January 13, 2012. The Costa Concordia departed Civitavecchia with 4,229 people on board. Traveling on this luxury cruise ship was more than a vacation, it was an experience.

But just before 9:45pm that night, the Costa Concordia struck a reef off the coast of Giglio Island.

With an electrical blackout, compartments flooding, and passengers in a panic, everyone wanted to know: where the hell was the captain?

Art
"Brown Wooden House" by Johannes Plenio

Music
"Tumbleweed Texas" by Chris Haugen

Sources

1. “Costa Concordia disaster” by Amy Tikkanen, Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. “The Costa Concordia Disaster: How Human Error Made It Worse” by Becky Little, history.com.
3. “Ten years on, Costa Concordia shipwreck still haunts survivors, islanders” by Gabriele Pileri and Philip Pullella, Reuters.
4. “10 years later, Costa Concordia survivors share their stories from doomed cruise ship” by Scott Stump, TODAY.
5. “Another Night to Remember” by Bryan Burrough and Josephine McKenna, Vanity Fair.