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    Italian Cruise Ship's Dangerous Path Posted to Facebook Before Crash

    Before Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia's tragic disaster Friday, some citizens of the island Giglio looked towards the sea to get a glimpse of the boat, following a Facebook prompt from a ship worker's sister.

    While head waiter Antonello Tievolli reportedly did not ask the captain to steer towards his native island, he told his family he would be passing by that evening and his sister shared his whereabouts with her Facebook network.

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    Patrizia Tievoli, Antonello's sister, posted to Facebook Friday, "In a short period of time the Concordia ship will pass very close. A big greeting to my brother who finally get to have a holiday on landing in Savona," (translated from Italian), the Telegraph reports.

    As the Concordia approached the coast of the island Giglio, ship Captain Francesco Schettino told the head waiter, a Giglio native, "Come and see, Antonello, we're right in front of Giglio," Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reports.

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    The captain went too far with the Facebook-cued stunt. The ship hit rocks, which tore through its hull, resulting in the boat's demise. More than 4,000 passengers were evacuated Friday night. Schettino was accused of inexcusable recklessness Monday, for his decision to steer too close to the island.

    When Tievolli finally reached the shore of his home island, he reportedly told his friends and family, "I would never have imagined that I'd end up disembarking on my own island like this."

    During the Concordia's last voyage past Giglio Jan. 6, Patrizia also spotted the ship and posted to Facebook, “I’m signalling to them. I wonder if they can see me,” Corriere della Sera noted.

    Patrizia's Facebook updates are now an ominous reminder of an onlooker's excitement before disaster struck.

    Image courtesy of iStockphoto, 26ISO

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

     

    24 comments

    • Czar Czar  •  4 mths ago
      People do stupid crap when they think someone on facebook might see them. Good job captain.
    • Macro Man  •  4 mths ago
      Just another bit of proof that there is nothing positive that comes out of posting on facebook.
    • Phil  •  4 mths ago
      what the hell is wrong with people? it seems more and more pathetic people feel the need to let other losers know what's going on in their own loser life - stop clogging the bandwidth so that I can blog about the blogging I did at "occupy Mom's Basement"
      • Bellapuff 4 mths ago
        LMAO!
      • Nomad 4 mths ago
        hhahahaa, very funny. lets smoke some weed
    • Watt D Fuch  •  4 mths ago
      Attention Starved, Egomaniac, Illusionists make up Facebook
    • CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD  •  La Mirada, California  •  4 mths ago
      When this story first hit the news my 11year old daughter said daddy i thought the captin was suppose to go down with his ship.
      • zxcvbnm 4 mths ago
        She's right.....the best example I can think of is the opening scene of Star Trek (the new one).
    • Kitty  •  Middleburgh, New York  •  4 mths ago
      How does this not surprise me? You can have 100 anti-crashing mechanisms on your ship but you can't save people from their own stupidity.
    • Brandon  •  4 mths ago
      HaHA AHa ha.

      It's all Facebook's fault.
    • DogRules  •  4 mths ago
      Captain was a coward. Not everyone will behave heroically, in fact few will. But when you have such enormous responsibility and other peoples lives are in your hands, it is your duty to subordinate your own safety and what may be your natural instinct to run in a catastrophic situation.
    • 2008champ  •  4 mths ago
      Look Ma- No hands!!
      • mindy 4 mths ago
        i have laughed for 20 minutes at this. thanks for making my day better
      • 2008champ 4 mths ago
        You made my day better also, thanks for the nice comment Mindy.
    • Nomad  •  4 mths ago
      you get on facebook, tell all your business, youre an idiot
    • Junichiro  •  4 mths ago
      Since when do waiters ask the upper management for favors?
      • 1540 4 mths ago
        He didn't ask. Read the article.
    • Snowdog  •  Asheville, North Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      Heard a report today that as late as 30 minutes AFTER the impact the Captain was ordering food and wine for a private dinner, trying to get in some chick's pants. If that turns out to be true, he ought to be strung up by the gonads, especially if he abandoned ship, and most especially if he wrecked his ship in some silly Facebook stunt. Oh well, at least they won't be able to frame an American tourist for this one.
    • Snafu B  •  4 mths ago
      Zoe Fos, it is a ship, not a boat. I wish you were a good writer and knew your nautical terms. Otherwise you strike me as a stupid fool that doesn't know what they are on about.
    • John C  •  Portland, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      Can you SEE ME NOW ??? !!!!!!!!
    • dirt  •  4 mths ago
      I think my A s s is going to be in big trouble... I won't have a job, a boat and for that matter not much butt left when this is over ... I'm otta here !
    • jennie  •  4 mths ago
      Facebook has nothing to do with this,, this happened due to the stupidity of the captain of the ship, wanting his 15 minutes of fame. And in trying to get that caused an accident that injured and killed people....the captain and the captain alone is responsible for this.
      My condolences to family and friends of any one who has lost his or her life in this tragic accident.
    • Nomad  •  4 mths ago
      am i the only person that is so very, very tired of facebook. facebook. facebook. jeez, stop shoving it in my face
    • Carnegie Hill  •  New York, New York  •  4 mths ago
      This was a stunt? Who hired this crew?
      • a 4 mths ago
        carnival cruise lines
    • gop32  •  4 mths ago
      Look at me.... Ooops.
    • Dude  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      The Captain screwed up big time on the boat's course, resulting in the huge gash in the side of the ship. That gash that was going to sink the ship in deep water with 4000 people on board, none of whom had drilled for life boats. Using anchors, they positioned that ship against that island so that it wedged on the rocks and wouldn't sink. So lets at least acknowledge that the Captain saved a huge number of lives by his actions after hitting the rocks.
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