Dead or on the lamb?

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I saw today an article saying most people had a "dry drowning", meaning they died from lack of oxygen in the air, which makes them suppose they were gathered in a "air bubble" inside the ship, so when they exhausted all oxygen they died.

Hmmm. "Dry drowning" that's a new one for me. We used to call that "suffocating to death due to lack of oxygen".

So, now there was an air bubble in the ship long enough to cause the breathers to die of CO2 poisoning, but apparently not large enough to keep the ship afloat.

The series of miracles here are astounding:

- Ship goes out into water knowing large storms are coming, but does nothing to secure hatches, furniture or passengers.
- Italian Coast Guard radios ship, but nobody answers.
- Furniture toppled all over the ship, preventing passengers from exiting cabins, but managed not to hit or injure a single person.
- Ship allegedly capsizes but not a single person was thrown out of bed or injured in this process.
- Everyone was a asleep, but they all found an air bubble in one of 2 cabins and stayed there until running out of oxygen.
- Ship should have 7 or 8 lifeboats, but only one was deployed.
- Ship was supposedly hit by a tornado or microburst, but video shows a strong storm.
- Ship supposedly sank below water in under 1 minute, but emergency systems don't indicate water intrusion until 4:06am, all the while taking 16 minutes to sink.
- Ship allegedly loses power, but was able to contact satellite for GPS, even when under water.
- Crew had been on ship for 8 years, but could find a marine band radio to call for help, and apparently nobody was on the bridge.
- Ship sank from rear, but nobody at bridge could do anything before the bridge took on water.
- Ship had ~1000HP of thrust, but couldn't move.
- Ship had dropped anchor, but then mysteriously broke anchor and floated 1/2 mile away.

Here's what I really don't understand. If there was all this air bubble stuff, and the ship was under water... should have been plainly evident through exterior portholes.... wouldn't you try to get out at that point? I know I sure as hell wouldn't just stay comfy-cozy in my cabin air bubble waiting for my demise. I would expect to find people all over the place in various stages of escape.