The names, ages and nationalities of all 32 Costa Concordia victims, and how they died
The youngest was a five-year-old child
The new Costa Concordia documentary on Netflix, Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea, misses out details of the 32 victims who sadly died in the tragedy on 13th January, 2012. Here are their names, ages, nationalities and how they died.
32 people lost their lives after the Italian cruise ship crashed into some rocks near Giglio Island, which created a 53-metre gash in the hull. This flooded the engine room and cut off the ship’s power, and the cruise ship slowly filled with water.
The cruise ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, was convicted of manslaughter, causing a maritime accident, and abandoning ship, and sentenced to 16 years behind bars. The hotel manager Manrico Giampedroni, and five others were also convicted.
Court transcripts reveal that most of the passengers died from asphyxiation by drowning, and at least one passed away from hypothermia after entering the cold water.
Some passengers drowned after becoming trapped inside the ship as it filled up with water. Many were unable to find their way in the darkness after the ship lost power, while others suffered traumatic injuries as furniture collapsed and were unable to escape as a result.
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12 of the Costa Concordia victims were German, aged 38 to 79
- Gabriele Maria Grube, 52
- Christina Mathi Ganz, 66, and her husband of 50 years, Norbert Josef Ganz, 66
- Margrit Schroeter, 60
- Margarethe Neth, 62
- Siglinde Stumpf, 66
- Horst Galle, 66 and his partner Elisabeth Bauer, 79
- Inge Schall, 72
- Brunhild Werp, 73 and her husband Josef Werp, 74
- Egon Hoer, 74
Seven of the victims were Italian, including a dad and young child
- William Arlotti, 36, and his daughter Dayana Arlotti, five
- Maria D’Introno, 30
- Crew member Giuseppe Girolamo, 30, who gave up his place on a lifeboat for a child
- Giovanni Masia, 85
- Luisa Antonia Virzì, 49
- Maria Grazia Trecarichi, 50
Six French people passed away in the Costa Concordia disaster
- Mylène Litzler, 23
- Michael Blemand, 25
- Jean-Pierre Micheaud, 61
- Jeanne Yvonne Gregoire, 70, and her husband Pierre André Émile Grégoire, 69
- Francis Servel, 71, drowned while swimming to shore after giving his life jacket to his wife
Two of the victims were American, a husband and wife
- Barbara Heil, 70, and her husband, Gerald “Jerry” Heil, 69
Two crew members from Peru died while trying to save people
- Tomás Alberto Costilla Mendoza, 50
- Erika Fani Soria Molina, 25
Others were Hungarian, Indian and Spanish
- Hyngarian ship violinist Sándor Fehér, 38, died after helping children put on life jackets
- Indian passenger Russel Terence Rebello, 32
- Spanish passenger Guillermo Gual, 68
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