The Cost of Concordia

[Music] the costa concordia ship of dreams it's been eight years i can still smell the buffets from their five restaurants the casino and three-story theater had hardly been used ah the gym the day spa the sheets in her 1500 luxurious cabins hadn't even been slept in costa concordia cost 570 million dollars to build and you could tell you could really tell i remember it like it was just a few years ago we had left cividavecchia a port in rome and we were making our way to savona it was day two of our seven day journey but that ship i she was cursed oh my god when she premiered the traditional bottle of champagne bounced right off the side instead of smashing a bad omen but i'm not the superstitious type nothing could go wrong on friday the 13th of january 2012 on the 100th year anniversary of the titanic on a ship that's also only safety rated for two compartment flooding especially not when you have a five-star max level captain like francisco scattina a man who mysteriously rose from head of security to the position of captain within just a couple of years he knows exactly what to do in case of an emergency for example when he caused this emergency in 2008 when he crashed into a port in sicily and in 2010 in vernon germany when he was steering a different ship and came into port too fast and caused another collision [Music] i've got a good feeling about this so let's set the scene it's a beautiful evening people are having fun on the slides drinks at the bar antonio magnotta is playing piano at the restaurant martin the magician is setting up for his show and the ship is setting up for a little detour it's called a sail by salute basically you get real close to the shore and honk the horn the locals hate it but the customers love it and it's a tradition scotino the captain comes into the dining hall with the lady dominica morton remember this face because you'll be seeing a lot of it later scitino eats his dinner with her and socializes for a little while then he dominica and the maitre d finish up and excuse themselves they're heading to the bridge it's time for that sail by salute this time they're going to get closer than ever just 1500 feet from the island of gilio and how are they going to determine this distance well of course the captain is going to eyeball it apparently it's not an uncommon thing to do scitino turns to the fella steering his helmsman jacob ruslieben first interesting tidbit costa crochet has hired jacob from indonesia at a rock bottom price and he's a bit of a newbie to the job in fact his profession hitherto a painter and a cleaner it's his first time steering a massive ship and he's very excited at least we think he is it's hard to tell because he doesn't speak english or italian very well at all off to a good start the second in command orders the helmsman to 290. now don't be confused by these numbers they're just the degrees on a compass at the same time the captain whips out his cell phone and calls former captain mario palumbo who lives on the island they chat about the safe distance to jillio's shores it's all very casual anyway mario says that the safe distance is between 0.3 and 0.4 miles from shore the captain is going all in this is not his first sail by salute so he's confident in what he's doing we're going closer than we've ever been before the captain's eyeballing it again hmm new heading of 300 he tells the helmsman downstairs martin is about to cut his assistant in half and of course that means that there's already a lady inside this box she's waiting for the q and then she'll poke her legs out the captain is giving more orders pulling gently to 310 increase speed to 16 knots going this fast is going to be a fatal error but before we talk about that let's talk about another big problem language barrier because at this point the captain says three two five but the helmsman relays three fifteen so the first officer intervenes and he goes no no no three three five which is also wrong and then the captain clarifies no three two five the helmsman confirms three two five their poor communication has them moving at a much wider angle than they think they are however the captain should and would know this except for the next problem complacency about procedure the standard procedure of a ship this large is for the third officer to give exact positional coordinates every time the captain gives a new directional order but they're not doing that 3 30 he says the helmsman relays 3 30. the ship reaches 16 knots the captain then turns to the second officer and instructs him to go to the left wing that's these things here and they basically exist so you can get a better view over the whole vessel a few seconds pass and then the mood starts to turn scitino notices white foam of waves breaking against the rocks directly in front of him in the distance the costa concordia right now is almost 700 meters closer to the rocks than it should be without deviation there is going to be a direct collision oh [ __ ] scotino immediately commands the ship to start turning away 335 not enough the captain shouts 340. the captain yells 350. now remember how i said that accelerating to 16 knots was a fatal error well that's because it's made this ship incapable of such a drastic turn what they've got is understood here's an example the front end is not working you're turning turning turning and you're just going straight you want to go over here but you're going to end up over here so despite the order of 350 right now the bow is still only pointing at 327 not nearly enough to miss the rock and oh no it's about to get worse that language barrier again in these critical moments where every second counts the helsmann wrongly relays 340. the captain snaps back 350 starboard or we end up on the rocks the third officer goes to assist the helmsman now don't get confused by the orders from here we're changing over to rudder instructions the captain yells starboard 10 starboard 20 and still it's not enough hard to starve it that means as hard as it'll go but at this point even if they clear these rocks they need to get the rest of the ship to swing around it so the captain yells midship which centers the rubber the bow is now less than 150 meters from skull rock poor 10 but the helmsman only gets to 4-5 before another order is given two seconds later to port 20 they might just avoid disaster here maybe but then oh no one more time the helmsman [ __ ] up at the worst possible moment the helmsman goes to starvid instead of port undoing the swing eight seconds later he realizes the error and corrects but it's too late he has just turned a probable near-miss into a sure hit all they can do now is hold on as the bow of the ship narrowly passes by the rocks hard to port the second officer yells we're gonna hit [Music] collision [Music] god [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] downtown nord town it's day 56 of playing russian roulette seems i never win gonna drink all by 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ship hits rocks on the port side a 53 meter gash opens up in the hull and thousands of tons of water begin pouring in a loud scraping and bang is heard by all passengers at the helm is panic rumblings in the dining room martin awkwardly pauses his act as he's helping his assistant into the box meanwhile the lady inside is trapped terrified there's confusion across the ship all of the crew off shift come back on duty or officers run to the bridge technical crews run down to the lower decks to assess damage on connection with the rocks they lose propulsion and slow to 8.3 knots and they are now adrift close the watertight doors at stern enormous volumes of water are pouring in so much so that within 29 seconds of collision all six engines stop working through flooding 22 seconds later a blackout happens lights electrics the water pumps too everything the captain orders the helmsman hard starboard this is the final position of the rudder before power to that too is lost the costa concordia now without power is drifting starboard plunged into absolute darkness a quick breakdown of the flooding when the concordia struck land a tour opens three water tight compartments at first compartment five which filled very rapidly then six more slowly or shortly after then 783 modern ships are built to withstand two compartment breeches these compartments especially though are a problem because they contain the engines and the electrics these main generators give power to the whole ship from propulsion motors to rudder to hotel functions pretty much everything when they went out the ship was a functionless sinking cage a few seconds later the emergency batteries for internal lighting and communications kick off when the lights come back on martin has vanished he's ditched the stage and it caused a huge panic in the theater as passengers are trying to flee to their cabins and to muster stations people already in their cabins come out and start putting on life vests staff rally and try to calm everyone down everything is fine there's no need for this please return to your cabins the emergency generator starts all of the watertight doors close except for door 12 which is jammed the captain calls pilot the chief engineer as the ship begins to list on the port side there's water coming in yes there's water but where the engine room but a lot of water yes there's water you can't go down let's go down the other side in a moment we'll start the pumps i'll let you know in the theater the whole magic box apparatus slides right off the stage and falls into the crowd further increasing panic on the bridge an announcement is being prepared they are going to lie to prevent a panic let's just say we have a blackout the deputy chief engineer enters the engine control room he confirms to the bridge that at least compartments five six and seven are flooded announcements are made to inform you that due to an electrical fault which is currently under control we're currently in a blackout our technicians are working to resolve the situation and will inform you of developments as they occur thank you for your attention coincidentally at the same time in the restaurant they're playing my heart will go on and it's very much not helping the situation the captain calls the costa crisis unit roberto ferrari he tells the crisis unit that they've hit a rock that they're assessing damages and that they are also in a blackout the crisis office says to reverse the ship up onto shore well how are you going to do that you don't have power to the rudder let alone the engine you know hoist the sails anyway around this time the wind direction creates a starboard list and the ship begins to turn anyway drifting right back towards the shore which is a very good thing because you want the ship to end up as close to shore as possible a panicked passenger senses that something is off this isn't like any electrical problem that she's ever seen plus there was a massive crashing noise and now the ship is tilting so she contacts her daughter in italy the daughter then calls the police and the police call the harbour master while that goes on a conversation between pylon and ambrosio the diesel is not starting the captain asked the engine room but where have we made contact thinking that the incoming water can be reduced captain here everything is lost the electrical panel everything they're saying at this point that the ship is going down the captain calls roberto ferrarini again uh actually two compartments have been flooded but don't worry the ship's stability isn't in danger wrong passengers begin going to muster stations on their own initiative the cruise director says we have a lot of people at muster stations that i do not want to fall overboard do we make an announcement to tell them to go to the lounges bozo says i think that's best the harbour master from livorno calls the ship the captain tells them that we we just have a blackout how long has this blackout been going on about 20 minutes have you asked passengers to put on like this it's just a blackout i gotta go the harbour master is suspicious he says to his superiors that he thinks something more is going on he calls the patrol boat to the area and asks them to look at the ship another problem the fan on the emergency diesel generator isn't working properly pilon manually has to turn the thing on and off with a screwdriver so that it doesn't overheat and cause a fire the captain is on the phone to the lower decks asking pointless questions like is it still flooded yes yes it is the captain is essentially in denial of the situation the harbour master calls again finally he says the ship is taking on water through an opening in the left side and the ship is listing he qualifies with no one dead or injured the harbour master asks if he needs help just a tongue boat when in reality they need a full rescue with three compartments plugged the captain finally realizes that things are really bad and they are not going to improve the coast guard orders every available ship to the scene meanwhile up with the passengers the cruise director's assistant says everything's under control please return to your cabins or hang about in the lounges no problem she said this despite knowing it was wrong and that it further endangered lives most passengers at this point though aren't listening to this nonsense and they're busy figuring out how to abandon ship local television has already picked up the story and they begin broadcasting live radio feed from the bridge captain the passengers are going on board the boats okay let them go to shore so then general emergency wait let me talk to ferrorini we risk the emergency generators that do not have cooling it has cooling problems 100 degrees the cooling fan has stopped pilon calls the bridge and tells the safety officer they need to evacuate the safety officer relays this to the captain but after no response he orders the engine room to evacuate on his own the captain says no stay we'll leave it so what do we do general emergency the captain tells ferrari that he's abandoning ship abandon ship another announcement is made ladies and gentlemen your attention the lavorno coast please calls again the captain declares distress the coast guard officially calls for rescue operations they contact pietro melanie the helicopter base commander who then calls in every available pilot as he rushes down to the help of the base pylon shuts down the emergency generator for the final time the first rescue vessel arrives by this point the lifeboats are already going luckily the ship is very close to shore oh perhaps too close to shore the ship forcefully runs aground creating an uneven center of gravity and it begins heavily listing starboard the captain issues a general emergency on board the announcement to abandon ship is finally called an alarms ring out and with that comes panic and now that they're listing with many of the lifeboats too awkwardly positioned to enter the water there aren't enough readily available and they have to start going back and forth to the shore picking people up and dropping them off the patrol boats report to the lavorno harbour master that the ship has run aground and is lifting heavily so the harbour master asks the captain about and the cabin says no no no the ship is still floating oh in fact we're trying to maneuver it onto the shore they know he's lying the captain then says to bottom out the starboard anchor so they drop out the anchors but let out too much chain effectively rendering them useless the deputy mayor of gileo mario pellegrini and tobacco shop owner giovanni rossi arrive at the harbour they watch the scene unfold as the first of the lifeboats arrive on shore the deputy mayor takes the initiative and races to board one of the lifeboats returning to the ship and starts trying to find someone in charge he gives up and starts helping passers scottino tells everyone to leave and take radios but not before changing out of his uniform and into a nice suit priorities dimitri costellis and sylvia caronica leave with him the maitre d and support him both get out of there by this point approximately 300 people are still on the ship melee reaches the helicopter base the first helicopter a slow-moving augusta bell was already rising from the tarmac for the hour-long flight south bozio is the last crew member left on the bridge coordinating evacuation he then leaves to help passengers board lifeboats the bridge is now abandoned and then the ship's black box stops working apparently there are technical problems with it that means from here things are going to get a little foggy in detail a while later rescue helicopters arrive but they're struggling to find the ship because they're expecting it to still be well above water passengers are scaling down the port side by ladder as lifeboats return to pick them up [Music] a second helicopter a faster model sets off the ship stops healing and comes to a final resting place now the coast guard calls the captain because he's just learnt that the captain has abandoned ship the captain claims uh uh no actually i slipped and i fell into one of the light boats oh i'm a clutch but now that i'm on board i may as well head back to shore defalco tells the captain to get the [ __ ] back on board and the captain kind of acts confused and then effectively refuses so the captain makes it to shawn from here we only have mainstream news reports to rely on so it's not going to be super accurate but they say that gilu's police chief then finds 110 survivors on the rocks at point gabionara and among them is the captain it's not known whether the captain helped anyone while he was there and in fact the police chief claimed that he just sat on the rocks and watched other people do the rescuing a while later a rescue boat picks up the captain and takes him to the harbour he speaks to the police he then finds the ship's onboard chaplain father rafael molina and cry to him for about 15 minutes then he goes to the harbour master's office to receive probably the biggest dressing down of his entire life port authorities asked the taxi driver to take the captain back to his hotel the captain takes the 30 second cab ride to the bahamas hotel according to the cabbie he was beaten like a dog he was cold and afraid he only asked me where he could buy a pair of fresh socks but then he perked right up again and gave an interview to a news crew he told them that he was the last to leave the captain is usually the last to abandon ship what happened captain we were the last to leave the ship all they said they rescue a search for people on the ship on sunday morning a south korean couple is found in their cabin safe but shivering they had slept through the crash and woke up unable to exit their cabin the last survivor manrico gianpandroni was found with a broken leg he was the cabin service director in the end 32 people died the final body wasn't discovered until nearly three years later a crew member russell rubello and it's believed that he died a hero helping passengers off the ship the costa concordia was the largest cruise ship disaster since the titanic and then there's the ship this is what happens to a 110 thousand ton cruise line when it's left half rolled over in the ocean [Music] [Music] but this isn't the end it's just the halfway point what most people know is that the costa concordia had crashed many dead and that the captain abandoned shipped like a coward but there's a whole veritable spaghetti of details to untangle let's dive in there they are the deets [Music] blue box time the costa concordia was more than just a floating resort there's a mall a casino this iron chest was full of safes and cash registers and expensive fittings and there were plenty of gamers prepared to sneak by authorities and try their luck in the hot zone within days police divers reported that valuable items once seen lying around the ship were now missing high-end election expensive furniture dining sets cash from the casino cash registers jewelry and display cabinets safes japanese woodblock prints by famous 18th century artists as well as the iconic bell which hung from the bridge of the ship it was never found who steals a big fuck-off bell even the server admins were getting involved four divers who were part of the company contracted to re-float the concordia were spotted on cctv sneaking out to the ship a patrol boat was dispatched and the men were caught inside the fancy suites with rucksacks full of stolen goods the four men are charged with stealing and thieving and pension later on stolen as well as legitimate items found their way to amazon and ebay chips from the casino postcards and cabin access cards became highly sought after souvenirs it even has a watermark some australian guy even made a listing for the ship itself advertising it as buyer to collect and although there were plenty of bidders ebay pulled the plug [Music] i know you want to see scitino go to jail and we'll get to that but first we have to talk about someone else dominica morton there was speculation that she was on the bridge that evening because she was the captain's mistress tense media speculation reports that her presence distracted the captain they both denied their love for yields and maintained that they were just friends although she did later admit to the media that she found him handsome and how could you not you so [ __ ] precious when you smile but she says there was no romantic link between them some people would like to believe they want to know i have something with him it's more interesting it's like you know some spicy in the story mrs morton also loved the spotlight however everyone oh no and took several interviews but as the pressure mounted upon her she began making ominous threats to skatina saying he must confess and that you have but one week to come clean but things from here get weird spicy so morton is a bit of a wild card in a subsequent interview she claimed a helicopter came to the ship well before the other rescue craft to take away a package huh and what was that package drugs apparently so rumors began that the ship was running narcotics for the mafia and not without cause a number of cruise ships even recently have been caught trafficking drugs as an aside scotino was tested for drugs immediately after the crash he tested negative for drugs in his system but trace amounts of cocaine were found in a house animal makes it smoother and less dry nonetheless the concordia was searched and no drugs were reportedly ever found how did we get here oh right a helicopter simultan commented on it again the next day and said actually that helicopter was just for the captain as a means of evacuation from the ship okay wait so she expected to get some sort of first class rescue while everyone else was still stuck on the ship wait how did we get here oh right sex with the captain divers were quick to head to the captain's cabin where they found mrs morton's lingerie and other articles of clothing as well as a makeup bag the jig was up but they continued denying it samorton mostly faded from international attention until she was told to appear before the court to present witness testimony the judge pressed her to be truthful about their relationship or she would be held in contempt either tell me the truth or shut up so finally she admitted it see yes i had a sentimental relationship with the captain stop but now stop asking about my private life she was indeed the captain's lover what is some troubler nation what's it not cheating i'm this wife with sea or ten oh my god she and scottino had been having an affair for several weeks she also said that on the night she boarded she didn't have a ticket and didn't need to pay because nobody questions you when you're the captain's lover [Music] naturally she gave another confusing interview after leaving court i want to say that today is the second time i die because the first time i die in the night of the crush with my psychological brain and problems and today i died the second time because of course people find out something that i tried to hide subsequent to the trial she used her fame in maldova to become a political activist often appearing on television and radio and in articles covering protests accompanied by pictures of her being arrested by police foreign it was some stuff about victims violence women's rights and interestingly part of a push to block the sale of shares of meldova's train network to russia other than that i don't really know what she's been up to let me just check on no god not again several civil suits were quickly lodged against costa crochet and their parent company carnival cruises immediately saw a share drop of 23 per cent passengers sought compensation for their damaged mental health lost belongings and loved ones either they allowed him to divert from his course or they didn't know where their billion-dollar ship was within a few days facing financial and media pressure the ceo attempted to join the bandwagon against the captain and the crew that was not the ordinary route that the ship was taking at the time and and was not only taking him by the time that the [ __ ] junior claiming that the ship was not approved to deviate from the route but that wasn't true approval isn't required if the ship is deviating by less than 15 miles or that it was against company rules also untrue because investigators found that they didn't have any rules about deviating route and they tacitly encouraged sail by salutes now in response to the civil suits costa crucia offered passengers 11 000 euros each as compensation that's kind of small eleven thousand euros about fourteen thousand dollars is the minimum compensation under international law when a ship is abandoned this was to reimburse them for their tickets as well as any costs they accrued and having to unexpectedly travel home early and that was supposed to release them from everything and anything that has to do with this accident i cannot ask for more than this a lot of passengers understandably were not too happy with this deal and they refused to take the money we think the offer is an insult for what these poor passengers went through we think that the compensation being offered is not commensurate here [Music] compensation being offered is not commensurate later costa crucia would lodge a plea deal with the tuscany court to pay a 1 million euro fine to avoid a criminal trial the judge agrees costa crucia is now off the hook for all criminal liability for the whole thing they've washed their hands of the incident and flex the residual droplets of responsibility onto the faces of six staff members passengers and relatives of the dead are livid that the company has been able to avoid criminal responsibility offered is not commensurate civil suits against the company continue by the way the residents of the island of gealio also banded together and sought damages they didn't get much eventually passengers who refused the initial compensation of 11 000 joined civil parties against scotino in his trial in 2015. they were awarded 30 000 euros each other cases especially those involving lost relatives are settled for undisclosed amounts new york attorney peter renee traveled to budapest to represent six real survivors of the disaster at renee and rene we personally work on every case and we'll work harder than anyone to get you the most money possible in the shortest amount of time and while on the job a seventh case cropped up via email an elderly woman a loner said help me mr ronai for i have lost my daughter eva and my five-year-old granddaughter roxanna so mr renai agreed to speak with her however there were some inconsistencies in her story neither eva nor oxana were on the passenger list odd but koster is known for having stowaways catch a bit still mr renai was suspicious they wouldn't cheaty old petey would they renae inquired further about why she was on board especially without a ticket elona said well i don't know but you should ask her boyfriend salt horvath he'll know all the details i'm up all night i'm going crazy he said but mr and i was still suspicious because then she asked how much money do you think this is worth this is a huge red flag petey in 20 years of doing this you've never had anyone ask about money why now so mr ronai hired an investigator and sent photos around off the missing girl the next day the phone rang it was the boyfriend again ah look there's been a bit of a misunderstanding and the child isn't missing at all and then he claimed he was confused because he had done too many drugs the night before oh okay can i speak to the daughter then at first he was refused so renee said that he'd have to file a missing person's report to the police if he couldn't the boyfriend relented that night renee met with zolt and brought the police with him he speaks to the granddaughter and asks her if she's seen mum yeah i saw her today oh really yeah we went to the park today and we went on the swings oh no the jig was up so the mum walks into the room sheepishly it's a miracle and the story changed again okay i'm not dead but i did injure my leg when i jumped from the ship and then i immediately flew back to budapest although don't worry about checking my leg because there are no visible marks or injuries uh oh pd i'm beginning to think they weren't even on the boat also it turns out this lady isn't her mom it's just a neighbor eventually renee managed to make the bear confess and then they said hey we haven't done anything wrong we haven't taken any money and in the end it looks like there'll be no criminal punishment for the scam because hungary a former communist country has no laws against insurance fraud on the books the law firm that never sleeps oh that's a bad idea that's a very bad [Applause] idea [Music] mario would you teach me some italian oh of course get back on board for [ __ ] sake okay thanks gregorio defalco the naval officer who shouted at scitino to vada abordo caso became a bit of a national hero overnight in italy he like the rest of the world expected scottino to go down with the ship [Music] and when the captain chickened out defelko was there to admonish him and when he stopped answering the radio he called him on his cell phone to continue putting him on blast when the captain first reported just a blackout defalco didn't believe the story and immediately began preparing a rescue effort which likely saved several lives his actions were applauded by most italians who were tired of their public servants being corrupt and avoiding responsibility accordingly shirts sporting vada aboardo caso were being printed by the end of the week others setting it as their phone's ringtone but then in september 2014 without warning defalco was transferred to an admin role in the coast guard hear what i said had been demoted defelka said that he had been passed up for promotion that he had also not been told which admin office he was even being transferred to and that it all effectively cancelled ten years of his career defalco was tris furiosa and it was public speculation that it was owing to bad blood between himself and admiral delano his former boss his status among the public overshadowed his superior in many ways on the other hand his boss said ah no it's part of a normal career progression for naval officers and that he must show more maturity and professionalism to advance his career now it's hard to know what's true in office politics so let's leave that alone and anyway in 2018 defalco said buenos noches yelata to the italian navy to become a politician in march that year he was elected to the italian senate serving as a member for livorno he still serves there today the day after the disaster scotino was taken into custody by police and underwent questioning however it was clear that this would not be a straightforward investigation so the judge released him under house arrest at his home in sorrento a town in nepali by july of that year the house arrest was relaxed and he was allowed within this general area while under house arrest he wrote a book with this journalist from rye magazine i have no idea what it says i don't speak italian but god damn he must have some kind of charisma going on because there's been a lot of speculation in the press that he had an affair with her as well he can't keep getting away with that hold on i got it okay not content with abandoning his ship this dude is determined to abandon his wife as well so scitino and five others are facing criminal charges straight away everyone lodges a plea bargain with the court and all of those plea bargains are accepted except for scotinos and the condition of everyone's reduced sentences are that they must provide witness testimony against scottino he touched me cyril jacob and sylvia were all given suspended sentences roberto and manrico are able to opt for community service or house arrest not a bad deal a good deal good deal and that meant that scottino was now all on his own cyro the first officer was the first to give his testimony on the witness stand he claimed that scottino was distracted by his mistress and other guests on the bridge that there was confusion over who was in command then it was jacob's turn and he said la mao xd because he didn't actually bother with his testimony or his reduced sentence he just fled the country it took authorities 12 months to eventually track him down on the outskirts of jakarta and when they said we still want that witness testimony he just scarf again and he hasn't been found since after that ferrorini gave his testimony then sir oh look we don't have time to relitigate the whole trial so let's just go straight to the verdict guilty was found guilty of multiple manslaughter causing a shipwreck abandoning ship and lying to authorities he is sentenced to 16 years and one month in prison [Music] but wait there's still the appeals the appeals trial begins and the verdict on the appeal surprise rejected so scotino's lawyers appealed again and the verdict on the final appeal catino made multiple attempts to secure a plea deal but was denied by the prosecution each time the prosecution called for scottino to be sentenced to 26 years in prison calling the incident a titanic affair oh okay i see what you did there sketino was not present his lawyer stated that he was waiting outside of the jail for the ruling so that if his plea was rejected he could immediately start serving his sentence and with that five years and four months after the disaster he was finally in a cell he said i will not be making any [Music] comments the salvage operation was enormous it took over two years and cost an estimated 1.2 billion dollars beginning in early 2012 they first spent two months pumping fuel from the ship's tanks at the same time they had to pump seawater in so that the balance wasn't affected and the ship didn't slide around in early 2013 a platform was built under the ship to prevent it from falling further sponsons were then attached to the sides of the ship and cables attached to the underwater platform the sponsors were then dragged underwater and opened up to allow the ocean to villain the ship could then roll over properly by late 2013 the ship was upright once more [Applause] the sponsons were then attached to the side of the ship to help keep it balanced it now rested partially above water and crews could walk around safely by july 2014 the water was removed from the sponsons and compressed air was pumped in to lift the ship and she was ready to cruise again this time to a port in genoa it was a four-day towing journey to the docks where a two-year process of dismantling and recycling would begin that same weekend of the towing scottino was busy he was the guest of honor at a white party on an island in the bay of naples he appeared on the front page of a local newspaper flanked by two of italy's most eligible bachelorettes [Music] anyway so these are the things that i remember from the costa concordia that's sweet maiden of the sea and as for you little fella [Music] well it's time to return you from whence you came [Music] six quick things one nordvpn good product check them out number two there's a new video on the second channel you probably didn't see it because it was temporarily restricted now it's not enjoy three if you've never seen the second channel before give it a go it's a different type of content but we put a lot of production into it it's not just off cuts four there are a couple secret channels as well but i ain't telling you where they are five no more 45 minute videos on the main channel back to 10 to 15 minutes and more of them 6. there's a q a coming 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Length: 46min 48sec (2808 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 16 2021

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I cut my own brake lines.... because a man like me.... doesn’t know when to stop

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It's already been covered by other comments, but for anyone not familiar with Internet Historian, do yourself a favour and check out his content. Guy is absolutely hilarious.

[u/spc_pimpmotron]

I really want to know if the woman in the magicians box survived.

[u/TheGlassHammer]

I was working at a call center travel agency that specializes in cruises when this happened. Costa was always one of our lowest selling products. People were calling freaking out as if they were booked on the Concordia. It was a VERY long week working the supervisor line.

[u/theemperor45]

This is how the history channel should do documentaries now