Hum Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 BRICK ? Mike Stoll and Addie King, a married couple who live just a few blocks from the Manasquan River, were in calm waters off Tuscany chatting over risotto and potato and leek soup in the second-floor dining room of the cruise ship Costa Concordia. They were talking about how fun the pre-dinner magic show was Friday night. How that day, the fifth of their planned weeklong Mediterrannean-area cruise, was by far the best. How they explored Rome and saw pieces of history. ?And then we experienced history,? said Stoll, 29. The plates and glasses started flying. The couple did not know it at the time that the ship had run aground. The vessel hit a rock that sheared the hull of the massive luxury liner as it traveled, off its course, just a few miles from the shore of Giglio, a hilly island nestled on the Tyrrhenian Sea. But Stoll and King knew something was wrong, and maybe 10 to 15 seconds after the initial jolt, there was a crashing sound. The ship started to list and the serene dining room instantly turned into a scene from the film ?Titanic,? despite the wait staff?s best efforts to pass it off as something that ?happens sometimes,? like the way an airplane hits turbulence, the couple said. The two, sitting near an opening in the dining room that offered a view of the first-floor diners, grabbed what they could on the table to keep the dinnerware from tumbling down onto the other guests; Stoll grabbed the plates, King grabbed the glasses. ?He asked me, ?What should we do??? said King, 26. ?I said, ?Get out of here.? ? They rushed down two flights of stairs back to their room, a starboard-side suite with a window, and stuffed a bookbag with hooded sweatshirts, fleeces, ?and, I don?t know why, but I grabbed my keys? to the house, Stoll said. Not wanting to cause panic, they concealed lifejackets beneath their coats and headed to a muster station on the outside deck, a place they were told during the cruise?s training that guests should go in case of emergency. full story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey13 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 So they think something is wrong on the ship and their first reaction is to go lower into it and inside to their room. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 I would have lowered a lifeboat myself, and got in. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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