“A three hour tour …..”

Having ridden a ferry between Italy and Greece, this one hit home for me … terrifying hours for passengers on a ferry where fire & explosions broke out and passengers huddled on a freezing deck in high winds waiting to be evacuated by helicopter:

Passengers described scenes of terror and chaos when the fire broke out as they slept in their cabins.

“They called first on women and children to be evacuated from the ship,” said Vassiliki Tavrizelou, who was rescued along with her 2-year-old daughter. “Ships could not approach us because of the rain and winds,” Tavrizelou said. “We were at least four hours on the deck, in the cold and rain.”

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