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Salvaging the Costa Concordia

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Workers from the U.S. firm Titan Salvage and Italian firm Micoperi work on salvaging the the Costa Concordia near the harbor of Giglio Porto, Italy. Salvage crews began work to re-float the half-submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner in what is set to be the biggest ever operation of its kind. The cruise liner, operated by Carnival Corp's Costa Cruises unit, capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio after hitting rocks on January 13. At least 30 people died and two are still unaccounted for.

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Salvage team members work at the rock on the side of the Costa Concordia cruise ship near the harbor of Giglio Port. The salvage process could take as long as a year. In a broadcast interview, Concordia's captain Francesco Schettino described the collision as a "banal accident" in which "destiny" played a role.

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Tourists take photographs of the Costa Concordia wreckage as they arrive on a ferry to the Giglio Island.

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People sunbathe as salvage workers investigate the Costa Concordia near the harbor of Giglio Porto.

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Workers prepare to work on the stranded Costa Concordia cruise ship.

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Salvage team members move to work at the rock on the side of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.

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Workers begin to remove the tons of rocky reef embedded into the Costa Concordia cruise ship's hull as part of efforts to salvage the stranded ship.

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Salvage workers remove the swimming pool slide from the Costa Concordia upper deck near the harbor of Giglio Porto.

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