Everyone knows the story of the Titanic and its tragic outcome. However, this has not been the only maritime accident in recent years. The Costa Concordia cruise promised a unique experience and the best vacation of your life, but it was not like that, and it ended at the bottom of the sea.
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On January 13, 2012, at 9:42 p.m., the Costa Concordia sank off the Italian island of Giglio in the Mediterranean Sea. A maneuver by Captain Francesco Schettino, who got too close to the island, caused the ship to hit a rock formation and open a gigantic 70-meter-long leak through the entire hull.
4,229 people had boarded the ship, but only 4,197 made it out alive. They declared 30 people dead and two missings, and later they confirmed their deaths for being unable to find them.
Antonello Tievoli had asked Captain Schettino to arrive at his homeland, the coast of the Island of Giglio so that the passengers could get to know the place up close.
10 years have passed since the tragedy, so the German photographer Jonathan Danko Kielkowski wanted to explore the ship and document everything he found.
An hour and thirteen minutes took the captain to order the evacuation. The ship was already pretty much included. Also, while many passengers were struggling to get off the cruise ship, he was safe on dry land, in breach of marine regulations requiring the ship’s captain to be the last to leave.
During his time in prison, Schettino wrote the book “The submerged truths”, where he explains his truth about the tragedy and exonerates himself from all responsibility. The book is a bestseller in Italy. All its copies were sold in less than a month.
In 2014 they were able to return it to its upright position to transport it, by tugboats, to the port of Genoa, where it will be destroyed.
