Well, if I understand the purpose of compartmentalization, it is that you seal off each area so that flooding will not sink the ship.
Yes, there will be some sailors, possibly alive, in flooding compartments. That saves the whole ship.
There should be at least TWO - and many times three! - man-sized exit holes from evey manned compartment below the nominal waterline.
BUT.
The forces of the collision are likely to have bent/jammed one or two exit hatches. The story could be true. Is not likely to be true - considering the source of Good Morning America is not exactly “Real News” about US military hardware and naval ship design and damage control.
But it IS all about “Anti-Trump, we are all doomed by Trump!” headlines and implications! Obola, of course, would be pictured as deeply saddened, and will immediately fly his family to Hawaii for a grief counseling photo-op with the (minority and lesbian/homosexual survivors!)
One of the oldest nautical moral dilemmas and the answer is always the same answer. The ship and crew is more important than the entirety of the crew.