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Damage ships, it comes to just about 30 incidents a year. not many. but kathy notoriani, who heads the department of fire protection engineering at worcester polytechnic institute, says fires, accidents, mishaps way out here on the high seas are just so much more dangerous. >> it's really hard because the cruise ship is very much of a contained environment. so if i'm in a car crash, my car can be totaled, i might be a bit upset, but i hitch a ride home and i'm back to my normal life. it's much more difficult on a cruise ship because where are you going to go? >> reporter: notoriani is especial...

like, what if, like, "titanic," like part two and we always look at the lifeboats and see, i wonder if there would be enough for everyone and just kind of joke about it, but now, you know, it actually happens. >> it was terrifying at the time, definitely. but, i mean, i don't know -- >> now that we're safe -- >> yeah. i'm just glad to be back on land. >> search and rescue teams are still in the waters trying to determine whether there are any other survivors or bodies that could be recovered from that wreckage. thus far, we understand that confirmation of five people have been killed...