The Raising of the Costa Concordia

I mentioned this in class today. This was a major maritime engineering event. Lifting a 100 thousand ton ship upright off a reef in a wildlife sanctuary that is some of the last pristine Mediterranean coastline and home to many endangered species. This timelapse video shows most of the lifting that occurred earlier today.

video: CNN

Here is an image of the ship after raising, note the damage.

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image: Reuters