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Originally Posted by First Lady

Maybe he was removing them.... could have been contributing factor to this....

Concordia captain claims he ‘tripped’, fell from stricken cruise ship

Not only did he "trip" into a boat, he "tripped" in a boat containing his second and third in command.

Also with him in the lifeboat was Dimitri Christidis, the Greek second-in-command of the Concordia and Silvia Coronica, the third officer, according to Italian reports.