Why does “the captain go down with the ship”?
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The captain is responsible for ensuring everyone else on the boat gets off safely *before* the captain does.
They don’t really “go down with the ship”, it’s just a saying to imply that they’re the last ones to leave.
Case in point: the Costa Concordia disaster where the captain did leave early and went to jail for manslaughter
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster
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