Stupid Ship Captain Grounds Cruise Ship

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Excerpts from today's story - not looking cool for the skipper....
"I felt the ship, which had been on a normal course, slip to the right because of sea currents," NET quoted him as saying, according to The Associated Press. "I gave the order for a full turn left. But there was not enough time for the ship to respond."

The prosecution official told CNN the captain admitted in an interview that he tried to free the ship from the reef before evacuating the passengers as required by international rules.

The ship's hull was ripped open by the effort to move off the rocks, causing it to sink in Santorini's volcanic lagoon 18 hours later.
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