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Image: The stricken Costa Concordia is visible after the parbuckling operation successfully uprighted the ship

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Luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground

The Costa Concordia, carrying more than 4,200 passengers, ran aground Jan. 13, 2012 off the coast of Italy killing 32 people - including two Americans.

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People on lifeboats evacuate the Costa Concordia after it ran aground on Jan. 13, 2012, killing 32 people. The cruise ship is the subject of the biggest salvage operation in maritime history

— Giuseppe Modesti / AP
Image: Passengers arrive at Porto Santo Stefano after a cruise ship ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island

Passengers arrive at Porto Santo Stefano on Jan. 14 after the Costa Concordia ran aground off the Italian island of Giglio.

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Image: Costa Concordia cruise liner captain Francesco Schettino is escorted by a Carabinieri in Grosseto

Costa Concordia cruise liner captain Francesco Schettino is escorted by Italian police on Jan. 14, 2012, in Grosseto. Schettino was arrested on charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship, police said.

— Stringer/italy / X90010
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Firefighters on a dinghy look at a rock emerging from the side of the Costa Concordia on Jan. 15, 2012.

— Andrea Sinibaldi / PRESL
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A woman looks at the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner on Jan. 16, 2012.

— Gregorio Borgia / AP
A satellite image shows the wreck of the Costa Concordia off the island of Giglio, Italy, on January 17, 2012. The luxury cruise ship ran aground on January 13, 2012.

A satellite image shows the wreck of the Costa Concordia off the island of Giglio on Jan. 17, 2012.

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Search and rescue teams continue the search for survivors on the Costa Concordia on Jan. 19, 2012.

— Tullio M. Puglia / Getty Images Europe
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Police divers look at the bell of the stricken Costa Concordia luxury liner during their underwater search on Jan. 19, 2012.

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Divers make their way into a flooded cabin of the Costa Concordia cruise ship In this undated photo released by the Italian Navy on Jan. 24, 2012.

— Italian Navy / Italian Navy GOS
Image: The capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship is seen off the west coast of Italy at the snow-covered Giglio island

The capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship lies off the snow-covered island of Giglio on Feb. 11, 2012.

— Giampiero Sposito / X01396
Image: A boy prepares to snorkel in front of the wreckage of capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia, near the harbour of Giglio Porto

A boy prepares to snorkel in front of the wreckage of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia on Aug. 28, 2012.

— Alessandro Bianchi / X90015
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The Costa Concordia cruise ship lays near the harbor of Giglio on Oct. 14, 2012. The luxury cruise ship capsized and sank on Jan. 13, 2012, after approaching the Tuscan island of Giglio to perform a manuever close to the shore known as a "salute."

— Filippo Monteforte / AFP
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Workers stand on the Costa Concordia cruise ship near the port on Jan. 8, 2013 on the Italian island of Giglio.

— Filippo Monteforte / AFP
Image: An aerial view shows the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side next to Giglio Island taken from an Italian navy helicopter

An aerial view, taken from an Italian Navy helicopter, shows the Costa Concordia surrounded by other vessels on Aug. 26.

— Alessandro Bianchi / X90015
Image: A diver participates in a search operation Tuesday for missing bodies onboard the Costa Concordia.

A diver participates in a search operation Sept. 24, 2013, for two missing bodies onboard the Costa Concordia. The last two missing bodies were recovered on Sept. 26.

— Laura Lezza / Getty Images Europe
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Vessels surround the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship during an operation to refloat the boat on July 14, 2014 off the Italian island of Giglio. More than two-and-a-half years after it crashed off in a nighttime disaster which left 32 people dead, the plan is to raise and tow the vessel in an unprecedented and delicate operation for its final journey to the shipyard where it was built in the port of Genoa.

— Vincenzo Pinto / AFP
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