This was a car ferry that sank in 1987 killing 193 people as it left the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. I have used it on that crossing with no mishap. However on the fateful night, they left the sea doors open apparently to clear exhaust fumes from the vehicle deck. Water came in, the ship listed and unchained vehicles slid about and aggravated the list. So it sank.
I was nowhere near all this, sitting in the comfort of my home but it changed my life. At the time and at the insistence of my daughter, I was learning to swim. So the following week, our swimming instructor told us to bring everyday clothes to the lesson. And there he taught us how to undress underwater and get to the surface.
It's like the 'know your escape route' about which I wrote earlier. You have to think about survival. It is not all about luck.
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