when we got them on board we had so much to deal with of course they were panic stricken they were in deep shock what happened is quite horrible my crew members who were involved in rescue works they got deeply involved too some people were in a dreadful condition many were injured they had oil all over their skin because when the ship sank the fuel oil came up to the surface and spread everywhere and covered the people that made rescue even harder because the oil made the victims greasy and hard to get a hold to pull them on board seeing children in that condition it was particularly heartbreaking. and cowardly it was very hard on survivors family members in the tragedy. as far as i know although it may be wrong but i understand that only one family survived the wreck without losing any members most people did lose their close and loved ones and yes indeed it was very hard for both on the survivors and on us to we all feel very deeply for them. right i was just about ask you

how your crew were coping with it and how are they doing now it must have been hugely stressful was that another one of the goal when we couldn't afford to think about stress we had to do all we could to prevent panic spreading and of course each of us felt it deep inside but we had to remain calm and professional to control our feelings. and succeeded in saving so many people a total of seven to seven what helped to do that was there anything particular that helped. him you know i find it hard to say what helped us because after that storm there was a brief period of calm and it happened just as we approached the wreck site that short moment of calm allowed us to pull people on board but once the rescue operation was over and we went to investigate the wreck site again the rough weather came back on the water was very rough again we got there just in time as for the crew when i already said that they performed in the best possible way everyone acted very competently the speed of the crew significant. he helped save

people's lives they just wanted to get the job done how many passengers were on board at that time and how did they react lesson about one of the arabella was packed to full capacity at the time one hundred fifty passengers they acted like heroes i use this loud word deliberately they helped a lot they consoled the injured and there were doctors among the tourists on the arabella they assisted the ship's medic as he rendered first date and they gave a lot of psychological support to survivors that was very important. you know and you got the people who survived the ship cracked all the journalists that when they found themselves in the water and the boat sank they were instantly pulled under that water that's the rock and then pumped up to the surface again one observer sat he thought it looked as though the sinking boat from the sort of funnel that put everything in what happens in reality the more than that of course a sinking boat can pull objects floating on the surface under the water because of the huge water displacement that churns the water into wolf whirlpool that can suck

people live about it but people who were afloat when the ship sank most of found enormous strength to fight the whirlpool and return to the surface it is difficult to tell because i have never been in their shoes and i can't imagine what it would be like had they been in the water for long before i picked them up but i want to party and i can't be precise about that but i think they were in the water for half an hour or so but also some of them a tried to get into life rafts others were still in the water it's just for a few theories of how this tragedy could have happened and one of them sas on the boat had taken all the facts you saw the bulgarian dock sometime before the sinking it's not a fact of those that you see not all technical defects can be seen from outside experts say that the crews are listed to one side a book which i don't know how dangerous this was for the passengers because i'm not over here with ships of this type i've never worked on the design of the penalty and what it listed and everyone knows it as for the technical state of the cruiser . again that i can't pass judgment because i never inspected its engine but if it

is very difficult to tell if you don't know the particulars you'll there eyewitnesses who insist that the boat listed to the right even when it was dark approach to the listing was visible when i'm not sure it was really so because i wasn't there and i want to ask you this question is a true but then what is to you i told you just now that the boat was listing but i can't tell you how critical it was to the ship what we did you happened to talk with the crew of the bulgaria before the boat sailed what were they thinking if you consider the possibility that something might happen to tell you about it that it was the end of the boat when the arabella dr bull got in with it was one of the planned stops but we occupied the second birth while the bulgaria was tied at the first one they were leaving at eleven o'clock and we stayed till took thirteen hundred hours when they were sailing off we had to maneuver in order to let the boat out and continue its cruise when we berth in the morning i went ashore in spite of the former captain of the boat and the current second mate of the

bulgarian allotted me of nozzle of in the center of the main deck if he had worked with the bulgaria from the very beginning well back in the times when she was called ukraine he was the captain of the ukraine but old age prevented him from remaining in charge because it is an exhausting post which the captain works very hard and it's too tiring for an old man but he realized this and decided to step down into the maze position because it is easier and better for the older man what he did not want to leave the bulgaria ukraine his mother ship and i approached him and we chatted a bit we shook hands and i asked him mr nozzle if you're tired of sailing at your age and he told me with this sadness you know that he's got nothing to do at home his wife had passed away a few years ago and all that was left for him as consolation was his job with but the most memorable thing he told me one that stuck in my mind was when he said he didn't want to sail this year was i don't know he just didn't feel like sailing this season and then this thing. and i see him from the way you're attacking this

story he's no longer alive. that's right sadly he is gone and his body was recovered and identified it's such a pity he was a good man and a true captain such a pity is it true that the shape sank really fast yes you know i've spoken to some of the witnesses i mean survivors of course there are different versions but i attribute this to shock because they just couldn't get their thoughts together and were rather confused about it but they still say it took the ship something in like two or three maybe five minutes to sink and that really is a very short time and it is difficult to lower any boats or rafts in the meantime with a strong lurch like that brace up somehow that and that suggest that it is possible that the accident could claim so many lives because it all happened so fast but i suspect that in part it's talk about their service that as many claim passed the bulgaria that they were just passed by the stop to the scene what was going on but

i did a package get in and i saw well we were approaching the site of the tragedy practically simultaneously with one other vessel but a heavy duty towboat with a large part maybe it was a little bit ahead of us i don't know why they didn't stop in front of the size if they saw it happening and i can't say whether they saw it at all either at that but by the time they decided to hold and come to the rescue we were already there though i don't i don't know maybe it was because of the ship's mass characteristics and inertia maybe they had tried to stop earlier than that anyway so at that moment we were there and the ship's presence at that spot could be counterproductive and hazardous for the people who were in the water and below the surface which would have put us in that situation it was paramount that we avoided panic a disaster situation but it was necessary to observe the scene of the accident and it was necessary to start rescuing people immediately but anyway i think we did it all faster than this other ship could have because at that moment there was just so little time for both of us as both do you have rabbit contact with them just as.

well we had contact but we just exchanged a few phrases i merely told her captor that it was pointless for him to try to rescue anyone at that moment and i asked him to move ahead a little so as not to impede our rescue operation at that moment there was no use for his help that's what i can tell you maybe if it had been rendered earlier it could have come in handy but at that time there was no point in it and a sign that you don't want to blame anyone but at that moment it was already too late he should have bracket there in their work with he would have to hold the ship lower a boat but we were already approaching the site in our ship i already had boats afloat and advancing towards the site and his boat what could it do we were practically beginning to collect the people from the water once again i'm not trying to accuse him i don't know his vessels mass and inertia characteristics maybe he needed much more time to stop his ship and lower blows but i wouldn't rule that out i was just assessing the situation realistically at that moment and i figured that there was no use for his boat there at the time you see what was supposed to be a otos in that situation or not but of course i'm

a captain of one ship he is a captain of another ship i couldn't give him any orders or instructions because he didn't report to me and now some people in the press are already twisting the story saying i ordered him not to stop if you'd been wise person and had been the captain of the other ship and you were told it should move on and your help was of no here's where we're due to. but i can't imagine myself a captain of that ship i don't want to offend anyone it's just that i don't know what i would do if i were in his shoes at the moment but if i had seen all that happening right in front of me or simply saw people overboard i swear i would have done the same as i did being on my ship thank you very much. with the end of the corps war and going away of the soviet union. many people

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with mike stronger for a no holds barred global financial headlines kaiser report on. today's top stories and the preview of the week from our rescuers are preparing to lift a russian cruiser from the bottom of the volga river where it sank in a matter of minutes last sunday claiming around one hundred and thirty nine s. it's been reported that this rescue operation has so far failed and then making a second attempt they're hoping that this operation will provide answers as to why the catastrophe happened. britain's top cop quits is the focus of a fury over the phone hacking scandal surrounding the u.k. press which is to the police it comes as former news international c.e.o. rebecca brooks was arrested earlier in the day. libyan rebels now have full diplomatic recognition from washington and with the it's access to colonel gadhafi assets frozen in the u.s. meanwhile nato has intensified attacks on the capital tripoli in an effort to oust

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continents one of basketball's top point guards to wrong williams signs a one year contract with turkish club the sheikh to us the first high profile star to leave the n.b.a. for europe because they'll be only going to labor dispute. now we hadn't reached the top ten of a major tournament for ten years but darren clarke is today at the top of the world golfing tree the northern irishman winning the british open by three shots clark a rank outsider before the event entered sunday's final round holding a one stroke lead the country tyrone native didn't let the wind down rain put them all falling off the second place during all dustin johnson and phil mickelson only seven players for ensuring par above in some wage. of seventy the very definition of consistency up royal st george's the forty two year old finally raising a lofty fame for a job after twenty attempts as a pro becoming the third northern irishman to win

a major in just thirteen months let the party commence then and clark's home. let's get the latest from the tour de france the isle of man is mark cavendish winning stage fifteen of the riders approach the mediterranean sea thomas voeckler though he's still holding on to the overall leader's yellow jersey after that one hundred ninety two kilometer run from the mouth to montpellier a twenty six year old pal. and the sure thing is nineteenth career stage when the fourth of this series addition sprinters dominating on the stage is mostly flock to rain as expected speed specialist tyler for all the touchy coming in second and third freshman vocal are still driving the locals who don't been yellow for the seventh straight stage. you have yashin cup is heading to germany freberg dominating this year's event which puts together select european under twenty one squads in moscow robert on me and explains all. he is the pride of soviet and

russian football live yashin was central in his national team's biggest achievements winning olympic gold in one thousand nine hundred fifty six and then they use a service first european championships four years later he's still the only goalkeeper in the history of the game to claim the european football of the year award in ninety six or three and was voted for people's best shot stopper of the twentieth century. decades later dinamo moscow the club where yes and spent his entire career strive to keep his legend alive. the live yashin cup an international tournament for under twenty one teams an essential part of his plan although yes and successor is the young gentleman hopefuls has still some work to do to feel yeah sions boots . after losing to or gave bill gross in the semifinals the must go its own head to head with everton in the third please game the clash which was going for the hosts

from the all. the english side we think a number of gilt edged chances in the first half including belting after the break the visitors were left with ten men when our students eola received a second yellow card but that didn't help the non everton the team who promptly brought the dead look. only netting in style here one. enormous push for a leveller then kills the russians again on the counter-attack not only claiming his brace here for a final scoreline of two nil it was nice to chat so it's a good lesson for us we have to be strong european schools and test ourselves against and this is the only way to produce our own generation of skilful players i mean a full form of all credit to the players you know so. it's more difficult to play

against him. today show the thought we maybe should have been meeting a half time maybe by at least a couple of goals. so to come out second half and score a couple goals was very pleasing that's how it came to the final vs good and it was the germans who still the shoe. in three books a bill aziz opening his team secure and finishing no it didn't move one little niche turning into gold finish this because there is able to choose their favorite sixty two with one school work with three books youngsters who bring the peak of their peers from the moon serbia and russia to germany. it's good to model so we have to train passing passing cars like this in barcelona they're really good . looking for barcelona and trying to bring some of these young hopefuls have

every chance to perform at the twenty eighteen world cup the first to be held in russia. r.t. . and i tell you. of a forever etched her name into the annals of synchronized swimming the russian becoming the first ever eleven time world champion after winning her latest goal at the finals in shanghai the twenty five year old giving her country the first medal of the tournament as well winning her third straight world championship and an impeccable informants in the solo program seeing a shank a score ninety eight point three points out of one hundred thought mark topping the local favorite a lying champ while spaniard under four in ten years took the last spot on the podium this term and far from over for two thoughts and eight beijing gold winners shanker though it will end state of is expected to russia's medal haul in the upcoming jewett and. since.

three of moto g.p. top five riders this year produced quite a spectacle of the german grand prix on sunday dummy prevailing over a pole sitter casey stoner and reigning champion who are gay lorenzo after a race long battle at the circuit but also getting off to a blistering start in his home to from second place in what would prove a start to finish battle for dominance teammate still no was on willing to budge though early on with lorenzo also in the mix after starting from third person has quite a liking for the track calvin won here four previous times in different engine classes responded eventually running the circuit for victory in just a second race after returning from collarbone surgery compatriot lorenzo a second stoner third australian story or still leads the overall standings though fifteen points ahead of lorenzo. one of the n.b.a.'s elite point guards will be wearing this colors next season duran williams officially putting pen to paper with the turkish club for one year as the lockout shows no sign of being lifted

stateside the twenty seven year old contract reporting where some five million dollars williams could ever head back to the new jersey nets early if the american league's labor issues are resolved and georgia native zones up a truly zero will also be joining up with d.-wil leaving the atlanta hawks for a european adventure is no stranger to n.b.a. talent of being briefly employed the league's four time scoring champion and former m.v.p. allen iverson. and finally brazil's money well i've won the moscow leg of the beach volleyball world tour with the fourth edition of the tournament coming to an end in the russian capital on sunday evening they had to contend with the poor but held their nerve to seal victory and then the rolling final i can't switch. once again that was the russian team insights as for men's competition reached the medal rounds heavy rain have been falling in moscow since the early morning but thing fleet of cleared by early afternoon is best crowd of the event great overcast skies

to watch what they hoped would be some really close beach volleyball action first open calls was be american jew todd rogers and phil dollhouse who took on paying and who really needs and wants was a rematch of last year's final. the cool was still damp after the heavy rain this had both its pros and cons makes it hard to write bad yeah you said but you're a general they're just kind of nice the much itself proved to be a cracker of momentum swing back and forth between the perez however it was the reigning olympic champions who held the nerve to take it in for a wing third set trying to break and gain some revenge for a defeat in moscow to be a chinese opponents last year it's in the middle of the season and then enter through so obviously play well but this matter here was like the exact same match last year except we came to our which is that you will get that before and also

brazil's allison i'm going man you well taken patrick who is sure and jeffersonville a god of switzerland power the earth soon as the teams are taken to the called the heavens opened just as they've been frightening to do for the last hour the south american jew but only been playing together for a couple of years to the first set comfortably but the rain became stronger suit of the swiss as by level of a match and send the gold medal game into a decider. the brazilian jewel looked down and now it is better opponents opened up a six point lead however they hit back brilliantly to seal big sharee who is a man you were would go on to say the weather conditions certainly didn't help i think there were a mix you called. you know i can lose some concentration in many points another think the ball slips looks more than regular it's hard to control but you know it's difficult for both teams but they are mourning evolved through rain the dreadful

weather didn't manage to spoil what turned out to be an improving day of beach volleyball for the spectators who were thoroughly entertained by the tournament should be back in moscow next year as for sport books to keep on developing in russia richard bumpily totty moscow. is your sport where there is next he said. hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

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to go. round the sun the colonel was hotels as a treat. today's top stories in the review of the week from r.t. talk of recovery rescuers are struggling to lift a russian crew from the bottom of the volga river where it sank in a matter of minutes last sunday claiming one hundred twenty nine. relatives and investigators are looking for answers as to why the ship sunk so far we'll bring you all the details from the recovery site in just a moment. the scandal claims another skull britain's top cop says the focus of the fear already over the phone hacking scandal switches to the police the former news international c.e.o. rebecca brooks is arrested earlier in the day. banking on change libyan rebels now full diplomatic recognition from washington and

with access to colonel gadhafi has assets frozen in the u.s. . intercontinental cash crunch is facing the possibility of default europe's debt crisis contagion calls more pressure. you're watching the weekly on r.t. with the main headlines of the past week and also the latest developments. it's been described as the biggest boating disaster in russia's modern history in the space of just three minutes of pleasure cruiser with two hundred eight people on board went down in the volga river taking over half of its passengers with it nearly one hundred thirty people were killed many of them children and week later

the operation to raise the ship from the bottom is underway but it's proving to be a serious challenge as tom barton now reports as if to demonstrate just how difficult recovering the ball gary is going to be the cable holding it just snapped with a norm mighty bang the crane holding it rocked backwards and the cable whips up against the side of the ship that cable was there to try and support the ship to try and write it before they began lifting the ship with other straps that were later to be put under it it serves to demonstrate just how difficult and dangerous this operation is going to be if there were divers under there they could have been in great danger from the snapping cable they'd previously been trying to turn the ship round to get into position in order that they could write the ship and then bring it up to the surface but there's a lot of other complications involved very poor visibility a lot of weight involved and a long a law.