The ship Costa Concordia crashed on thirteenth January. The ship sank because the captain had it too close to the island and other reports have said that the captain did not follow the route given to him. The captain of the ship left on the life boat before helping the passengers and might be charged with manslaughter. The ship wreck rescue team have confirmed thirteen dead people and still looking for twenty missing people. The victims seem to be from all over Europe as few were identified to be from; Germany, France, and Italy. A woman yet to be identified could be one of the illegal passengers on board. Weather has caused the delay of the rescue mission before but now the navy and the coast guard is determined to search the sunken vessel. This devastating incident is still to be completely sorted out.
Vocab 1
One official said swift action was needed to remove the fuel. An Italian naval vessel is on standby as a precaution should there be an oil leak
Precaution: A measure taken in advance to prevent something dangerous, unpleasant, or inconvenient from happening.
Precautions must be taken to avoid another zero in the journal grade, therefore this sentence is being read by you.
Vocab 2
Coastguard and navy divers have been blasting their way into submerged areas of the vessel using explosives in an effort to find those unaccounted for.
Submerged: Cause to be under water.
The hills where Woodstock is was once submerged, the ripples on the stone near JB2 are evidence for that statement.
Vocab 3
Correspondents say they are under time pressure, amid fears the ship could slip off a ledge into deeper water with a risk of fuel tanks being ruptured.
Correspondents: A person who writes letters to a person or a newspaper, esp. on a regular basis.
The correspondents from tiger news update the world on what’s happening in Woodstock daily, this is good for the alumni.
This ship wreck reminds me of things that we learned about leadership. Cleary the captain did not fulfill his duties so why was he trusted? All these people were put on a ship and trusted the authorities to choose the correct captain. So why did the authorities choose this captain? And now he is under house arrest until further investigation is done. One thing is for sure he should not be a captain anymore as he did not do his duty and if it was his fault he should be put in prison for life. But clearly some action needs to be taken or lot of future captains and leaders will take this positions for granted. Just like in the French revolution there were different leaders if one could not do great then they simply replaced by the other.
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