If I remember correctly some one on the Carnival ship mentioned that while they were watching them try and rescue the guy they couldn't get a lifeboat into the water. they said it got all tangled up in it's own ropes. And i only metioned it because they news people didn't only mention that disney rescued him but that carnival didn't rescue their own passenger
Theres several different versions Ive heard of from what happened from onboard the Sensation.
Ive heard everything from they sunk the rescue boat, to they tangled the lines ( which I cant see happening since they are steel, and they are in hauling blocks that keep them spearated)to the ship was moving when they tried to launch the boat.Ive even heard that they dumped the rescue boat upside down, and dropped their own crew in the water.
Ive also hear that the crew ran around with flash lights looking for the MOB, and that the searchlights on the Sensation werent working properly.
In a situation like that, rumors are a dime a dozen as the average person, doesnt have access to the decision making process, and doesnt know the whole story, or heard something that overtime gets changed, due to the number of people involved.Its like playing telephone.
As a comparison, there was a fire prior to the start of a World Series Baseball game, I think in Atlanta, a few years ago. The fire started in a enclosed suite, and the fire crews came in thru a back door, and were in the stadium, putting the fire out.Some of the burning debris, had fallen on to the stands below, and was burning for a few minutes, before and engine and truck come out on the field, and put out what was in the stand.
The news caster that was supposed to be broadcasting the pregame events went on for a while on how long it took for the FD to put out the fire in the stands, and that they werent there etc.He didnt know that they were already working, and that it takes a few minutes to get a engine into position, to get into the stadium to do there job.It takes longer if there is no one around and we have to "unlock" a gate ourselves.
Thats what happens when the uninformed make statements with out all of the facts.(Im not directing it at you)Those of us that do know, and saw and heard the comments first hand, were asking how long he was going to run his mouth, when we could see water coming out of the suite, and even one line lobbing water out from the suite,to the debris below.
Same thing with the Sensation. I wasnt on the bridge, and dont know what they did or didnt do.But from all news accounts, and the fact I was on deck 10 when I saw the Wonders boat pick up the MOB, less then 100 feet from the ship, we were closer.