Costa Concordia - The Modern Day Titanic Disaster

On January 13th, just two hours after luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia left the Italian port of Civitavecchia,for Savona, the final destination of its seven-day journey, it struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the shore of the Tuscan Archipelago. The impact created a 160-foot long gash in her hull, causing water to gush in at an alarming speed.