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It took a few days for Thera Sanchez to process her holiday weekend before she felt able to describe it. After all, she and partner Pavel Belov hadn't expected events to unfold quite as they did since the unrelenting storm blew in Friday and hovered over their Oakfield residence and nearby roadways. While they remained at home, hundreds of motorists were trying to navigate

shore. the cruise line not only knew about the route but approved it. the company that owns the ship said the accident was the result of a rogue decision that the captain and only the captain made. we learned the previous close call happened back in august. we have video, this is the video of the incident in august taken from the shore. the cruise line said the ship was a safe distance from the coastline. lloyds lip said it was dangerously close, closer, in fact, than it came on friday night when it hit the rocks. here is new satellite imagery of the wreck. look how big it is against...

fact, than it came on friday night when it hit the rocks. here is new satellite imagery of the wreck. look how big it is against the coast, just a massive, massive ship. the search for nearly two dozen was suspended when the wreckage began shifting. really dangerous for the rescue divers. a dutch salvage team has arrived to offload diesel fuel. also, today, we got our first look at an interview that the concordia captain, schettino, did a day after the grounding. in it, he maintains that the rock he hit was not on the map. >> i don't know if it was detected or not, but on the nautica...

distance from the italian's coastline, the world's leading shipping journal says it was dangerously close, closer than it came friday night, in fact, when it actually hit the rocks. in other words, except for sheer luck, the august cruise might just have as easily ended up just like this. this is the satellite imagery new today. you're looking at it basically from space. the sheer scale of it, right up against the coast, takes your breath away, frankly. it's just -- it's amazing. no less breathtaking, the idea this really was a disaster waiting to happen. that it could have happened ...