Mariella and his captain were the real heroes in this disaster. I am not well known by maritime basic's but Europa(bigger ship as Mariella) couldn't put their lifeboats down "as the weather is so hard"-as the captain said. But Mariella did put their lifeboats down to those who could been saved.

People have a lot of nerve telling a man who saved as many souls as he did that he should have done things differently!! He is honorable and deserves respect for the risk he took to save lives.

Captain Jan-Tore, you saved 30% of all those who survived, you did more than enough.

He was the commander on the spot, the man that took that now infamous and tragic radio call. He did the best he could under the worst circumstances.

How you could sit at a desk and question The choices made my The People that were there during this horrible event is beyond my understanding. They did what they could during those circumstances and it is basically impossible to be better prepaired for this extreme situation. I think asking yourself If more could have been saved is a waste if time. And pointing fingers and looking for People to blame is very low behaviour. All were touched by what happend that Day. But The dead are dead. Accept it.

I just have this thought in my head: MS Estonia was a pretty modern ship and all but why it didn't have like security/protection to emergencies like these? I suspect the first sector that flooded on that ship was car deck, didn't it had like emergency shut doors which you close and stop water from being transfer further?

His ferry actually could only rescue 34 of the passengers. Helicopters, taking terrible risks plucking people out of the sea and then landing them on other ships, got over a 100 but that was it.

It's estimated that 650 passengers never even reached the outer decks. Once the list exceeded 30 degrees, large rooms, transverse corridors and stairways became death traps with no escape. There were maybe 300 passengers who managed to climb out (mostly the fast, strong and sober and all lucky), only half of which boarded the life-rafts or lifeboats. Given the conditions (6-meter-high waves in the dead of night) it's amazing these ships rescued anyone.

Well done Jan-Tore, thanks you for your great job saving those lives!

04:48 "Dom é i sjön" ("They're in the sea").

Its terrifying how fast it went down.

Conditions were terrible, and he did the best he could, without further risking members of his crew.

I would greatly value subtitles for this piece but the Gentleman's great dignity speaks volumes about his character.

It’s an achievement that the passenger ships even managed to rescue some passengers. They’re not equipped to do that in the middle of a storm.

Do not punish or torment yourself Jan! You did absolutely your best and no one can ask any more than that. World should be thankfull for you and the other ships for being there and so close enough to be able to help. Without your ship 40 more priceless lives would have perished. Even a single life would be worth it all.

best respect to the captain. he did best work at the scene. i admire him for his proffesionality in a situation absolutli craizy for him. got to admire him for the comunication to all the other wessels, he was calm and oriented. Well done Jan. You the best ;-)

Väldigt sympatisk person den där Jan och ingen skugga faller över dig!