Last night a cruise ship special aired on ABC’s 20/20 about the Costa Concordia disaster.
Narrated by Chris Cuomo from Italy, the one hour program contains interviews with surviving passengers. The 52 year old captain, Francesco Schettino, is seen dining with a 25 year old blond former crew member as the disaster unfolds. ABC shows a computer simulation of the crash. The passenger interviews include accounts of the chaos and confusion, the delayed Mayday signal, the false information to the passengers, the captain’s cowardly abandonment of ship, and his subsequent refusal to comply with Italian Coast Guard orders to return to the stricken vessel. Italian authorities arrested Captain Schettino who has been labelled the "chicken of the seas."
There are also 2 or 3 clips of me answering questions at the port of Miami, explaining how the disaster unfolded.
The segment below is about 8 and 1/2 minutes:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UVORPMW188g%3Frel%3D0
Watch the entire 20/20 "cruise confidential" program here.
Video credit: ABC NEWS / ABC 20/20