TRAGEDY tourists brush close to catastrophe.
A group of five German tourists who
hired an inflatable boat to get a close look
at the Costa Concordia wreckage have found
themselves at the centre of a rescue mission.
Interestingly the group were passengers
onboard the Costa Magica, and decided to
inspect the wreck during a port call to
Civitavecchia, where they picked up
transport to Santo Stefano, and then in
turn hired the inflatable boat.
It all went pear shaped for the group
however when they neared Concordia and
the waves started to get bigger and bigger
and began to swamp their small craft.
Fortunately the Italian Coast Guard
managed to get to the hapless tourists in
time before their boat sunk.
