18 View comments House arrest: Captain Francesco Schettino told magistrates his actions saved 'thousands of lives' In the aftermath of the Costa Concordia disaster, the Italians themselves are getting in on the act. They’ve christened the Costa Concordia’s lifeboat-hogging skipper Francesco Schettino ‘Captain Coward’ and are selling t-shirts printed with the words shouted at him by the coast guard official Gregorio de Falco: ‘Vada a bordo, cazzo!’ or, ‘Get back on board, for ****’ sake!’ You can even buy parodies of the classic WWII British government poster: ‘Keep Calm and Vada A Bordo Cazzo.’ Of course, as those same Italians are painfully aware, the whole disaster is a terrible confirmation of every negative stereotype the world has ever had about Italy and its people. Capt. Schettino is the Berlusconi of the seas and his ship is less like the Costa Concordia than the SS Bunga-Bunga. This is a captain who crashed his ship because he veered off course to show