Netflix’s ‘Shipwrecked’: Where Are the Costa Concordia Survivors Now?

Netflix’s latest doc, Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea, chronicles the tragic 2012 Costa Concordia disaster when-in a sinking that affected over 4,000 passengers and crew and claimed 32 lives. Several survivors who lived through that terrifying night appear onscreen, sharing firsthand accounts of their struggles and the shocking revelations that unfolded. But 14 years later, where are some of the film’s talking heads today? What do they do? 

Here’s every subject featured in Nightmare at Sea and where they are today.

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John, Meghan and Lila Scimone

John and Meghan and their 11-month old daughter Lila Scimone were among the Costa Concordia survivors who were also some of the last to leave the ship. 

In their accounts the couple describes having to scale up the boat with their daughter in order to survive, with furniture striking them and their infant. The couple were concerned that the traumatic event for their daughter might affect her development. But luckily she grew up just fine. 

Via the doc, their daughter Lila is now 15 and pursues a promising dancing career. 

John Sicomorne President & Chief Security Officer at Dell Technologies where per his profile, “where he leads the company’s global corporate security and resiliency programs.”  

He and Meghan went on to have two more kids. 

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Nicholas Taliaferro and Patty Sandoval

San Diego-based couple Patty Sandoval and Nicholas Taliaferro went to the cruise with Taliaferro preparing to propose. Instead, they wound up being a few of the brave folks who used their heroic efforts to save passengers — with Taliaferro urging anxious fellow passengers to get to their life jackets as the boat was tilting, 30 minutes before the incompetent crew members actually urged them to. 

Though their talking head interviews were conducted together, it’s safe to assume the two aren’t together today. Per Sandoval’s facebook page she still resides in San Diego. As of today per her LinkedIn, she’s a reimbursement professional, working as an Associate Director of Oncology Field Reimbursement at Genmab, approaching 4 years in the role.

Taliaferro for his part has gone on to become a successful California-based real estate agent, with his Zillow profile being filled with nothing but stellar reviews.

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Manrico Giampedroni

Manrico Giampedroni, the hotel cabin service director, was the final survivor to be saved from the ship.

While trying to find missing passengers, he fell 20 feet through a doorway and was trapped in a restaurant with a broken leg. In the documentary, he expresses how he found a frying pan nearby and began banging it to attract the rescuers’ attention.  36 hours after the shipwreck, he was found. 

Because Giampedroni had a delayed response to the evacuation — though he claimed in the doc it was out of confusion to Captain Francesco’s orders ensuring that everything was fine when indeed it was not —  he was also charged for the crime. He soon had to face trial, pleaded guilty, and soon faced charges for multiple manslaughter, negligence, and causing a shipwreck. On July 20, 2013, Giampedroni was sentenced to two-and-a-half years, per the Italian Court alongside four others — crisis coordinator  Roberto Ferrarini, First Officer Ciro Ambrosio, Helmsman Jacob Rusli Bin, Third Officer Silvia Coronica, who all had varying sentences that were all under under 3-years. (Via Reuters)

But in the Italian criminal justice system, if a sentence is between 18 and 34 months, it’s unlikely that the prosecuted will see the inside of a jail cell. Thus he did not serve any jail time, possibly opting for community service or house arrest. The sentence Giampedroni had, has long been served. 

Though no information has been found about his life today.

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Stefania Vincenzi 

Stefania Vincenzi shares how at 17 her loving mother Maria Grazia Trecarichi took her on the cruise with her boyfriend Andrea and her friend for her 50th birthday celebration. But then when the ship was listing and Vincenzi and Trecarichi were to find a way to escape, life jackets had run out. Trecarichi went back to their cabin to find another but since so much chaos erupted they were separated. When she called her mother on her phone, the last thing heard from her was that she had found another lifeboat to get onto. 

When ashore on Giglio island, Vincenzi found herself not finding her mom, ringing her cell one more time, but to respond. In the doc she describes on the day of her mom’s 50th what should’ve been them in the restaurant celebrating, she’s on the island wondering where she is.  Trecarichi’s remains were found two years later.

Vincenzi went on to graduate high school, and in the following year competed in the Miss Italy 2013. Telling Christian Science Monitor, her participation is a tribute to her mother, who gave her the blessing when she came of age.

Today, Vincenzi operates a nail service called Crystal Nails Italia per her Facebook under the title “Absolute Master.” She is also a digital creator and runs a  successful nail account on Instagram for her business.  Vincenzi and Andrea remain together to this day. 

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Manoj Singh

Monoj Singh, who was a chef onboard, vowed to never work for a cruise company ever again. The money he saved up across the years under his bed to pay off his debt was lost in his cabin. But upon risking his life to retrieve his belongings, Singh was stopped by a chief security guard who told him that there’s nothing more important than his life. He shares that across his escape where he was scared about jumping into the water not knowing how to swim, that he saw Captain Francesco sitting in a lifeboat, abandoning ship and leaving with passengers instead of helping. 

Today Singh works for Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, in Bermuda. As of Aug 2025, he was promoted to Senior Chef De partie via LinkedIn. He also met his wife Maya after the incident and the two have been married for a decade. 

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Rose Metcalf

Metcalf who landed her first contract gig as a professional dancer on the Concordia was one of the last people rescued on the ship. Within 2017, she briefly returned to dancing but this time on stage — having several ensemble roles and supporting roles in Colorado-based theater productions. She also shared her story to multiple docs that chronicled the Concordia story between Feb 2012 to, well, today.

Since 2017, Metcalf changed her career trajectory and has dedicated herself to being a life coach.

“PTSD, survivor’s guilt and victim-mentality ensued and it took me many years and healing modalities to find meaning and I discovered the tools for finding true happiness,” says Metcalf via her website. “Having faced death, I developed a superpower for moving people into action on their dreams.” 

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Captain Francesco Schettino

Francesco Schettino, aka Captain Coward, famously fled and abandoned his duties whilst lying to authorities about his whereabouts and undermining the ship’s status. In the first few months following the tragedy, Schettino was under house arrest before it was lifted in July of 2012 and was only able to travel about his hometown Meta di Sorrento per NBC News. 

Schettino was convicted on February 11, 2015. He was found guilty on multiple counts of manslaughter, causing the wreck and of deserting his post. He was sentenced for 16 years in prison. Schettino petitioned the Italian courts for appeal for two years straight, believing he was used as a scapegoat, but was rejected on both attempts. 

According to the Maritime Executive, he was ordered to surrender at a prison in Rome. It also reported that in January 2025, more than 8 years after serving his sentence, “Schettino filed for early release into a state of “semi-liberty” whereby he would be out of prison for the remainder of his sentence.” He then withdrew the request that April, according to ANSA English Desk, “due to problems related to obtaining a suitable work placement.”

Schettino is currently serving the remainder of his sentence.