Blame spreads in Italy's Costa Concordia shipwreck - The blame game surrounding the wreck of the Costa Concordia has spread like ripples on a tranquil Mediterranean bay.
Eight days after the hull of the liner was ripped open by a rocky outcrop, the dynamics of the brutal interruption of a starry-night cruise past a small Tuscan island aren't clear. But that hasn't stopped an almost unseemly rash of finger-pointing.
There appears to be no doubt about the personal responsibility of Capt. Francesco Schettino, who has acknowledged bringing the 1,000-foot-long floating city startlingly close to the craggy coast of Giglio island, leading to a Friday the 13th tragedy that has so far claimed 12 lives, including a woman whose body was recovered Saturday from a submerged ship corridor.
And the heroes in the calamity are likewise undisputed: the generous citizens of Giglio, who came out in throngs to aid the more than 4,000 passengers and crew members; the scuba divers, speleologists, climbers and other experts combing the insides of the overturned ship to find the missing; ship's officer Manrico Giampetroni,
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Eight days after the hull of the liner was ripped open by a rocky outcrop, the dynamics of the brutal interruption of a starry-night cruise past a small Tuscan island aren't clear. But that hasn't stopped an almost unseemly rash of finger-pointing.
There appears to be no doubt about the personal responsibility of Capt. Francesco Schettino, who has acknowledged bringing the 1,000-foot-long floating city startlingly close to the craggy coast of Giglio island, leading to a Friday the 13th tragedy that has so far claimed 12 lives, including a woman whose body was recovered Saturday from a submerged ship corridor.
And the heroes in the calamity are likewise undisputed: the generous citizens of Giglio, who came out in throngs to aid the more than 4,000 passengers and crew members; the scuba divers, speleologists, climbers and other experts combing the insides of the overturned ship to find the missing; ship's officer Manrico Giampetroni,
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