Daylight reveals stricken cruise ship listing badly

Some 30 people were reported injured, most of them suffering only bruises, but
at least two people were reported to be in a serious condition.

The evacuees were taking refuge in schools, hotels, and a church on the tiny
island of Giglio – a popular vacation isle about 18 miles off Italy’s
central west coast.

Those evacuated by helicopter were flown to Grosseto, while others, rescued by
local ferries pressed into emergency service, took survivors to the port of
Porto Santo Stefano on the nearby mainland.

The exact circumstances of the accident were still unclear, but that the first
alarm went off about 10:30pmlocal time (9.30pm GMT) on Friday, about three
hours after the Costa Concordia had begun its voyage from the port of
Civitavecchia, en route to its first port of call, Savona, in northwestern
Italy.

Coast Guard Commander Francesco Paolillo said the vessel “hit an obstacle”,
but it wasn’t clear if it might have hit a rocky reef in the waters off
Giglio.

The Costa Concordia was believed to have set sail with 3,206 passengers and
1,023 crew members.

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