The Lancaster couple was on the first night of their honeymoon when the ship ran aground.
Pennsylvania newlyweds aboard the cruise ship that ran aground off the Italian coast described a chaotic scene of passenger panic and crucial delays that kept them from getting in life boats for more than an hour after the problems began.
Rob and Megan Mauri arrived in Philadelphia late Monday wearing the same clothes they wore off the stricken Costa Concordia Friday night.
What the couple initially heard was a generator problem soon turned into a terrifying ordeal as the ship listed to starboard, sending furniture skidding along the floor and passengers fleeing for safety.
Rob Mauri says the couple waited nearly 90 minutes before they were allowed to board lifeboats but by then the ship had rolled so far over the lifeboats got stuck on the deck.
The Lancaster couple was on the first night of their honeymoon when the ship ran aground.