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Laws of oleron, literally a thousand years ago. this is a particularly sad case. it s not just sad and tragic for the parents, but many, many years ago i was a history student at duke. and you would think that the industry could learn a basic lesson. there are basic lessons from the costa concordia. you have to look after the passenger. it s your obligation. you can t abandon ship. and to see this happening in this circumstance reflects, i think, poorly on this not only this captain i mean, he has his hoodie on, looking down, he s disgraced. but the issues are broader and deeper than just pointing the finger at one person. you have to look at the ferry company itself, the marine company, what was their training, what was their safety culture, were there lifeboat drills, were there muster drills? ....
Circumstance, reflects, i think, poorly, on this not only this captain, i mean, he s got his hoodie on, looking downing, he s disgraces. the issues are broader and deeper than just pointing the finger at one person. you ve got to look at the ferry company itself. the marine company, their training, their safety culture? were there lifeboat drills? muster drills? were these children sent to the muster stations before the ship? cnn s alexandra field joins me with more. what other allegations is this capital facing? reporter: a slew of them, fred. abandoning ship, negligence, causing bodily injury, failure to seek rec keys from our boats, all charles the captain in south korea is facing. shocking, that the captain would leave the boat with so many still trapped onboard and it isn t the first time we ve seen something like this happen. ....
more on that in a moment. dan is going to join us live. also, we want to tell you the company that owns the ship pointing the finger squarely at the ship s captain for allowing the ship to run aground on an italian island. cnn received a statement from costa cruises just a short time ago which reads in part, it says while the investigation is ongoing, preliminary indications are that there may have been significant human error on the part of the ship s master, captain francesco schettino, which resulted in these grave consequences. the captain is under arrest now. he could face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. but he is defending himself today and you will hear that in just a moment as well. sadly though, crews today found two elderly people dead near the ship s restaurant. life vests still strapped around their bodies. that brings the death toll inside the ship to five. rescuers did pull out a south korean couple who were trapped for more than 24 hours. t ....