In photos – the Costa Concordia disaster

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James Thomas, a dancer on board the cruise ship Costa Concordia, holds a photo of himself and Costa Concordia at his home in Sutton Coldfield, where he said the instruction to abandon ship should have been given "an hour earlier, if not more".

THE 13-deck Costa Concordia cruise liner has run aground close to the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. Rocks tore a 160-foot (50-meter) hole in the hull. Not all of the 4,234 people on board the Cost aConcordia managed to escape. One woman, aged 65, died from the chock of the cold water. Sixty eight others are missing. The Costa Concordia…

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Posted: 14th, January 2012 | In: In Pictures Comment | TrackBack | Permalink