00:00Welcome to the Spirit of Discovery cruise ship, which will take you on an unforgettable
00:05sea voyage around the Canary Islands, the azure endless ocean, delicious food, the highest
00:11service, premium cabins, and a terrible nightmare that you will probably remember for the rest
00:17of your life.
00:18This is exactly how one luxury trip of the Saga Cruises company ended last year.
00:24Instead of relaxing during the cruise, passengers felt fear and horror, and even had health
00:29problems.
00:30And that's why.
00:32On October 24, the Spirit of Discovery liner started a two-week cruise around the Canary
00:38Islands.
00:39There were about 1,500 people on board, about 1,000 were passengers, and the rest were crew
00:44members.
00:45The first week went great, but then the liner encountered a serious problem called nature.
00:52There were strong winds and big waves.
00:54The captain decided to return to the UK ahead of time, but the decision was made too late.
01:00The ship was caught in a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay.
01:05A powerful wind with a force of 11 points hit the vessel.
01:09To make it easier for you to understand, the 11-point wind is able to tear out trees together
01:15with roots, destroy residential buildings, and plunge entire cities into chaos.
01:21Such a storm is rare, but Spirit of Discovery was unlucky enough to get into its epicenter.
01:2711 points is the penultimate place on the Beaufort scale, which determines the wind
01:33rating.
01:34The most powerful storm has 12 points, and this is a hurricane.
01:38The wind reached a speed of 65 mph, which is about the same as the average speed of
01:44a car on a highway.
01:46Not only did it push the Spirit of Discovery, but it also raised huge waves 25 feet high.
01:52Just imagine a wall of water the height of a three-story building collapsing on a lone
01:57ocean liner.
01:59At that moment, the captain sent a message to all the passengers through the cabin speakers
02:04so that no one left their place.
02:06And his voice sounded worried enough.
02:08All the passengers had to lie down and hold on tight.
02:13According to the witnesses' words, the ship remained caught in the storm for about 15
02:18hours.
02:19They held on with all their might so as not to crash into the walls and floor.
02:24All this time, tables were flying around the ship, dishes were breaking, furniture was
02:29moving all over the cabins.
02:31The waves smashed windows, partitions, and doors.
02:35Some people were knocked down because they couldn't hold on for so long.
02:39The storm hurled the passengers from ceiling to floor, from wall to wall.
02:45The ship's crew turned the dining room into a medical area to provide assistance to those
02:49who had been hurt.
02:51Despite the difficult and terrible conditions, the ship's team did a great job.
02:56They regularly informed passengers about the current situation and tried to calm everyone
03:01down.
03:02There was no panic and chaos on board.
03:05When the storm finally ended, the ship continued its journey and finally reached land, where
03:10medics urgently evacuated 8 passengers to the hospital.
03:14One of them was never able to survive this storm.
03:18It's good the ship didn't meet a rogue wave during the storm.
03:22This is a natural phenomenon that can appear during a storm and even in still water.
03:27It's a giant wave with a height of 60 feet.
03:31Like a six-story house, it collapses onto a ship with incredible speed and capsizes
03:37it.
03:38And then the wave suddenly disappears.
03:40This is no joke.
03:41A similar wave has been recorded in the Gulf Stream off of Charleston, South Carolina.
03:47It's scary to get in its way.
03:50Let's go back to the past to remember one of the most terrible maritime tragedies.
03:55No, we're not talking about the Titanic.
03:58We'll talk about the Greek liner Laconia, which set sail from the English port of South
04:03Hampton on December 19, 1963, with more than 600 people on board.
04:09However, just three days later, a terrible tragedy happened to the ship in the boundless
04:15waters of the Atlantic.
04:17At 11 p.m. in the barbershop hall, an electrical malfunction occurred.
04:22The problem led to a fire, which quickly spread to other rooms.
04:26The crew couldn't cope with it since the fire was spreading too fast.
04:31The ship's team turned on the fire alarm, but there was no command to leave the vessel.
04:36Only two hours later, the captain ordered the passengers to evacuate.
04:40All this time, people were either relaxing in their cabins or enjoying a party in the
04:45ballroom.
04:47The crew was probably trying to put out the fire without causing panic.
04:51However, when the situation became critical, the evacuation began.
04:56People panicked and ran to the lifeboats, but many didn't manage to get inside.
05:01One of them was John Morris.
05:03He survived this catastrophe and shared his memories of how he put his family in a lifeboat
05:08while he stayed on board the ship.
05:11He didn't even have a life jacket.
05:14Since there was nowhere to go, the ship's crew opened a bar so that people could relax
05:19a little.
05:20However, at that moment, boilers began to explode inside the ship, and it became clear
05:26the vessel wouldn't stay afloat for too long.
05:29John Morris decided to jump into the water right in his tuxedo.
05:34As soon as he was overboard, he grabbed onto a piece of wooden deck cargo and swam as far
05:39away from the ship as he could.
05:41The giant liner could sink at any moment, and when such a huge object goes down to the
05:46seabed, it forms a water funnel that pulls along everything around.
05:52Rescuers arrived at the scene sometime later.
05:55Fortunately, John Morris' pregnant wife and young son were alive.
05:59But his mother-in-law, unfortunately, didn't survive the disaster, like many other people
06:04that day.
06:06Of course, after this incident, the Greek Ministry of Merchant Marine initiated a thorough
06:11investigation.
06:13For two years, they collected information from passengers and the captain, studied the
06:18technical characteristics of the ship, and eventually came to certain conclusions.
06:24According to them, the ship's crew gave the evacuation order too late.
06:28Not all passengers were able to get into lifeboats.
06:32But half of those boats remained on board because of the chaos that prevailed during
06:36the evacuation.
06:38Several officers of the liner were accused of negligence, but the captain and his first
06:43mate received the most criticism.
06:46As for John Morris, he stated that he felt himself under protection that day.
06:52Another unusual story happened on a cruise ship relatively recently.
06:56Spoiler alert – the ship didn't sink, there was no evacuation, and the weather was
07:01good.
07:02However, for many passengers, this journey became a real challenge.
07:07Imagine that you've been working for a long time and saving up money to go on your dream
07:11trip on the Celebrity Mercury cruise ship in the Caribbean.
07:16You arrive in South Carolina, from where the ship begins its journey.
07:20You get on board, looking forward to a week's rest.
07:24At first, everything is fine.
07:26People are having fun, chefs are cooking delicious dishes, and beautiful daytime landscapes turn
07:31into night parties.
07:33But then suddenly, many passengers start throwing up.
07:38Someone is in a hurry to go to the toilet, and someone stays and vomits right in the
07:42halls.
07:43The cruise turns into chaos.
07:46More and more people feel terrible because of unknown poisoning.
07:50You also visited the restaurant and eaten seafood.
07:54But fortunately, the disease has avoided you, which can't be said for more than 400 other
08:00passengers.
08:01Almost every one in four people on board face gastrointestinal problems.
08:07There were almost 2,000 people, and a quarter of them are in bad condition.
08:12Crew members do endless cleaning.
08:14They wash the deck, give people nausea pills, and ask them not to leave the cabin till the
08:19illness passes.
08:21The captain sends several samples ashore to determine what caused the poisoning.
08:26Unfortunately, the cruise is already ruined, and all the passengers have unpleasant memories.
08:32So the company organizing the trip issues certificates that can be used on future cruises.
08:38It's not the most pleasant experience, but it's still better than nothing.
08:42Now imagine if, instead of just feeling sick, people got infected with some kind of bacterium
08:49that would turn them into zombies.
08:51It would be much more exciting and scary.
08:54Do you think you could survive on such a ship full of zombies?
08:58And how would you do that?
09:00Tell me about it in the comments!
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