I heard what sounded like a crack from outside [the ship] at 5.50am, |
I heard what sounded like a crack from outside at 5.50am, |
I looked out of the window and saw a small boat with about five people in it about 20 yards away, |
I looked out the window and saw a small boat with about five people in it, about 20 yards away. Two of them had rifles and one had some kind of rocket launcher. They were firing the rifle and then they fired the rocket launcher twice. |
I was awake doing some work when I heard what sounded like a crack from outside at 5.50 am, |
Instead he made an announcement at five past six, saying: 'Stay inside, stay inside, we are under attack'. |
It was all a very surreal experience - not the kind of thing you expect on a cruise. |
Stay inside, we're under attack. |
The captain didn't sound the usual alarm because he was worried that people would run up on the deck thinking it was a fire, and that would be the worst place to be, |
They were firing the rifle and then fired the rocket launcher twice. One of the rockets certainly hit the ship. It went through the side of the liner into a passenger's suite. |
We started using a lower octane a while back when the prices went up, ... I'm looking at some other ways to cut costs and still protect the people. |