Costa Concordia disaster Below: the good ship in a better day
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. . . "Passengers were in the dining hall when there was a sudden, loud bang, which a crew member (speaking over the intercom) ascribed to an "electrical failure".[56] "We told the guests everything was [okay] and under control and we tried to stop them panicking", a cabin steward recalled.[32] Coincidentally, when the ship first made impact with the rock, it was claimed that Titanic's theme song My Heart Will Go On was playing in a restaurant." . . .
The ship in less-prosperous times:
From the New York Post
. . . "The footage provides an eerie fisheye view of the wreck of the Concordia which appears remarkably intact despite the 18 months she has spent under the Tyrrhenian Sea.
"Through the clear turquoise blue water, the divers reveal the twisted metal of pipes of the wreck as fish swim by."
"Elaborate staircases that would have taken the guests from their staterooms to the dining room remain intact and the divers float silently down the empty corridors where the guests would have strolled to the pool decks and bars.
"There are also poignant reminders of the passengers and crew who met their fate on the crippled ship — a magazine on the pool deck, an unmanned reception desk complete with a vase of flowers and a computer screen, and empty deckchairs where guests would have sipped their pina coladas and watch the world sail by.
"As the video ends, the diver from Italy’s Carabinieri police emerges from the murky water to find himself inside the huge central atrium of the ship, which sits above the waterline."
Photo above and others from Frozen in Time: Inside the Sunken Costa Concordia
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