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Old 09-16-2013 | 10:42 AM
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They are righting it today... Live feed http://live.reuters.com/Event/Raisin...osta_Concordia or here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24104643 about 10 degrees movement so far out of 65 degree goal
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Old 09-16-2013 | 10:49 AM
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Here's a link that explains the process and with some real time info:

http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/news.php

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Old 09-16-2013 | 11:24 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TniE69CvDaE Here is another link with the whole process in a nutshell
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Old 09-16-2013 | 02:41 PM
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A tremendous task righting that ship.
32 people died in that shipwreck.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...52164340,d.dmg

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Old 09-17-2013 | 09:49 AM
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The ship is vertical again time lapse sequence. Absolutely amazing engineering. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24119836
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Old 09-17-2013 | 11:51 AM
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That was pretty amazing how they did that. Its also crazy that its just being towed to the scrap yard.
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