Mercifully, the Costa Concordia is en route to its final destination, which is a scrapyard somewhere in Italy. It's not going to happen overnight, which is what did happen yesterday when miraculously, engineers right the 4,000-passenger cruise ship that had been lying on its side, on the rocks, since 32 of its passengers perished off the island of Giglio (Gee-lee-oh) in January 2012.
It will be sometime in 2014 before the Concordia goes off into history in little pieces. Yesterday was just the first step.
In case you missed it on TV, or the Internet, what follows are some links that will give you a look at the unprecedented salvaging of a ship so big. The choice of links depends on how much time you have.
To watch in 58 seconds what took 19 hours, in fast-forwarded footage without sound:
To see an amazing collection of photographs of the Concordia as it now looks, along with written details of the salvage operation:
To watch a 3-minute, 26-second thorough report on British television Channel 4, from the scene in Italy:
To choose from five videos and 30 photographs:
The real ship junkies in England were able to watch live streaming of the engineering miracle yesterday, a two-hour unedited documentary.
The story of the Costa Concordia will never go away. When the ship eventually does, the people who live on Giglio will no longer have to look at the daily reminders of a horrible tragedy.
Carnival Conquest
7 nights
December 1, 2013
Miami (return): Cozumel, Belize, Roatan, Grand Cayman
Inside: $309
Cost per day: $44
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