Costa Cruises, the company which owns the now-shipwrecked Costa Concordia, is in the process of offering full refunds to surviving passengers, but that won't stop the lawsuits from being filed or the amateur videos from revealing that the crew might not have handle the accident in the best way possible.
If you thought Captain Franscesco Schettino couldn't look any worse after abandoning the capsized Costa Concordia--think again. New transcripts between Schettino and port authorities have surfaced today, painting a cowardly picture of the captain as he tried to direct rescue efforts from a lifeboat.
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