January 20, 2012 -- Updated 0301 GMT (1101 HKT) Nancy Lofaro of New Rochelle, New York: "It wasn't until approximately 30 to 40 minutes after the collision that we finally heard announcements being made, and in English, we heard that they were saying everything was under control ... that there was an electrical problem with the generator. Valerie Ananias of Downey, California: "I kept telling my parents and I kept telling everybody else, we need to go. We need to get on (a lifeboat) as soon as possible because it continued to tilt. What happened was, when we finally got on the lifeboat, it took several minutes to get everybody on ... people were screaming and crying and they had us count. Keiko Guest of Atlanta, Georgia: "We managed to get to a lifeboat that wasn't being overrun and the crew tried to keep us back and we felt all this pressure coming from behind ... stampeding, trying desperately to save their lives ... babies crying ... the siren was unbelievable. Georgia Ananias of Downey, California: "When the ship was listing ... we had to climb up and pull a human chain to pull ourselves up on to a stairwell. ... Justin Evans of Atlanta, Georgia: "The staff, you know, they seemed younger than me.