Father Raffaele Malena said he was among the last to leave the ship at around 1.30am local time on Saturday and then stayed "close to the injured" in the tiny harbour of Giglio.
"I descended on the rope ladder. I was picked up by a little lifeboat," he said.
His account emerged as Italian navy and coast guard divers resumed their search of the crippled liner, using explosive charges to blast more holes in its hull to give them better access.
The death toll stands at 11, with 21 people still missing and little hope of anyone being found
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The cruise ship captain who crashed his vessel into rocks off the coast of Italy on Friday was accompanied on the bridge by a Moldovan woman at the moment of impact, Italian press reports have claimed.
Investigators are reportedly trying to locate the woman, a cruise ship
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On the night of Friday, January 13, the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, with more than 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members on board, struck a reef, keeled over, and partially sank off Isola del Giglio, Italy. Six people are now confirmed
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Ian Donoff: A passenger aboard Costa Concordia. He shares the timeline of events and about the evacuation process.
Stewart Chiron: The Cruise Guy® America’s most quoted cruise expert. Contributor to ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WGN, Good Morning America, CNBC, Travel Channel and CNN.
Also we’ll play sound bytes from the Press Conference with Costa’s CEO, Pier Luigi Foschi.
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We booked the Princess Crown April 28th.. Boarding at Fort Lauderdale 9 se Dya to Gibraltar. Than the rest of the cruise in the Med! Good deal on Princess
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