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First video of the Costa Concordia run aground and capsized,with passengers waiting to be rescued.

Part of channel(s): Italian Ship Disaster January 2012 (current event)

Video taken from a Coast Guard helicopter while Coast Guard boats were rescuing passengers stranded on the side of the cruise ship.

The hundreds of lights flashing on the side of the ship are the lights of the passengers'life jackets climbing down into the rescue boats

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Added: Jan-16-2012 Occurred On: Jan-14-2012
By: breccia77
In: World News
Tags: Costa, Concordia, ship, accident, crash, sinking, Italy, Giglio
Location: Isola del Giglio, Toscana, Italy (load item map)
Marked as: approved
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