01-15-2012, 11:50 AM
shades of J. Bruce Ismay if true. was he wearing a dress?
AP
A French couple who boarded the Concordia in Marseille, Ophelie Gondelle and David Du Pays of Marseille, told The Associated Press they saw the captain in a lifeboat, covered by a blanket, well before all the passengers were off the ship. They insisted on telling a reporter what they saw, so incensed that -- according to them -- the captain had abandoned the ship before everyone had been evacuated.
"The commander left before and was on the dock before everyone was off," said Gondelle, 28, a French military officer.
"Normally the commander should leave at the end," said Du Pays, a police officer who said he helped an injured passenger to a rescue boat. "I did what I could."
According to the Italian navigation code, a captain who abandons a ship in danger can face up to 12 years in prison.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/01/15/...z1jXgH0bbT
AP
A French couple who boarded the Concordia in Marseille, Ophelie Gondelle and David Du Pays of Marseille, told The Associated Press they saw the captain in a lifeboat, covered by a blanket, well before all the passengers were off the ship. They insisted on telling a reporter what they saw, so incensed that -- according to them -- the captain had abandoned the ship before everyone had been evacuated.
"The commander left before and was on the dock before everyone was off," said Gondelle, 28, a French military officer.
"Normally the commander should leave at the end," said Du Pays, a police officer who said he helped an injured passenger to a rescue boat. "I did what I could."
According to the Italian navigation code, a captain who abandons a ship in danger can face up to 12 years in prison.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/01/15/...z1jXgH0bbT