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To: IronJack

Wow, I guess I did hear about that.

However, since it took so long I’m wondering if many people, especially staff, might’ve taken stuff with them. OTOH, they may have been strictly under emergency evac and not been allowed.


49 posted on 10/06/2015 7:29:56 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

There were a lot fewer fatalities in the Doria/Stockholm incident than Titanic, and you’re right that the Doria took much longer to sink. But I doubt many passengers had the presence of mind to grab souvenirs as they abandoned the crippled vessel.

The time between the collision and the final plunge must have been heart-wrenching. She was such a beautiful ship, and to watch her slowly capsize to her grave would have been almost obscene.

The wreck is almost totally collapsed now.

But at least she was claimed by the sea, instead of suffering the even more ignominious fate of being broken for scrap like the Costa Concordia. That IS obscene.


50 posted on 10/06/2015 8:35:16 AM PDT by IronJack
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