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Old January 14th, 2012, 03:25 AM posted to rec.travel.cruises
Bill[_1_]
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Default Costa Concordia taking on water off of Italy

On 1/13/2012 7:36 PM, Charles wrote:
Ship went aground and started taking on water. 4200 passengers
evacuated.


6 or 8 dead depending on which story you believe. Apparently passengers
starting jumping. "It was like the Titanic" was one quote.

Pretty scary picture of the ship listing at a 20 degree angle in this
article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ian-coast.html