Californians have survived the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy, including a Los Angeles teacher, a Downey businesswoman and family members from L.A. County. Including the Southern California survivors, 126 Americans were aboard the doomed ocean liner as it sank into the sea like the Titanic with 4,235 passengers on board. One of the world’s largest passenger ships, the Costa Concordia was four miles off-course when it tragically hit the rocks and sank. “Have you seen ‘Titanic?’ That’s exactly what it was,” declared Valerie Ananias , 31, a schoolteacher from Los Angeles, California who survived the disaster-at-sea with her sister and parents. The entire California family, including senior citizens, now have torn-up knees and body bruises from their desperate crawl along vertical hallways and stairwells in the darkness while fighting with their last ounce of strength to survive. “We were crawling up a hallway, in the dark, with only the light from the life vest strobe flashing.
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Californians Survive Sinking Costa Concordia
