costa concordia

The captain told the Italian Coast Guard that he abandoned the ship, and then denied it.

The captain appeared to have been "showing off" to a friend by going so close to an island.

"We had no idea how serious it was until we got out and we looked through the window. We saw the water coming closer and closer."

A passenger said, "I can easily understand the comparisons to the film, how it must have been on the Titanic."