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>> what happens here, and i get back to the striking resemblance to the costa concordia disaster. what happened here is the vessel struck something. it struck a scholl or something in the water. there was a loud bang that was heard. eventually it listed and listed very severely. the captain did something which is by all accounts really horrible. that is he or someone else -- theyre not sure whom was at the helm. it could have been this third officer at the helm at the time. but someone went on t...

Time to bring people to their muster stations where they would kong congregate. on the other hand, if the vessel is in peril of sinking before you could actually get people to muster stations or ready the lifeboats to go over the side, then obviously passengers have to take it upon themselves, working with crew, and find a safe means of egress you sboo the water and away from a sinking ship. >> apparently it didnt work and they werent able to get off as quickly as possible. what do you make of t...

Now when i opened the door to our cabin about, thats when i smelled smoke. they instructed us to put on our life vests and go to our muster stations. >> reporter: thats not clear what caused the fire. it burned for two hours on the stern, destroying parts of several of the decks. the ship itself did not lose power and was able to dock in the bahamas on monday afternoon, martha. martha: what a mess. what is next for the passengers? >> reporter: royal caribbean officials were on the scene in the b...

Royal caribbean says the ship never lost power. a substantial area caught fire on several decks and passengers report they lost air conditioning. with the hours passing the ship got hotter and hotter. steve harrigan is live in our miami bureau with that. how dangerous was this. steve? >> certainly disorienting and fearful for many of the passengers, staff members aboard that royal caribbean ship actually went cabin to cabin pounding at doors at 3:00 in the morning on memorial day. some of the pa...

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now," with john muller and diana perez. good morning, everybody. back to work time, huh? >> sure is. tuesday. hmm. >> yeah, well, what are you going to do? lets begin this half hour with a nightmare, another one aboard a cruise ship. listen to this -- thousands of people forced to bring their luxury vacation to an abrupt end. >> this time frightened passengers had to scramble out of their beds after fire broke out on a royal caribbean cruise s...

Winkleman, matts attorney. you were a marine. how bad was it? >> conditions were pretty bad. everything you said so far is very accurate. the beginning when the fire broke out at 5:30 in the morning everybody scrambled to the muster stations and really didnt know what was going on. >> judge jeanine: did they tell you that there was a fire? >> not initially. but you could smell the smoke bellowing through the hallways. >> judge jeanine: do you think the ship was prepared for even the possibility ...

Room so we were okay, pretty much. but we were very concerned. >> greta: go ahead. >> and we looked, we looked for the life vests for sure. >> greta: kim, i suspect theres some people who sort of grin and bear it. some people who are really angry and some people are really scared. is that a fair assessment that denver people responded differently? >> absolutely people responded differently. there were many people that, you know, were able to make the best of it. i had he say most people were abl...

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the night sky in reno county, kansas. reports of several tornadoes hitting parts of that state overnight. the sheriff in harveyville kansas reports a twister destroyed about half the town. severe weather is blamed in the death of a woman in dallas county missouri. tornadoes also caused damage in nearby branson, a popular tourist spot. the cleanup is beginning today for people in those hard-hit areas. rob marciano is here to give us details about what happened and whats ahead potentia...