Costa Concordia: divers still look for life in emotional rescue mission

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Costa Concordia: divers still look for life in emotional rescue mission

Scores of coastguard, police and fire brigade rescue workers continue search for survivors – but keep finding bodiesIt was only when he swam into the restaurant, pitched on to its side and immersed beneath the pulsing waves of the cold Mediterranean, that diver Rodolfo Raiteri felt the full sense of the tragedy that had played out onboard the Costa Concordia. As he edged his way around the vast flooded room, Raiteri’s torch picked out the floating debris of the evening meal being served as the liner was ripped open by rocks: suspended in the icy water were plates, wineglasses and even an untouched cake.

published date:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:09:35 GMT
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