I love when I read this (in American press), the article had to tell how many Americans were on board in order to make us care.
Enough gallows humor. I was irritated at the ineptness of the captain post accident. He should know that steaming ahead in a ship with a hole in it only makes the water come in faster.
Who gave him the damage control report, saying it was ok to steam towards shore?
This was a Captain more interested in easy salvage of the ship, rather than the lives of the passengers, as well as inept underlings.