Cruise Ship Disaster
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It was chaos after a luxury cruise ship carrying 4,200 passengers tipped over off the western coast of Italy late Friday evening. Some evacuees are referring to the incident as a Titanic-like experience.
Rescuers surround the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia after it ran aground off the coast of Isola del Giglio island, Italy on early Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lies virtually flat, its right-hand side submerged in the water, along the coast of the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lies virtually flat, its right-hand side submerged in the water, along the coast of the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
A Carabinieri boat approaches the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia that ran aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on the rocks after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
A luxury ship Costa Concordia leans on the rocks after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
Rocks emerge from the damaged side of a luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia that run aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
A luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground in the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
Rescue boats approach the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which leans on its starboard side after running aground in the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its starboard side as seen from the Giglio harbor, after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lies on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lies on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
Italian Coast guard personnel pass on the black box of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
Italian Coast guard personnel recovers the black box of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
Rocks emerge from the damaged side of a luxury that runs aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
A partial view of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leaning on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. -
A passenger from South Korea, centre, walks with Italian firefighters after being rescued from the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. -
Italian firefighters' scuba divers approach the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. -
Italian firefighters' scuba divers approach the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. -
Italian firefighters' scuba divers approach the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. -
Investigators approach the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which leans on its starboard side after running aground in the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012.
