“It is dark and you want to go home?”
An Italian Coast Guard officer said this to the captain of the Costa Concordia while passengers were still trapped aboard his sinking ship.
The captain was already on shore.
On January 13, 2012, Costa Concordia was carrying 4,229 people when it struck rocks off the Italian island of Giglio. The impact flooded the ship, killed its power, and left it tilting into the sea.
For more than an hour after the collision, passengers heard announcements saying the situation was under control. The order to abandon ship did not come until 10:54 p.m.
By 12:36 a.m., Captain Francesco Schettino had left the ship. Around 80 people were still aboard.
At 1:46, Coast Guard officer Gregorio De Falco called him and ordered him to climb back onto Concordia, count the remaining passengers, and coordinate their rescue.
Schettino complained that it was dark.
De Falco answered:
“It is dark and you want to go home?”
Then he gave the order that would become famous across Italy:
“Get on board. Go on board!”
Schettino agreed.
He never returned.
At 3:44 a.m., between 40 and 50 people were still aboard the wreck. Rescue operations continued until after sunrise. 32 people died.
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