The lesson that's is reaffirmed here is that in any type of emergency, natural disaster, etc. do not simply listen to authorities. Do whatever you have to to get your loved ones and yourself out of danger. Make your own decisions and you will probably survive.
wow, it's tough to be more wrong with a single blanket statement.
make your own decisions, despite zero, incomplete or bad information, with little or no knowledge of how to interpret that information, and under extreme stress, and you will probably survive an emergency! no prob, thanks for that.
Sure you keep calm I'll be first out the door.
every time I've read news about this tragedy I can't help but think about how ridiculous it was for so many people to be so ludicrously subservient and stay put despite the obvious severity of the situation
no offense meant to the victims, but I can't help but put some blame on them (most definitely goes on the captain/crew) for failing to act in their own self-interest
wow, it's tough to be more wrong with a single blanket statement.
make your own decisions, despite zero, incomplete or bad information, with little or no knowledge of how to interpret that information, and under extreme stress, and you will probably survive an emergency! no prob, thanks for that.
WTF are you going on about?
What knowledge is there to interpret about a sinking ship? Or a structure fire? Or a hurricane? I'm OK with you standing around till you are told what to do by some tard wearing the hat of knowledge and authority.
I am pretty confident in saying that most of the pile of kids pressed up against each other, flailing around in the darkness of an ever decreasing air bubble inside the hull of an overturned ship, struggling for their last breath, wished they would have taken their chances and headed up to the open air during the half hour or so where they had the opportunity.
there are circumstances where people have to respond to an immediate threat - fire, drowning, suffocation, etc. there are other circumstances where people compound the difficulty or danger - opening a hot door, walking into an electrified area, moving someone with a back injury, and so on.
with a grand total of zero years at sea, i still feel confident that a hysterical free-for-all is not the preferred means of evacuating a ship.
Bodies brought ashore
At least 87 people have died in the sinking, and 215 are missing, the South Korean coast guard said Monday night. Although 174 people were rescued soon after the vessel sank Wednesday, no survivors have been found since. After divers found a way into the submerged ship, search crews have been bringing ashore body after body.
They are carried onto the dock one by one, tied up in identical white bags. Family members of the missing passengers wait anxiously, bracing themselves. The bodies are put on a stretcher, draped with a blanket and taken up a gravel path. Identification takes place inside white domed tents from which the howls of grief-stricken parents escape.
"You must've said, 'Daddy, save me,'" weeps one father.
Some of the police officers standing guard outside wipe away tears. With hundreds of people still missing, the grim process is likely to be repeated again and again.
no offense meant to the victims, but I can't help but put some blame on them (most definitely goes on the captain/crew) for failing to act in their own self-interest
So, conditions are bad outside. The waves are fierce, it is pouring rain, and there is no visibility. There are no life boats in the water, nor are there any other ships nearby. The water temperature is 12 degrees, which means exhaustion in half an hour and death in as little as one hour.
I take it you'll still jump into the freezing, murky water?
So, conditions are bad outside. The waves are fierce, it is pouring rain, and there is no visibility. There are no life boats in the water, nor are there any other ships nearby. The water temperature is 12 degrees, which means exhaustion in half an hour and death in as little as one hour.
I take it you'll still jump into the freezing, murky water?
So, conditions are bad outside. The waves are fierce, it is pouring rain, and there is no visibility. There are no life boats in the water, nor are there any other ships nearby. The water temperature is 12 degrees, which means exhaustion in half an hour and death in as little as one hour.
I take it you'll still jump into the freezing, murky water?
It sounds like they started to list pretty hard in a short amount of time, and would have had trouble moving around inside the ship. I guess by the time the crew realized they were in very serious trouble (which may or may not have been excessive for the situation), navigating a ship's interior that's partially sideways was going to be very difficult or even impossible.I might not jump right in, but I sure as shit would be topside and ready to at any moment. Also, you act like they were out in the middle of the ocean where no one could reach them. They weren't. Rescue craft arrived in plenty of time, because they were in a very well traveled area. Taking all of that into consideration, it was asinine to be below-decks for ANY reason.
I might not jump right in, but I sure as shit would be topside and ready to at any moment. Also, you act like they were out in the middle of the ocean where no one could reach them. They weren't. Rescue craft arrived in plenty of time, because they were in a very well traveled area. Taking all of that into consideration, it was asinine to be below-decks for ANY reason.
It sounds like they started to list pretty hard in a short amount of time, and would have had trouble moving around inside the ship. I guess by the time the crew realized they were in very serious trouble (which may or may not have been excessive for the situation), navigating a ship's interior that's partially sideways was going to be very difficult or even impossible.
Divers searching a sunken passenger ferry off South Korea found 48 bodies in a single room on the vessel meant to accommodate 38 people, officials say.
The group was crammed into a dormitory and all were wearing lifejackets, a South Korean Navy officer said.