Posted on 01/26/2012 6:30:35 AM PST by C19fan
Rich Russians stuffed wads of cash into the pockets of Costa Concordia crew members to bribe them for coveted places on the lifeboats, it has been claimed. Italian investigators are looking into eyewitness accounts that 'expensively dressed Eastern Europeans' paid off staff as 'the disabled were left to fend for themselves'. Giglio resident Franca Anichini also said the first residents to reach dry land on lifeboats were not 'wounded women and children' - instead, she saw 'healthy men and elegant women in evening gowns who were speaking Russian' being the first to be saved, RadarOnline.com reported.
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This entire incident is a snapshot of European culture and values. From the top down, there was a lack of courage, judgment, accountability and human decency.
I love this.
While the crash was tragic, because people died, it was hardly anything like the Titanic.
The shore was a short swim away!
¨Room for a gentleman, gentlemen?¨
They were beached!!
Yes, how does one say “steerage” in Russian?
At least they didn’t put on a dress like Bruce Ismay did on the Titanic.
Yep, when the boat finally heeled over, the stack was almost on top of a large rock just offshore.
The only thing the idiot captain did right was ramming it onto shore a couple hours after he hit the reef and realized the boat was sinking. If he hadn't done that, it would have been like the Titanic.
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