A look back at the Costa Concordia disaster after 10 years

Italy on Thursday is marking the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster with a daylong commemoration that will end with a candlelit vigil marking the moment the ship slammed into a reef and then capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio.

Italian firefighters conduct search operations on the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia that ran aground the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, Jan. 15, 2012.

A noon Mass in Giglio's church is honoring the 32 people who died in Jan. 13, 2012, shipwreck, while survivors and relatives of the dead will place a wreath in the water where the hulking liner finally came to rest on its side off Giglio's coast.

A view of the previously submerged side of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, off the coast of the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, Jan. 13, 2014.

The Costa Concordia ship lies on its side on the Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, Sept. 16, 2013.

This combination of pictures created on Jan. 13, 2022 shows a file photo (Top) taken on Jan. 23, 2012 showing the cruise liner Costa Concordia lying aground in front of the Isola del Giglio (Giglio island) after hitting underwater rocks on January 13, 2012, and the same spot on Jan. 13, 2022 on Giglio island, Tuscany, ten years to the day after the 2013 Costa Concordia shipwreck.

The wrecked hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is towed along the Tyrrhenian Sea, 30 miles off the coast of Viareggio, Italy, July 25, 2014.

A woman hangs her laundry as the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia is seen in the background, off the Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, Jan. 21, 2012.

The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia lays on its starboard side after it ran aground off the coast of the Isola del Giglio island, Italy, Jan. 13, 2012.

A close-up of the Costa Concordia cruise ship listing off the island of Giglio, northern Italy, early Jan. 14, 2012, after she ran aground in the early hours.

A tourist goes swimming with the wreck of the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia on the background near the harbour of Giglio Island, Italy, April 9, 2012.

The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground in the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Jan. 14, 2012.

This combination of pictures created Jan. 13, 2022 shows a file photo (Top) taken Jan. 23, 2012 of the Costa Concordia on its side off the Isola del Giglio 10 days after its shipwreck, and a view taken from the port of Giglio Jan. 13, 2022 showing 10 years later the spot where the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off Giglio island, Tuscany.

A handout photo made available by the Press Office of the Italian Carabinieri Police Divers' shows scuba divers of the 'Gruppo Carabinieri Subaquei' diving under the wreck of the Italian cruise ship 'Costa Concordia' off the coast of the Giglio island, Italy, Jan. 19, 2012.

Passengers line up on the side of the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia and move down along the side of the vessel during the evacuation operation in this still image taken from video Jan. 14, 2012.

Carabinieri's scuba divers inspect around the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island, Jan. 19, 2012.

A handout picture by the Italian Civil Protection office shows an aerial view of the ongoing works to re-float the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, off the coast of Giglio island, Italy, July 20, 2014.

Passengers put on life vests along the corridors of the Costa Concordia cruise ship Jan. 13, 2012 near Giglio, Italy, in this still image taken from an amateur video shot by a German passenger and obtained Jan. 14, 2012.

A firefighter hangs from a chopper over the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island, Jan. 23, 2012.

An undated handout picture released by the court of Grosseto, Tuscany shows a detail in the interior of Costa Concordia cruise shipwreck off coast Giglio island, Tuscany region, Italy, July 21, 2014.

Operations by firefighters around the grounded ship Costa Concordia, off Giglio Island, Grosseto, Italy, Jan. 25, 2012.

Experts aboard a sea platform carry oil recovery equipment, Jan. 28, 2012, as they return to the port of the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, where the cruise ship Costa Concordia, visible in background, ran aground on Jan. 13, 2012.

A bench engraved with the name of the grounded Costa Concordia cruise ship (seen at rear) is seen washed up on the shore of Giglio island, Jan. 20, 2012.

An RHIB (Rigid-hulled inflatable boat) of the firefighters' diving unit goes past the slide and pool area of the cruise liner Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at Giglio island, Jan. 28, 2012.

Relatives of victims cry as they stand on a ferry during a ceremony to commemorate the first anniversary of the Costa Concordia shipwreck, in which 32 people died, outside Giglio harbor, Jan. 13, 2013.

An aerial view shows the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side next to Giglio Island taken from an Italian navy helicopter, Aug. 26, 2013.

A woman looks towards the partially submerged Costa Concordia cruise ship, Jan. 16, 2012 in the harbor of the Isola del Giglio after it ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio after hitting underwater rocks.

The wrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia in the harbour of the Tuscan island of Giglio, Jan. 16, 2012.

Costa Concordia's captain Francesco Schettino arrives in the courthouse for his final declaration on the last day of his trial in Grosseto, Feb. 11, 2015.

A helicopter evacuates Marrico Giempietroni, the Costa Concordia's cabin service director, after he was rescued from the Costa Concordia on Jan. 15, 2012.

A handout aerial view taken and released by Italian Guardia de Finanza, shows the Costa Concordia a day after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio, late on Jan. 13.

A handout aerial view taken and released by Italian Guardia de Finanza, shows the Costa Concordia a day after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio, Jan. 13., 2012.

This combination of pictures created on January 13, 2022 shows a file photo (top) taken on June 23, 2012 of the Costa Concordia, near the harbor of Giglio island, and a view of the same spot on Jan. 13, 2022 10 years to the day after the shipwreck.