Sunday, January 11, 2015

Passengers’ Accounts of Rescue From Burning Ferry Differ Sharply

Concerning the the Norman Atlantic incident, the ferry boat had on caught fire while traveling from Greece to Italy, two passengers' accounts have been collected relating to the evacuation and rescue of the passengers. The fire's origins remain a mystery, due to investigations being stalled because the flames were still present on the ship twelve days after all the passengers were rescued by helicopter. Unfortunately, eleven passengers and counting were killed, while sixteen were unaccounted for. The first account was from a Mr. Ndreu, who awoke to chaos outside his door. He described it as, No one was giving us any orders. There was a lot of confusion. I don’t want to blame the crew, but no one was telling us what to do, and that made people more afraid." While the second account came from Mr. Zoron, who said, “The captain controlled everything,” he added. “As far as I am concerned, everything worked as it was supposed to.” These contrasting descriptions brings up the question of whose comments should we believe? And what really happened on the deck of the Norman Atlantic? Further evidence will shed light on this recent tragedy.
Article Can Be Found Here
Anne Sortino

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