Remember Raising the Titanic? Now they are raising the Costa Concordia. Remember the story from just under two ago when the Cruise Ship Captain was busy wining and dining and flirting with a woman in his cabin and wanted to show off by getting close to the shore? He ended up crashing the ship into the rocky shallows off Italy. Thirty people died and two more are missing and presumed dead. 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard at the time.
Today they are still trying to get the ship raised and upright so they can cut it apart for salvage and get it off the coast of Giglio Island. Here are some photos.
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- Around 9:45 pm when people desperately start to evacuate the ship.
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- The ship in 2009, before the accident.
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- Now.
Michael Bradley - Time Traveler 