Transcript

Episode 9: The Sinking of Costa Concordia | “Survival Mode” from the producers of Dateline

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· 1 min · 151 words · 3 timestamped sections

This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Episode 9: The Sinking of Costa Concordia | “Survival Mode” from the producers of Dateline", an episode of Dateline NBC published August 28, 2025 (1 min, about 151 words). It mentions 2 people, works and ideas, including lifeboat, abandon ship.

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 1:04: abandon ship, lifeboat

Notable quotes from "Episode 9: The Sinking of Costa Concordia | “Survival Mode” from the producers of Dateline"

  • And we had no idea where we were because it was nighttime and we just went to the lifeboat and the lady was standing there with her arms out and she said, You can't get on the lifeboat until we call abandon ship.
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    Lady was standing there with her arms out and she said, You can't get on the lifeboat until we call abandon ship.

Full transcript with timestamps

And all of a sudden, the ship's like this and it goes up and then it goes and we got knocked against the wall and you're out on a balcony being thankful that you didn't get thrown over.

And so we headed immediately for the doors. The hallways were really dark and we were tilted. So, we were kind of walking at an angle through the hallways. That was probably the most claustrophobic I have ever felt in my life.

And then we came out and we were on this deck. And we had no idea where we were because it was nighttime and we just went to the lifeboat and the lady was standing there with her arms out and she said, "You can't get on the lifeboat until we call abandon ship." And I went, "Oh my god, we're we're screwed. This is really bad.

Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "Episode 9: The Sinking of Costa Concordia | “Survival Mode” from the producers of Dateline"?

In order: 0:00 abandon ship, lifeboat.

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2 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including lifeboat, abandon ship. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Episode 9: The Sinking of Costa Concordia | “Survival Mode” from the producers of Dateline"?

The episode runs 1 min; the transcript is about 151 words in 3 timestamped sections.

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About this transcript: the episode's spoken words as captioned on YouTube, split into timestamped sections. Reclip.Me locates every person, work and idea in the text, keeps the time it is first named, and quotes the words around it verbatim. Last updated November 17, 2025.