Minnesota couple among those missing after Costa Concordia hit rocks

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Minnesota couple among those missing after Costa Concordia hit rocks

Jerry Heil, 69, and wife Barbara, 70, from St Paul suburb of White Bear Lake, on 16-day trip around EuropeThe two Americans missing in an Italian cruise ship disaster were identified on Monday as a retired couple from Minnesota who had been eagerly looking forward to their European vacation. Family members issued a statement on Monday confirming that Jerry Heil, 69, and his wife Barbara, 70, of White Bear Lake, a suburb of St Paul, are the two Americans missing in the wreck of the Costa Concordia.