British survivors recall moment Costa Concordia hit rocks

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British survivors recall moment Costa Concordia hit rocks

Workers and tourists on cruise liner tell how people helped each other amid confusion after ship crashed on Italian islandJames Thomas, 19, from Sutton Coldfield, who had been working as a dancer with the Costa Concordia ship’s entertainment troupe for six months, was thrown out of bed when the boat began to tilt. An intercom informed passengers of “a minor technical fault” but coded bleeps told crew there was a leak.