palermo. >> happy new year! [applause] i would like to welcome everyone to the hilton financial district and the u.s. postal service stamp ceremony. we are honored to share this opportunity and proud to be part of the dedication ceremony. happy new year, everybody. [applause] >> thank you, jeff. i am pleased to introduce the honorable edwin lee, the first asian-american mayor in san francisco history. he was appointed unanimously as the successor mayor by the board of supervisors in 2011 to fill the remaining term of mayor news who was sworn in a s lieutenant governor. mayor lee won the election and will serve a full term as mayor. prior to his employment with the city and county of san francisco, he was the managing attorney for the san francisco asian law caucus. he worked there from 1979 to 1989. he was born in seattle. he was born in a previous year of the dragon. he is a summa cum laude graduate of bowdoin college and san francisco school of law. please help me welcome san francisco's mayor. [applause] >> t

back in november 2008, costa concordia struck a duck in palermo, fortunately no one was injured. in february 2010 another ship owned by the cruise company hit a pier in egypt. collision punching a six foot hole in the ship. three crew members died in that incident. >> heather: new and detailed accounts of survivors of exactly what happened aboard the costa concordia. joining us live on the phone right now from rome is one of those survivors. karen kamacho? >> thank you for interviewing me. i am here in rome at the hotel. >> heather: where were you when this incident begin to unfold? >> i was with my husband trying to celebrate, our anniversary and we were having beer at the dining room. it was the first day of the cruise. we were having dinner when my husband and we heard a big noise. then everything start falling all over the place. they were falling on us, we just went to one corner of the dining room to see what was going on. >> heather: karen, describe for me what exactly did the noise sound like and was the ship tilting to the left? >> yes, it was sounded like something crac