Rose
Metcalf
was
just
23
a d
sta ti g
he
fi st
day
as
a
p ofessio al
da ce
aboa d
the
Costa
Co co dia
whe
the
c uise
ship
st uck
a
eef
ea
Italy’s
Giglio
Isla d
o
Ja ua y
13,
2012.
As
the
vessel
bega
taki g
o
wate
a d
listi g
heavily,
Metcalf
fou d
he self
helpi g
o ga ise
hu d eds
of
people
i
a
apidly
dete io ati g
situatio .
She
said
she
was
o e
of
o ly
about
12
flue t
E glish
speake s
amo g
the
c ew
a d
eve tually
became
espo sible
fo
a ou d
400
people.
She
helped
o ga ise
a
huma
chai
i side
the
tilted
ship
a d
late
imp ovised
a
way
to
sig al
escue s.
He
sto y
has
esu faced
i
2026
th ough
a
Good
Mo i g
B itai
i te view
a d
the
Netflix
docume ta y
Shipw ecked:
Nightma e
at
Sea.
How
a
23-yea -old
da ce
helped
save
a ou d
400
people
Metcalf
joi ed
the
Costa
Co co dia
as
a
p ofessio al
da ce ,
expecti g
he
fi st
day
aboa d
the
c uise
ship
to
be
the
begi i g
of
a
ew
job.
I stead,
she
fou d
he self
i
the
middle
of
o e
of
the
wo st
ma itime
disaste s
of
ece t
decades.Acco di g
to
he
2026
accou t,
he
ability
to
speak
flue t
E glish
quickly
made
he
useful
du i g
the
eme ge cy.
She
was
i itially
asked
to
ca y
out
a
oll
call
i volvi g
a ou d
30
c ew
membe s.
As
the
situatio
dete io ated,
howeve ,
she
said
she
e ded
up
taki g
espo sibility
fo
oughly
400
people
because
othe
c ew
membe s
we e
ot
steppi g
fo wa d.It
is
impo ta t
to
ote
that
the
400
figu e
comes
f om
Metcalf’s
ow
accou t.
It
desc ibes
the
umbe
of
people
she
said
she
became
espo sible
fo ,
athe
tha
a
i depe de tly
ve ified
cou t
of
lives
pe so ally
saved
by
he .
Whe
the
Costa
Co co dia
st uck
a
eef
The
Costa
Co co dia
was
saili g
close
to
the
Italia
isla d
of
Giglio
o
the
ight
of
Ja ua y
13,
2012,
whe
it
st uck
u de wate
ocks
at
about
9:45
p.m.
local
time.The
impact
damaged
the
vessel’s
hull
a d
caused
wate
to
e te
the
ship.
The
c uise
li e
developed
a
i c easi gly
seve e
list
befo e
eve tually
comi g
to
est
o
its
side
close
to
the
isla d.The e
we e
3,229
passe ge s
a d
1,023
c ew
membe s
aboa d.
The
Italia
Civil
P otectio
Depa tme t
eco ds
that
32
people
died
du i g
the
disaste .The
subseque t
escue
ope atio
i volved
the
Italia
Coast
Gua d,
fi efighte s,
police,
Navy
dive s
a d
othe
eme ge cy
pe so el.
