Review: Factual Review of An Unfortunate Tragedy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2013
A beautiful vessel like the Costa Concordia should never have ended up on the rocks of Giglio Island.  The review by John Hooper is excellent for documenting what went on onboard the ship before and during the accident.  Reading the text of communiques from the Coast Guard and the captain's responses shows the dynamics of the human being.  An industry has been temporarily hurt by this calamity and that extends beyond the needless loss of life in the actual accident.  Testimony that will come out in future hearings will reveal more but a beautiful vessel was destroyed by human factors.