kevin says he and ruby are pushed deep under the water. when we came up and the barge was not on top of us, it was truly, you know, an unbelievable experience of divine intervention. for me, it was as if it swept us out to the river to prevent that from happening. to all those people. i couldn t believe that all these people were all around us. the boat was gone. but kevin and ruby s ordeal isn t over. almost immediately they get sucked under the water for a second time. and this time i didn t have ruby s hair. and so i popped up and looked around and she wasn t there yet. and just as i was beginning to start to panic, i guess i was already panicking, but where is she? where is she? and then she popped up. they swim for their lives.
seem almost paralyzed with fear. it was heartbreaking to watch this woman, and she was terrified and very unstable. took about two or three of the crewmen to actually help her down. but after several hours, most are safely onshore. we were like one of the first boats that got off, and it was probably two, three hours after that that the rest of our group got off. they were the very last boat. the classmates and their chaperones reunite on land. we were watching as the boat was sinking. in the beginning when we first got off, we saw it move all over the harbor because all the currents were dragging it all over the place. by the time we were able to get on the rescue boat back to athens, it was probably around 4:00, 5:00 in the morning. and at that point, our ship was completely on its side and it was going down. the ship lies crippled in the night, only hours from plunging to its final resting place. the next morning when we got to athens, we saw the rest of it
doomed vessel. once safe onshore, the sabas see hundreds of discarded life jackets and as a body is taken away, the gravity of the situation becomes clear. we did not realize people were dying until we were on the ferry and we saw some of the people being carried away all covered up. but i still did not realize it. i think it was probably the adrenaline trying to keep me from panicking. daylight reveals the huge rocks had torn a 160-foot gash in the $500 million cruise liner. divers begin their search for survivors. the sabas and the rest of the world learn that the boat s you captain left the boat while many others were still onboard. the captain says he slipped off the ship s deck and fell into a lifeboat. he said he tried to make his way back but couldn t. listen as a coast guard official demands that the captain return to his boat. listen, schettino, there are people trapped onboard.
plug out of the raft. so, at that point, i knew, you know, now our time is limited. tensions are rising and so is the 40-degree water inside the raft. hypothermia is a grave concern, and there s more danger in store. good thing the water s not rough today. within minutes of abandoning ship, the stern starts to sink and rears vertically up and heads towards them. look out, you guys. it s coming this way. the bow was sticking straight up and i said, hey, watch out. you know, the boat is going to come this way. i thought it was going to swamp us. irene is sinking. push the water in, don t do that. don t do that. we re taking on water, guys. there was a couple of the passengers actually one in particular that she was really getting uneasy. so, we tried, you know, we tried to calm her down. water coming in. guys.
on this overcast day in alaska inland, the water is providing a bountiful catch for the six tourists on this steel hulled fishing boat. here s another one coming up. but their luck begins to change from big fish to big trouble. everybody get one of those on, please. turns out the motor located under the deck has malfunctioned and broken apart. its metal pieces ripping a hole in the boat. we were just having fun with the camera back and forth. and then it evolved into much more. i just kept the camera running. one of the diesels apparently sheared a shaft and we re taking on water. along with an electrical problem, we lost the radio communication. to make matters worse, the gps is shot, and there s no