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MS Costa Concordia in Palma, Majorca, in 2011. Costa Concordia (call sign: IBHD, IMO number: 9320544, MMSI number: 247158500), with 3,206 passengers and 1,023 crew members on board, [1] was sailing off Isola del Giglio on the night of 13 January 2012, having begun a planned seven-day cruise from Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy, to Savona and five other ports. [2]
9:11: The last PATH train leaves the World Trade Center. The station was vacant when the towers collapsed. 9:11: ABC News anchor Peter Jennings begins reporting on the disaster. 9:13: The F-15 fighters from Otis Air National Guard Base leave military airspace near Long Island, bound for Manhattan.
It's been more than two months after 9/11 and the event is still fresh in everyone's minds. American Airlines Flight 587, operated by an Airbus A300-600R, leaves John F. Kennedy Airport for Santo Domingo. Shortly after take-off, the aircraft spins out of control and crashes into Rockaway, Queens, killing all 260 people on board and five on the ...
On September 10, 2001 (one day into the cruise), the "Tigers" are excited about the day's upcoming air show. Tina hopes to take pictures from the flight deck of Grace's jet taking off. However, the flight deck is a restricted area due to safety regulations; non-military personnel must watch the airshow from "Vulture's Row".
The Final 9/11 Commission Report; 9-11 NTSB Report "Victims of the American Airlines Flight 11". Archived from the original on January 12, 2010; American Airlines site explaining that all aircraft are accounted for at the Wayback Machine (archived September 11, 2001), September 11, 2001
Francesco Schettino (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko sketˈtiːno]; born 14 November 1960) [1] is an Italian former shipmaster who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when the ship struck an underwater rock and capsized off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012. [2] [3] Thirty-two passengers and crew died. In 2015, he was ...
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Norman Mineta, the Secretary of Transportation in a 9/11 Commission hearing, said the response was the "largest maritime evacuation conducted in the history of the United States". [26] As part of the 20th anniversary commemoration, the New York Council Navy League of the United States honored the maritime operators for their heroism in "the ...