be evacuated first. but, you know, we had had the boys in our group, they along with the male chaperones 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 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. 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
this promotional video for the louse louis cruise lines shows one of their ships called sea diamond sailing brilliantly through blue waters. it has ten decks that 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 in san torino 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 standing there, we saw a lot of people come up and they were
women and children will be evacuated first. but, you know, we had had the boys in our group, they along with the male chaperones had separated from us, and by that point it was getting really 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
brilliant in the waters. ten decks hold nearly 1600 people that include this woman and her daughter. their cruise takes them to santorini, greece. we were all excited. jan is chaperoning her daughter s high school trip on what so far has been a fantastic experience. on april 6, 2007, alex doesn t have a good feel. we looked really close to the bottom of the harbor. i pointed it out to somebody and we laughed about it. we started walking out and we felt the crash. i was standing there and we saw a lot of people come up and they were dripping wet. they came up with from the
along with the male chaperons separated from us. it was getting chaotic. while alex stays calm, people around her are losing control. my sister was hysterical. my husband was hysterical. most of the others were i hadster cal. people were fighting for things and getting the last life jacket, there was a man behind us who was around 70 years old grabbed it out of her hand. alex finds another life jacket and as evacuation is under way, passengers are told they have to traverse down a ladder. they told us not to look down. as soon as they told you not to, you look down. you freeze for a couple of seconds. some people were almost