Costa Concordia coast guard tape: Get back on board Captain Schettino!

Transcript

Falco: "This is De Falco speaking from Livorno. Am I speaking with the commander?"

Schettino: "Yes Good Evening, Commander De Falco."

Falco: Commander: "Tell me Your Name, please."

Schettino: "I am Captain Schettino."

Falco: "Schettino?"

Schettino: "Yes."

OH GOD HOW DID THIS GET HERE I AM NOT GOOD WITH BOAT

Falco: "Listen Schettino:"

Falco: "There are people trapped on board"

Falco: "So now you go with your lifeboat"

Falco: "just under the prow on the starboard side."

Falco: "There is a little pilot ladder."

Falco: "You then climb that ladder"

Falco: "And go on board of the ship."

Falco:"You go on board"

Falco: "And get back to me and tell me how many people there are."

Falco: "Is that clear?"

Do you fear death Schettino?

Falco: "I am recording this conversation, Cmdr. Schettino..."

Schettino: "Commander, let me tell you one thing..."

De Falco: "Speak up!"

Schettino: "Then, the boat, now... I'm here in front of..."

De Falco: "Commander, Speak louder!"

De Falco: "Put your hand in front of the microphone and speak louder!"

De Falco: "Is it clear?"

Schettino: "Tell him come here..." (referring to someone else)

Schettino: "In this moment, the boat is tipping..."

De Falco: "I've understood that! There are people..."

De Falco: "Listen!"

De Falco: "There are people that are coming down the pilot ladder of the prow."

De Falco: "You go up that pilot ladder,"

De Falco: "Get on that ship and tell me how many people are still on board"

De Falco: "And what they have on board. Clear?"

De Falco: "You tell me if there are children, women, or people in need of assistance."

De Falco: "And tell me the exact number of each of these categories."

De Falco: "Is that clear?"

De Falco: "Listen Schettino, maybe you saved yourself from the sea,"

De Falco: "But I am going to make sure you get in trouble."

De Falco: "Go on board, fuck!"

Schettino: "Commander, please..."

De Falco: "No, please. You now get up and go on board."

De Falco: "Give me your assurance that you are boarding the ship!"

Schettino: "I am here with the rescue boats,"

Schettino: "I am here, I am not going anywhere, I am here..."

De Falco: "What are you doing, Commander?"

Schettino: "I am here to co-ordinate the rescue..."

De Falco: "What are you co-ordinating from there?"

De Falco: "Go on board! Co-ordinate the rescue from aboard the ship."

De Falco: "Are you refusing?"

Schettino: "No, I am not refusing."

De Falco: "Are you refusing to go aboard commander?"

Schettino: "No, no...I'm not going there"

De Falco: "And tell me why you are not going?"

Schettino: "I am not going because the other lifeboat is stopped."

De Falco: "You go aboard. It is an order."

De Falco: "Don't make any more evaluation. You have declared 'abandon ship."

De Falco: "Now I am in charge."

De Falco: "You go onboard!"

De Falco: "Is that clear?"

De Falco: "Do you hear me?"

Schettino: "I'm going..."

De Falco: "Go!"

De Falco: "Call me immediately when you are aboard."

De Falco: "My air rescue crew is there."

Schettino: "Where are your rescuers?"

De Falco: "My air rescue is on the prow."

De Falco: "Go!"

De Falco: "There are already bodies, Schettino. Go!"

Schettino: "How many bodies are there?"

De Falco: "I don't know! I have heard of one!"

De Falco: "You are the one who has to tell me how many there are. Christ."

Schettino: "But do you realise it is dark and here we can't see anything..."

De Falco: "And so what? You want to go home, Schettino?"

De Falco: "It's dark and you want to go home?"

De Falco: "Get on that prow of the boat using the pilot ladder"

De Falco: "And tell me what can be done, how many people there are"

De Falco: "And what their needs are."

De Falco: "Now!"

Schettino: "Commander...I am with my second in command."

De Falco: "What?"

Schettino: "I am with my second in command here"

De Falco: "Go both of you go up onboard, then."

De Falco: "What's the name of the second-in-command?"

Schettino: "His name is Dimitri mmblmbr"

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De Falco: "What is the name of the second-in-command?"

Schettino: "Dimitri smorgenmumble"

De Falco: "Dimitri what!?"

Schettino: "Dimitri mumblemumblrsh"

De Falco: "You and your second-in-command get onboard. Now! Is that clear?"

Schettino: "Commander, I want to go aboard...but"

Schettino: "But the other lifeboat here as stopped and is drifting"

Schettino: "I have called other rescuers, the lifeboat has stopped"

Schettino: "Now I have called other rescuers..."

De Falco: "It has been an hour that you have been telling me the same thing."

De Falco: "Now you get onboard. Get onboard!"

De Falco: "And tell me immediately how many people there are."

Schettino: "Allright, Commander, I'm going."

De Falco: "Go! Immediately!"