Cruise ship scene marked by modern totem of disaster in medieval harbour

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Cruise ship scene marked by modern totem of disaster in medieval harbour

Rescue continues as anger rises at captain allegedly leaving ship and ‘inexpicably’ taking vessel so near rocks in first placeThe familiar accoutrements of a cruise holiday were all there: the sun loungers, the tennis court, and a towering waterslide painted bright yellow and blue. But the tennis court was nearly vertical; the sunloungers were piled up against the deck rail, and the slide was jutting out almost horizontally into the channel, no more than 100 yards across, separating the stricken Costa Concordia from the rocks of Punta Gabbianara (“Seagull Point”).