_ I’ve seen this sort of statistical analysis before. But somehow I don’t think it would mean much if you were one of the Costa Concordia passeners who survived to tell tales. What especially bothers me is that a representative of the Cunard Line stood on the Cunard pier in New YOrk on May 1, 1915 addressing the passengers who were about to board the Lusitania. He told them that they could outrun a torpedo. And they had more lifeboats than the Titanic. Nowadays they talk aobut how they’ve made improvements and can handle anything, too. I think people have to realize that sailing presents unique risks. Somehow they have to accept it. And these risks won’t go away.