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People that survive the actual capsizing of the ship. three dangers that they face. one is the temperature, right? if youre in the cold water, youre not going to last for very long. another now is, as youre in that air pocket, youre going to use up oxygen, and the act of breathing is going to create a lot of carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide toxicity is your main threat. so, for that nigerian chef, given the size of his air pocket, he could have survived for about 70 hours. and lucky for him, h...

Occurred, then there could very well be air pockets. and people have been known to survive for quite some time in very deep water in these air pockets. people that survive the actual capsizing of the ship, three dangers that they face. one is the temperature, right? if youre in the cold water, youre not going to last for very long. another now is as youre in that air pocket, youre going to use up oxygen, and act of breathing is going to create a lot of carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide toxicity...

He also faces a charge of causing bodily injury and not seeking rescue from nearby ships. this is something that the families who have been holding vigil at this port have wanted. they have wanted the captain to be arrested because they believe he was the one who issued the order. in speaking to reporters while handcuffed, he did admit that he was the one who issued the order telling passengers to stay where they are, to stay put as the ship was capsizing. he explained it as he was not sure wher...

Frantic rescue shows passengers clinging to guard rails and being airlifted to safety. most accounts of what could have caused it to tilt was a loud bang and caused it to tilt. >> sounds like he hit something that caused a gash in the hull and allowed ingress of water. >> reporter: if thats the case, it hit several compartments below. that caused the capsizing of the ship. and also the handling of the passengers. and this cell phone video shows passengers wearing life jackets, outside the ship, ...

Maintains buoyancy. there is a reserve amount of buoyancy available. so if you flood a compartment, the ship can still stay afloat. i think the indications are there was a catastrophic flooding event that probably impacted more than one compartment that allowed the ship to lose buoyancy and roll on its side and then down flooding through the open areas on the top and that probably caused the final capsizing. >> we look at these pictures. some people watching if you can still see the ship, doesnt...

Anticipate that, sir. a local atlanta paper felt compelled to point out that mr. johnson as far as they could tell was not making an april fools joke. we talked about the island of guam capsizing from the weight of all the new people there. but he kind of was making a joke there. he did not really think that guam was going to tip over. he was using metaphor as a commentary on the size of the u.s. military presence on the island and he was just being incredibly dead pan about it while he used tha...

You know -- >> -- rum and coke at sun set. >> reporter: yeah. >> no. >> reporter: theyre sailing twice as fast of the mono-hulled racing yachts of not so long ago. >> are you going to flip over? it depends, the unreassuring answer. >> if youre not getting close to capsizing, youre probably not pushing it hard enough. >> reporter: are you pushing yet or just crazy? >> nick watt, on san francisco bay. >> get in on the action, paula, bet you look good on the high seas. snoop out on the poop deck? >...

>> what is the very latest? >> its a university where there are students apparently learning the art of acupuncture, we know of five people we were killed her. what we do not know is was that shooter connected to the university? you can take a look at the active situation, we have a big perimeter set up. we do understand that the oakland police have now detained and that is the word they are using, is detained, one person who they believe may be responsible for this shooting. it is no...

>> italy, something going right at the site of that cruise ship. the first removing the fuel from the costa concordia is now complete and the agency monitoring the operation saying the tanks in the front part of the ship are now cleared of fuel and contained about two-thirds of the total 500,000 gallons on board. its been feared all along that fuel could leak out and contaminate the beautiful coastal waters which are likely now the tomb for those still missing and the ship slammed into a reef la...

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