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As the Costa Concordia sank into the Mediterranean, an Irish couple named Seamus and Carol Moore prepared for the possibility of imminent death.
Now, as the bodies of two elderly people are recovered from the wreck of the sunken cruise ship, and Capt. Cosimo Nicastro is placed under arrest for abandoning the Italian vessel, the Moores are sharing their story with the press.
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Seamus Moore describes everything, from the chaos on board the sinking Costa Concordia, which many are already comparing to the sinking of the Titanic, to the moment when he and his wife Carol decided they were going to fight to survive.
'Chaos'
Survivors of the wreck told news reporters that everything was in "chaos" as people tried to get into the lifeboats on Friday.
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"It was just battling, mad scrambles," American student Brandon Warrick told CNN. "A giant every-man-for-himself."
His sister Amanda said the worst part was the waiting, drifting on the ocean for two hours while waiting for rescuers to arrive.
"We didn't know who was going to be coming, how much longer we would have to wait," she said.
But for Seamus and Carol Moore, from Clonmel, County Tipperary, the panic began as early as 9:10 p.m., when the cruise ship they were sailing on for Carol's 50th birthday celebration began to tip wildly as it headed toward the rocks.
The Ship Goes Down
Seamus Moore first realized something was wrong on the Costa Concordia when the ship began to rock around 9:10 p.m.
"The ship tipped badly," Moore said. "First one way, then the next."
At first, the Moores thought it was simply an electrical failure. That's what the staff of the cruise ship kept telling passengers.
But around 9:30 the vessel start lifting out of the water. The Moores knew the cruise ship was going down.
