NYTimes: Confusion and Then Anger Heard in Audio Recordings of Calls to Cruise Ship Captain [View all]
“Schettino? Listen Schettino. There are people trapped on board,” the coast guard captain said.
“Commander, please… ”
“No, please,” the coast guard captain said. “You go on board, this is an order” he said, later adding: “There are already dead bodies.”
“How many?” Mr. Schettino asked.
“I do not know. One I know. One I heard. You are the one who has to tell me how many there are, Christ!”
“But you realize that it’s dark and here we see nothing…”
“Do you want to go home, Schettino? It’s dark and you want to go home? Go up on the bow of the ship on a rope ladder and tell me what you can do, how many people are there and what they need. Now!”
“All right,” Mr. Schettino said. “I’m going.”
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