommadawn Ahh yes . I remember my first hop and pop like it was yesterday ! Totally different plane ride up when you are respobsible for pulling that ripcord .

      Posted Feb-18-2012 By 
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    • @fobfob77 These folks are 100 yds from a village.....

      Not like the Titanic in the middle of the no -sh!t ocean

      Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
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    • @monkeyboy61

      I guess we're both members of the club of people who have taken off more times then they have landed.

      The first time I landed like that, it felt like 3yrs fell from my body at the time.

      I think my body was trying to tell my brain something really important.

      I only did static jumps. No ripcord to pull.

      Also did some 'ballast' work - touch and go landings to train the pilot. Me and a buddy volunteered to be extra weight.

      So there we are, doing touch and go landings, sitting in More..

      Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
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    • @ommadawn The jumpzone in MD where I learned was closed down due to 5 fatalities . I only learned of this a year or so later from a friend who continued to jump there.I actually saw a poor women over control her chute and crashed on landing breaking both femurs and pelvis . She was lifeflighted out . Another beginner jumper had a wild hair up his ass and like to cut away his perfectly functioning main chute so he could deploy his reserve ! I saw the 5th and last time he did this at about 600 fe More..

      Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
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  • At 2:02, is that the passed-out captain they are carrying to the lifeboat? ;-)

    Posted Feb-18-2012 By 
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    • @ivojasek I actualy feel sorry for that guy, i mean he was having a drink with a woman in the bar when this happend. Any man can make that misstake if given the chance ^^

      Posted Feb-18-2012 By 
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    • @ivojasek What a piece of shit, the captain. If I recall correctly, he said he accidentally fell into a boat that was already leaving?

      He reminded me of Zapp Brannigan.

      Posted Feb-18-2012 By 
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  • how do you say "gilligan!" in italian?

    Posted Feb-18-2012 By 
    rlnbns (1482.12)  

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  • if this ship was filled with middle eastern muslim fucks, all you'd hear is "allah akbar! allah akbar!" what a bunch of tools! scurge of the earth.

    Posted Feb-18-2012 By 
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  • It's a good thing the captain went ashore to help organise things

    Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
    toothlessdog (106.76)  

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  • Women and children first, except in Italy. The captain and men first.

    Posted Feb-21-2012 By 
    YourMotha (247.10)  

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    • @YourMotha teh captain was a bitch. those italian men are being typical italians "no fuck giuseppe you're doing it wrong let me show you! like this you fuckin chooch!" "What the fuck do you mean tony it's supposed to be this way!!!"

      meanwhile the ship's sinking.

      Posted Feb-21-2012 By 
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  • I was actually surprised to see that it was not quite as confused as I imagined it to be. I DID see crew assisting passengers. Remember, 70% of the crew of a cruise ship is essentially "hotel staff" with minimal training. That is a good 700 people "in uniform" that really aren't terribly useful. So it can create an illusion of "crew incompetence". BUT, the actual crew manning the life crafts, they had BETTER know their shit, take COMMAND in both Italian and English More..

    Posted Feb-22-2012 By 
    Lewellan222 (84.30)  

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  • I don't wait for lifeboats that close to shore.

    Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
    Brutusbruno (354.20)  

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    • @Brutusbruno I am a GREAT swimmer. I would definatly wait for the lifeboats ESPECIALLY if it was dark. You never know how strong that current is and why take a chance? As long as the boat is not sinking rapidly.

      Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
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    • @Brutusbruno

      I can't swim very far at all.

      Even with a float, I would worry about the currents and the temperature of the water.

      In that situation, I would try to find out if the ship was going to sink or just settle, grounded.

      That close to land, I would bet on settle, but still grab anything that floats just in case.

      Keep my options open.

      Last option would be to get wet & cold and try to paddle.

      Keep looking, watching, learning, make decisions. Quickly.

      Look for what is working an More..

      Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
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    • @Brutusbruno, Jump from a ship into the sea, at night, In January... We'll send flowers.

      Posted Feb-19-2012 By 
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