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DOUCHE OF THE MONTH AWARD GOES TO:  Costa Concordia captain claims he tripped and fell from sinking ship into lifeboat The captain of the stricken Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia is claiming that he tripped and fell into a lifeboat during the emergency.Francesco Schettino said he stumbled as the ship was tipping dangerously and he was helping passengers, according to media reports.“The passengers were pouring on to the decks, taking the lifeboats by assault,” he is alleged to have told an investigating judge according tom Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper.“I didn’t even have a life jacket because I had given it to one of the passengers. I was trying to get people to get into the boats in an orderly fashion. Suddenly, since the ship was at a 60 to 70 degree angle, I tripped and I ended up in one of the boats. That’s how I found myself there,” The Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying. (Photo: Reuters)

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Costa Concordia captain claims he tripped and fell from sinking ship into lifeboat

The captain of the stricken Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia is claiming that he tripped and fell into a lifeboat during the emergency.

Francesco Schettino said he stumbled as the ship was tipping dangerously and he was helping passengers, according to media reports.

“The passengers were pouring on to the decks, taking the lifeboats by assault,” he is alleged to have told an investigating judge according tom Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper.

“I didn’t even have a life jacket because I had given it to one of the passengers. I was trying to get people to get into the boats in an orderly fashion. Suddenly, since the ship was at a 60 to 70 degree angle, I tripped and I ended up in one of the boats. That’s how I found myself there,” The Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying. (Photo: Reuters)

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Posted January 18, 2012 at 8:18 pm 57 notes

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  1. soapathetic reblogged this from kirstensdesk and added:
    Bahahahaha Kirsten. You’re awesome.
  2. kirstensdesk reblogged this from nationalpost
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  4. brianairb reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    DOUCHE OF THE MONTH AWARD GOES TO:
  5. level12medic reblogged this from rinjirenee and added:
    Captain of a ship and you don’t have the sea legs to handle a 60 to 70 degree list? tsk-tsk. He should have been...
  6. rsek reblogged this from leggywillow
  7. logicislife reblogged this from quantumpie
  8. apeirophobia reblogged this from inthesunlight
  9. anarya-c reblogged this from leggywillow and added:
    This is like when people claim to have fallen when they show up in the emergency room with a lightbulb up their ass.
  10. quantumpie reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    chopping these onions when...mailman accidentally ran into my knife. Seventeen times.
  11. contremesyeux reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    actually burst out laughing. Oh my god, priceless.
  12. backshootingford reblogged this from nationalpost
  13. terenceinmonochrome reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    me feels this “Captain”...drugs or drunk off his ass
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  18. leggywillow reblogged this from rinjirenee and added:
    Ahahahahaha. OH NO HOW DID THIS HAPPEN, I AM IN A LIFEBOAT.
  19. rinjirenee reblogged this from freckles04 and added:
    “oops i tripped into safety” i hope they make him walk the plank
  20. pejmanyousefzadeh reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    lifeboat, which somehow caused me to find myself safely...absolute nightmare that
  21. toomuchrainoverparadise reblogged this from nationalpost
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  23. freckles04 reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    this claim made me LOL.
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