I confess I should like to know a little more about the company Costa Cruises. It seems to have behaved in a very strange way throughout this saga. It has clammed up when it should have spoken, and offered misleading information when it did speak. There are claims, admittedly from Captain Schettino and his defence team, that it was company policy to sail close to the island of Giglio.
Costa is owned by Carnival Cruises, an American company. Imagine President Obama's panicked response if this had happened in American waters, with a ship owned by Europeans or, worse, the hated British.
Costa has now offered survivors compensation of €11,000. My advice to them is not to take it. This one has a long way to go.
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