share their stories. free at last? do you think he should have been let out? almost 200 criminals, some convicted murderers, hardened by mississippi s outgoing governor. the public now in fear for their safety, even their lives. that and more, right here and right now on cnn. more than 4,000 people are no doubt celebrating life like they never have before. they escaped death by drowning in a cruise ship that nearly became their floating coffin when it suddenly ran aground off the coast of italy. just a short while ago, we learned that rescuers pulled two more survivors out, more than 24 hours after the ship hit rocks. at this moment, the ship is capsized with 160 foot long cash in its hull. it is that damage that forced passengers to scramble for the lifeboats. three people are dead, another 20 are injured. as many as 50 people could still be unaccounted for. an estimated 126 americans were on the cruise, but none of them was hurt. the italian captain is under arrest.
free at last. do you think he should have been let out? you need to do time. almost 200 criminals, some convicted murderers, pardoned by mississippi s outgoing governor. the public in and out now in fer safety and even their lives. that and more right here right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. as we go on the air tonight, more than 4,000 people are no doubt celebrating life like they never had before. they escaped death by drowning if a doomed gigantic cruise sthship that became their floating coffin when it ran aground off the coast of italy. a short while ago we learned rescuers pulled two more survivors ouft the boat more than 24 hours after the ship hit rocks. at this moment the ship is capsized with 160-foot long gash right in its hull. it is that damage that forced passengers to scramble for the lifeboats. at last count three people are dead and another 20 were injured. investigators say as many as 50 people could still be unacco
onboard that ship, and here is what authorities are saying. they say 43 to 70 people could stl be missing. an estimated 16 americans, 126 were on the cruise, but none of them are reported hurt. the italian captain is under arrest right now. he could be charged with manslaughter and abandoning ship. the ship is owned by carnival. the biggest cruise line in the world based in miami. cnn spoke with one of the americans who had to flee the ship, army colonel vivian shafer on an r&r leave. we had just been on only a few hours. we didn t even have the safety brief yet. it was really bizarre. we had finished dinner and we were at the magic show. we thought it was really sort of a bizarre trick to have the curtains all be sideways and the lights because he was using different lights and smoke. all in all, it was pretty bizarre. it was unreal. what was truly disappointing there didn t seem to be anybody in charge or anyone really with any authority to tell people anything. if it was
their boat tipping over after it ran aground off of one of italy s islands. this is not how you re supposed to see the sunset from a cruise ship. look at those pictures. they are unbelievable. three people are dead. among more than 4,000 who were onboard that ship, and here is what authorities are saying. they say 43 to 70 people could still be missing. an estimated 16 americans, 126 were on the cruise, but none of them are reported hurt. the italian captain is under arrest right now. he could be charged with manslaughter and abandoning ship. the ship is owned by carnival. the biggest cruise line in the world based in miami. cnn spoke with one of the americans who had to flee the ship, army colonel vivian shafer on an r&r leave. we had just been on only a few hours. we didn t even have the safety brief yet. it was really bizarre. we had finished dinner and we were at the magic show. we thought it was really sort of a bizarre trick to have the curtains all be sideways and th