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Who can you trust regarding the Explorer in Antarctica?

The other day I linked to an article about a British woman who said evacuating the sinking Explorer was pretty easy, no hassle, no panic, etc.

Apparently this woman found the experience a little more frightening:

"I literally was shaking from the inside out," she recalled. "There is no word in the English language to describe the terror. You're just thinking only about your family. I was sending e-mails out to everyone, a good-bye letter. It never occurred to me I'd make it out of this."

Of course since she took videos of the event and now has a publicist and an agent it is pretty clear she wants to make some money out of her story so you have to wonder if she isn't embellishing it some...

But I didn't entirely believe the British passenger either:

Ms Plant said the passengers had been "nervous" but that none gave any sign of fear.

"There was no panic at all."

Now in the BBC article they say that everyone had protective suits to help keep them warm. But this American woman with the agent and publicist tells it differently:

"When I was actually being rescued, my boots had fallen off in the ocean. I had nothing," she recalled. "You have your camera and the clothes on your back."

Now obviously I don't have all the information so right now I'm not believeing anyone but something doesn't make sense here. Maybe they got the orange suits after being rescued, maybe only some passengers got the suits, maybe the real story is somewhere in between the two I've linked to so far...

Posted by James Trotta at December 4, 2007 8:07 AM | TrackBack