This is what happens when an out-of-control cruise ship crashes into a tourist boat, and you have to feel for the Venice locals.
It’s not like they let anyone behind the wheel of a monster cruise ship these days, but even with experience things can go horribly wrong.
The salvage operation of the wrecked cruise liner, Costa Concordia was initially set to take between 10 and 12 hours. By the early hours of this morning, the operation had stretched to 19 hours before the vessel was finally righted by South African salvage master, Nick Sloane and his crew. Check out the terrific time lapse of the operation, after the jump
This is surely a holiday this poor lady will never forget. After taking ill on a cruise ship exploring Norway, paramedics were called in to take Janet Richardson from Britain to a hospital on the main land. But in the process of transporting her they accidentally dropped her into the minus three degrees Celsius North Sea. She is 73.