A week ago, the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground near the island of Isola del Giglio, Italy. Of the more than 4,200 people on board, 11 were declared dead, 21 were still missing, and hopes of finding survivors were rapidly fading. Salvage efforts were delayed for a time due to fears that the ship could sink during worsening weather conditions. Captain Francesco Schettino remains under house arrest while prosecutors try to determine for sure what exactly happened and who is to blame for the sinking of the cruise ship. Rescuers have spent the last seven days trying to find survivors.
1. A Carabinieri diver examines the hull of the cruise ship Costa Concordia on January 19, 2012. Italian rescuers have suspended the search for survivors of the disaster of the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia after the ship began to sink again, agency spokesman Luca said.
2. Firefighters stand at the lighthouse, looking at the cruise ship Costa Concordia on January 17, 2012.
3. An Italian rescuer descends from a helicopter onto the cruise ship Costa Concordia off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, January 18, 2012.
4. Italian firefighters board the cruise ship Costa Concordia on January 19, 2012.
5. Firefighters work on the cruise ship “Costa Concordia” January 19, 2012.
6. Rescuers continue to work on the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which lies on its side near the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, January 19, 2012.
7. Rescue workers place explosive charges on the cruise ship Costa Concordia on January 17, 2012.
8. This photograph was released on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 by the Italian Space Agency (ISA). It was taken on Saturday, January 14, 2012, about nine hours after the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off the island of Isola del Giglio, Italy. The photo shows the wreck of the ship (bright spot, bottom center) surrounded by rescuers and investigator boats. Now rescuers are preparing for an operation to remove the fuel remaining in the ship’s tanks.
9. A still image from a video taken on January 14, 2012, the night of the accident, shows passengers lining up along the side of the Costa Concordia cruise ship during the evacuation.
10. The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy, Reuters satellite photo January 18, 2012
11. Italian technician Andra Faccioli directs a laser scanner to take measurements of the position of the cruise ship Costa Concordia on January 19, 2012. The $450 million cruise ship was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it crashed into a reef a week ago after the captain made an unauthorized maneuver.
12. A lifeguard boards the cruise ship Costa Concordia on January 16, 2012.
13. Firefighters carry out work on the cruise ship Costa Concordia, January 19, 2012.
14. Francesco Schettino, captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, accompanied by police in Grosseto, after questioning by the prosecutor's office, still frame from video, January 17, 2012. According to the released records, coast guard representatives urged the captain, who was one of the first to leave the ship, to return on board, where passengers were evacuated. Schettino is accused of carrying out an unauthorized maneuver that caused the shipwreck and of abandoning the ship before passengers could be evacuated.
A soldier walks past a photo of a missing person after the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the west coast of Italy on January 19, 2012.
16. Divers retrieve the bodies of the dead from the water near the stranded Costa Concordia liner, January 17, 2012.
17. Carabinieri divers explore the Costa Concordia, January 17, 2012, photograph was made public on January 18, 2012.
18. Part of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, photo released January 16, 2012.
19. A scuba diver swims inside the cruise ship Costa Concordia, January 16, 2012.
20. Furniture in the Costa Concordia showroom, photograph was taken on January 16, 2012.
21. A diver inside the cruise ship Costa Concordia, January 15, 2012.
22. Rescuers inspect the cruise ship Costa Concordia, January 17, 2012.
23. Divers near the cruise ship Costa Concordia, January 16, 2012.
24. This underwater photo taken on January 17, 2012 shows a twisted piece of debris left behind by the Costa Concordia cruise ship after it ran aground near Isola del Giglio.
25. The wreckage of the Costa Concordia, photograph taken January 16, 2012
26. Sun loungers on the deck of the Costa Concordia, which sank, photo taken January 16, 2012
27. Diver near Costa Concordia, January 19, 2012.
28. Carabinieri divers conduct an underwater inspection of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, January 19, 2012.
29. A Carabinieri diver inspects the anchor of the wrecked ship Costa Concordia, January 19, 2012.
30. Hole in the side of the Costa Concordia, photo was taken on January 16, 2012.
31. Costa Concordia lying on its side, photograph taken January 16, 2012.
32. A Carabinieri diver swims near the Costa Concordia, January 20, 2012.
33. Decks and stairs, part of the cruise ship Costa Concordia. The photo was taken on January 16, 2012.
34. Carabinieri diver on the Costa Concordia on January 19, 2012. The ship ran aground off the western coast of Italy.
