father's remains home. The horrific story was just one of many to emerge after the cruise ship crashed into rocks off the Italian island of Giglio, Italy, on Friday night, leaving 11 dead and 21 still missing. Her story backs up other survivor claims that it was a case of every man, woman and child for themselves of the 390m vessel after it ran aground. Fights broke out to get into the lifeboats, men refused to prioritise women, expectant mothers and children as they pushed themselves forward to escape. Crew ignored their passengers -- leaving 'chefs and waiters' to help out. Evacuation: One of the lifeboats is made ready for launching (left) as chaotic scenes unfurl inside the vessel (right) Innocent child: A heroic rescue worker carries an evacuee as they arrive at Porto Santo Stefano, but an Italian girl is still missing after the grounding DANCER SAYS THE CALL TO ABANDON SHIP CAME TOO LATE A dancer who helped to direct petrified passengers off the Costa Concordia said today the instruction to abandon ship should have been given 'an hour earlier, if not more'. James Thomas, 19, had been working as an entertainer on the ill-fated cruise liner for six months when it ran aground in the Mediterranean. He said: 'We had an announcement saying please stay calm, everything is under control, it's just a minor technical fault. 'Then we had the coding of two short blasts followed by alternate tones which means there is a leak on board