NEW : The cruise line says crew members acted `` bravely and swiftly '' Passengers recall chaos as people scrambled for lifeboats . Passenger Benji Smith on Saturday recounted making his own rope ladder to save himself and his wife . One passenger says she thought several times she might die . A woman who was on the ship with her husband said he had been told to stay in his room because of a fire alarm that went off at about 1:30 a.m.
NEW : The cruise line says crew members acted `` bravely and swiftly '' Passengers recall chaos as people scrambled for lifeboats . One passenger says she thought several times she might die . A woman who was on the ship with her husband said he had been told to stay in his room because of a fire alarm that went off at about 1:30 a.m.