bus. the bus was filled with southern california high school students. they were heading up north to visit a college. brand new video this morning. inside that sunk eden ship in sh korea moments after the chaos happened. passengers clinging to whatever they can as the boat shifts. extreme efforts they are underway to ghelp the people survive. 28 people confirmed dead. 270 people missing. investigators now say the captain actually handed the wheel to the third third mate when the problem started. there is no reason why they could not have released the life rafts into the water for the passengers who could get out. a crane now on the scene as well. but today s bad weather that is not helping. / millions of credit and debit card accounts now at risk from a retail hacking attack.
stone but they got it wrong. the new memorial to dr. martin luther king jr. needs to be fixed but how? i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. dramatic new pictures of the dangerous search and rescue effort off the italian coast where a cruise ship the size of a skyscraper lies on its side half submerged. the costa concordia struck rocks on friday night with 4200 people on board. six are known dead. 16 remain unaccounted for including two americans. look at these extraordinary images showing the massive gash ripped into the ship s hull. italian prosecutors say the captain made a grave error and could face serious charges. cnn s dan rivers is on the scene. reporter: wolf, this picture says it all about how precarious, difficult and dangerous this search and rescue operation is proving to be. it s been called off for several hours after the costa concordia started shifting, all of the rescue and fire officers were wenched off in a scramble as they felt the su
control. when the ship started to list, passengers scrambled to the deck, where the crew hesitated to lower the lifeboats. we had to wait over an hour and a half before we could get onto that boat. and the boat was obviously sinking. people started loading into the lifeboats and there was just panic. people were pushing. it was just chaotic. reporter: according to the black box it took over an hour for the captain to alert the coast guard. he admits an error in judgment but denies claims that he was one of the first off the ship. we were the last to leave the ship, he said. the captain has been detained and could face manslaughter and other charges. todd anton, abc news. you have to wonder why it took an hour for the capital-ton notify the coast guard. that could have saved lives those 60 minutes. you also think about the divers going into the ship today, because if that boat shifts at all they could be in danger of sinking. they re close so shore, but they re still in wate