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The Costa Concordia cruiseship lies on January 15, 2012 in the harbor of the Tuscan island of Giglio after it ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio after hitting underwater rocks on January 13.
Monday, Jan. 16, 2012

Open quoteThere was just so much panic so I decided to wait until the water was high enough so I could jump or swim, but I didn't want to be inside. Close quote

  • ROSE METCALF,
  • 23, from Dorset in the U.K., who was one of the last people to be rescued, by helicopter, from the stricken Costa Concordia ferry that sunk off the coast of Italy on Jan. 13.
Photo: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP / Getty Images | Source: Guardian