Chicken of the Sea

February 4th, 2006 at 10:46 am by Smantix

Sorry, Charlie:

SAFAGA, Egypt (Reuters) – Survivors of the Red Sea ferry disaster said on Saturday the Egyptian captain had fled his burning ship by lifeboat and abandoned them to their fate, as hopes faded of finding some 800 missing people.
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“We were wearing lifejackets but they told us there was nothing wrong, told us to take them off and they took away the lifejackets. Then the boat started to sink and the captain took a boat and left,” he added, speaking to Reuters Television.

“The captain was the first to leave and we were surprised to see the boat sinking,” added Khaled Hassan, another survivor.

If you see this man, he should be tarred in the tangy zip of Miracle Whip and feathered with a toasted wheat bun.

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6 Responses to “Chicken of the Sea”

1. Jeremiah Says:
   February 4th, 2006 at 1:32 pm

   And who wrote a great novel about a similar man in a similar situation? Joseph Conrad: a Polish Englishman, Westerner, infidel, gringo, whitey… a hundred years ago … “Lord Jim”. The West rocks.

2. Smantix Says:
   February 4th, 2006 at 1:55 pm

   J -
   There is probably no more apt literary analogy that can be made to this story. From the Brothers Judd:

   “Jim, a British seaman, ships aboard the Patna, taking 800 pilgrims to Mecca. When the ship rams a derelict and is holed, Jim and the other officers abandon ship, leaving the passengers to the mercy of the sea. But the ship is rescued and towed to port and the officers brought to trial. At the trial, Jim meets Marlow (our narrator in Heart of Darkness) and tells his story. He reveals that he refused to leave the boat, or help those abandoning it, but tripped during a swell and stumbled into a departing lifeboat.”

3. JW3 Says:
   February 4th, 2006 at 2:11 pm

   It’s only a matter of time before they blame it on the Israelis.

4. Jeremiah Says:
   February 4th, 2006 at 3:07 pm

   Yeah. I can see an epic movie, a la Titanic, with a smash hit theme song, “I Know That My Hate Will Go On”

5. Ace of Spades HQ Says:
   February 4th, 2006 at 7:14 pm

   Cowardly captain cops out

   Survivors of the Red Sea ferry disaster, which caused the deaths of more than 1,000 people, say the captain was the first person to hit the lifeboats hard, long, and strong, after a car-fire broke out below deck. “We were…

6. Stop The ACLU Says:
   February 5th, 2006 at 10:50 am

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