Captain Schettino of Costa Concordia: "A divine hand (of God) guided me"

Written by ANAND VARDHAN TIWARY on 06 July 2012.

Captain Schettino of Costa Concordia that ran aground in January killing 32 people has been released from house arrest, and says a "divine hand" guided him and saved lives the night of the disaster. As the ship was about to hit rocks off the Italian coast "a divine hand surely touched my head", Francesco Schettino said in a letter to his lawyers that was published by Italian media. "If I had continued on that path the ship's bow would have hit the rock. It would have been carnage," he said.