point, it was really getting chaotic. while alex stays calm, people all around her are losing control. my sister was hysterical, my best friend was hysterical, most of the other students were hysterical. a lot of chaos, a lot of fear, a lot of panic. you saw people fight for things and i was getting kind of the last life jacket for our group, which happened to be alex s. there was a man behind us who was probably around 70 years old grabbed it out of her hand. alex finds another life jacket and as the evacuation is under way, passengers are told they have to traverse down a rope ladder. we had to climb down three or four stories and they told us not to look down, but, of course, once they tell you not to look down, you look down. so, as soon as you look down you kind of freeze for a couple seconds. some people like this woman seem almost paralyzed with fear. it was heartbreaking to watch
cruise lines shows one of their ships called sea diamond sailing smoothly through brilliantly blue waters. its ten decks hold nearly 1,600 people, which include jen and her daughter, alex. their cruise takes them to the pristine coast of greece on a relatively calm and sunny day. well, you could see it s a beautiful day and we were all excited. jan is chaperoning her daughter s high school trip on what so far has been a fantastic experience. but on april 6th, 2007, their fourth day, alex doesn t have a good feeling. we looked really close to the bottom of the harbor. and i just, i pointed out to someone, we laughed about it and as we started walking out of the room, we felt the crash. we quickly met and as we were
the titanic movie. women and children will be evacuated first. but, you know, we had had the boys in our group, they along with the male chaperons separated from us and by that point, it was really getting chaotic. while alex stays calm, people all around her are losing control. my sister was hysterical, my best friend was hysterical, most of the other students were hysterical. a lot of chaos, a lot of fear, a lot of panic. you saw people fight for things and i was getting kind of the last life jacket for our group, which happened to be alex s. there was a man behind us who was probably around 70 years old grabbed it out of her hand. alex find another life jacket and as the evacuation is under way, passengers are told they have to traverse down a rope ladder. we had to climb down three or four stories and they told us not to look down, but, of course, once they tell you not to look down, you look down. so, as soon as you look down you
boys in our group, they along with the male chaperons separated from us and by that point, it was really getting chaotic. while alex stays calm, people all around her are losing control. my sister was hysterical, my best friend was hysterical, most of the other students were hysterical. a lot of chaos, a lot of fear, a lot of panic. you saw people fight for things and i was getting kind of the last life jacket for our group, which happened to be alex s. there was a man behind us who was probably around 70 years old grabbed it out of her hand. alex find another life jacket and as the evacuation is under way, passengers are told they have to traverse down a rope ladder. we had to climb down three or four stories and they told us not to look down, but, of course, once they tell you not to look down, you look down. so, as soon as you look down you kind of freeze for a couple seconds. some people like this woman seem almost paralyzed with fear.
separated from us and by that point, it was really getting chaotic. while alex stays calm, people all around her are losing control. my sister was hysterical, my best friend was hysterical, most of the other students were hysterical. a lot of chaos, a lot of fear, a lot of panic. you saw people fight for things and i was getting kind of the last life jacket for our group, which happened to be alex s. there was a man behind us who was probably around 70 years old grabbed it out of her hand. alex find another life jacket and as the evacuation is under way, passengers are told they have to traverse down a rope ladder. we had to climb down three or four stories and they told us not to look down, but, of course, once they tell you not to look down, you look down. so, as soon as you look down you kind of freeze for a couple seconds. some people like this woman seem almost paralyzed with fear. it was heartbreaking to watch this woman and she was terrified and very unstable.