Surging online interest in Domnica Cemortan

He's no Captain Sullivan.

saved 3,000???? he caused the the accident...3,000 people almost died because of that stupid captain...

You know what's better than "more than 3000 lives saved"? Never having the necessity to save them in the first place. If the #$%$ stayed on course, none of this crap would've happened.

It has to be said .... "he's the real CHICKEN OF THE SEA." A real modern day coward!

Let's get something straight you ignorant #$%$ If you BROKE THE RULES and took the ship on a different course as a favor to the chef which ended up hitting a reef and sinking and causing people to die, you are NOT eligible to be called a HERO under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Even if you did save a few lives. What a stupid #$%$ Let's see:1) He failed to alert the Coast Guard or anyone else as to what really happened, so no additional help arrived. By the time they were speaking to the Coast Guard 30 minutes after impact, they were still saying it's just a power failure.2) Why is the crew telling people it's a blackout? I keep reading that Captain Dingbat was in the restaurant when the ship hit, and other passengers reported the dinnerware was airborne, hitting people in the head. So why does the entire crew, even 30 minutes later, after some passengers are already on land and reporting what happened, think it's merely a blackout? That sounds like a conspiracy to hide the truth to me. And that has cost 11 lives, and possibly 21 more.3) If Captain Dooshbag was onboard for 2 hours and 5 minutes, what was he doing? She says whatever he did, he was saving 3,000 lives. How come so many of the crew members - and passengers - are saying nobody seemed to be in charge or giving directions? Whatever he was doing, he sure wasn't communicating to anyone.4) I've never been on a cruise ship. But if people are getting hit by flying plates, is it remotely possible that anyone anywhere else on the ship didn't feel the impact? A electrical blackout isn't going to send my coffee cup into the air.Somebody slap this #$%$

Just an observation - the Captain of a cruise liner should probably know what a sandbar is and how to avoid them. I can't believe this #$%$ hit one - with all the technology he has at his disposal on the bridge?! I was in the US Navy - and I can tell you this: The Captain goes down with his ship if he has to, but he should always be the last person off if an abandon ship is ordered. So yes, I question this guy's honor - because he obviously has none.

He was a freaking coward in my eyes...no capt. worth a dang would ever leave a sinking ship until all passangers and crew are safetly off the vessel....this comming from an ex-capt of a commercial longliner

"Look at how many people are alive because of him. It's a tragedy that people are missing, but he saved over 3,000 people on that ship because of his actions." .... LMAO .... more like 3,000 survived his incompetence ....

He was going down, but not with the ship!!

I think he fell on her too. It was a rough night.

He "...tripped, and fell into a lifeboat."Well, he should have turned around and "tripped" his #$%$ right out of it...

Whatever happened to "A captain goes down with his ship"?
My concern his HIM, not the girl who is defending him. Her opinion doesn't matter as much as the captain's actions.

What's in it for her, I wonder.

What an idiot, he put "3000 lives at risk" and killed at least 11 if not more and damaged a half billion dollar ship. This guy deserves to rot in an Italian prision where he will be the girlfriend to a big hairy Italian stallion.

This was a serious tragedy with legal implications. She should be careful about making up stories.

When you are the Captain of a ship, or an airplane, you are responsible for everything that happens unless there are mitigating and demonstrable circumstances (Like a german U-boat torpedoed her). You do not leave. You make safe and order the crew into evacuation procedures. Women and children leave first. You grab your sidearm, and oversee the evacuation of the passengers and crew. When no reasonable person would believe anyone is left, you can leave the ship. He should never have left the ship. How he got in this jam we won't know for a while, but we do know he left the ship before seeing to the safety of all passengers and crew risking his own life. He must have taken all available precautions and used all available communication devices to call for help. Passangers should have been drilled on emergency procedures and were not. You must not have a drop of alcohol in your body while on duty. You are responsible for the actions of your subordinates and can issue disciplinary action at your whim until reaching shore. A real man captain knows this. This would never have happened if the captain had served in the U.S. Navy. Everything, everyone, every possibility is your problem. If his engines blew up he can still be responsible if the maintenanece logs show lack of maintenance. Barring any issue like that, he can be exonerated and restored to duty. It is a high hurdle for a reason. If he had had a big proble 200 miles out to sea, everyone would have died. Do you know why airplane pilots are so careful now?

Never mind how many he saved,how many did he kill?

I'm still not sure how the two women in the Captain's life (wife and this woman) think he saved 3000 lives? No lives would have been in jeopardy if he had kept on the cruise line's approved route. He killed at least 11 people, possibly 32 people, so he is no hero.
The Captain's responsibility is to stay with his ship. The fact that he jumped ship, won't accept responsibility and apologize for his bad judgement shows what a coward he truly is.

So...falling in the lifeboat saved 3000 people? The implies that if he had actually directed the evacuation 3000 people would have died. That I can believe.

Ms Moldova went down many times on that ship