In 2012, the liner Costa Concordia struck a rock just off the Italian coast. The huge ship capsized and sank, and 32 passengers and crew lost their lives. For several years the wreck lay on her side half-submerged, testament to the dereliction of duty of her cowardly captain, Francesco Schettino.
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