So, the Miami-Dade mother of two young sons waiting at home in South Florida began to sob.
I was terrified,’’ Camacho, 34, of Homestead, told The Miami Herald in a telephone interview Sunday from the Rome Hilton. “I cried. I screamed. I couldn’t stop thinking about my kids.
Camacho and her husband, Luis Manny Hernandez, were among the more than 4,200 people on board the cruise ship that struck a line of rocks Friday night near the island of Giglio, Italy. The massive ship turned almost completely on its left side and lay half submerged in the cold, dark Mediterranean Sea as panicked passengers crawled and ran in the darkness amid broken glass and objects strewn from the wreck.
Six people were killed and 16 are still missing after the Costa Concordia's hull was torn open on Friday.
Rescue crews restarted the search for survivors on Monday afternoon, three hours after work had been suspended over safety fears.
At an emotional news conference in Genoa, Mr Foschi fought back tears as he apologised for the accident.
"The company will be close to the captain and will provide him with all the necessary assistance, but we need to acknowledge the facts and we cannot deny human error," he said.
"This route was put in correctly. The fact that it left from this course is due solely to a manoeuvre by the commander that was unapproved, unauthorised and unknown to Costa.
"He wanted to show the ship, to go nearby this island of Giglio, so he decided to change the course of the ship to go closer to the island."
He said Costa's ships have their routes programmed and alarms sound when they go off course.
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