They should have given him a more seaworthy vessel that wasn't so topheavy so that it could withstand stormy seas better. Wanting him to go stand sideways on a tipped over ship is just plain stupid. It looks more like bad design with a high center of gravity.
Sometimes no remote control comes with a better picture and more action. I might have been tempted to drop Marconi's little marvel into the ocean to eliminate outside annoyances and distractions.
jamfree - You're right, but you have to bear in mind that most Americans have absolutely no idea where Tuscany is. They probably think it's somewhere in America.
FormerUSMCSergeant - If you are actually what you say you are, then you will know perfectly well that people fail to do their duty every day in every military or similar organisation in the world.
This guy fell apart under pressure and he should never have been in command, but that's a familiar story in the US armed forces too.... isn't it?
Have any of you read the statement a Carnival Lines spokesperson made regarding their exemplary record of safety?! What incredible liars. And this while CNN was showing the more than 15 violations, fires and other mishaps this shipping line has had in the past few years. I called them and cancelled my family's reservations for a cruise up the Pacific to Alaska this spring (pays to have cancellation insurance).
How does someone who clearly is only out for himself progress through the ranks to become ships captian? Must be who he knew not what he knew. If not, I would think that at some point his cowardness would had become apparent.
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This guy's like the George Bush of boat captains ... asleep at the wheel and dumb as a rock ...
This guy fell apart under pressure and he should never have been in command, but that's a familiar story in the US armed forces too.... isn't it?