Singer recalls cruise ship trauma

A British singer spoke today of her trauma one year on from the Costa Concordia cruise ship tragedy. Amelia Leon, 23, from Brockley, south London, was a singer on another cruise ship and was visiting her crewman boyfriend when the Costa Concordia hit rocks off Italy. Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, Ms Leon doubts whether she will ever be able to sing on a cruise ship again. She said she thinks "every day" of the tragedy, in which 32 people lost their lives, as she recalled the "panic and confusion" as the ship turned on its side on January 13 2012. Now seeing a psychologist, Ms Leon said: "I still have flashbacks and get migraines and panic attacks. I think about what happened every day and I've found it difficult to move on. "I don't think I'll ever be able to sing on a cruise ship again because I'm too scared to get on a boat - not because I think it will sink, because I know that is unlikely, but because I don't want to be reminded of what happened. I just don't want to feel trapped again." She went on: "I think it's really important that cruise companies learn from this and make safety improvements so that others don't have to suffer what we had to, I wouldn't...