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The cruise liner Costa Concordia is pictured during the "parbuckling" operation outside Giglio harbour January 12, 2014.
To mark the two-year anniversary, the Associated Press reports, survivors and locals alike held mass in the local church that welcomed in survivors after the disaster.
The enormous, 60,000-ton ship has been a grim reminder of the tragedy for the past two years, and even a morbid tourism spot. The hope is that 2014 will be the year that the ship is gone - in September a grueling 16-hour "parbuckling" process moved the ship back into an upright system, and the current plan is to tow the boat away in summer for dismantling.
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Flowers released by a relative of a victim float on the sea next to the Costa Concordia cruise liner, following a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the tragedy, outside Giglio harbour January 13, 2014.
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A damaged side of the cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen during the "parbuckling" operation outside Giglio harbour January 12, 2014.
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Mattresses are seen inside the cruise liner Costa Concordia during the "parbuckling" operation outside Giglio harbour January 12, 2014.
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A seagull flies past the side of the cruise liner Costa Concordia during the "parbuckling" operation outside Giglio harbour January 12, 2014.
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The side of the cruise liner Costa Concordia is pictured during the "parbuckling" operation outside Giglio harbour January 12, 2014.
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A man fishes in front of the cruise liner Costa Concordia during the "parbuckling" operation outside Giglio harbour January 12, 2014.
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Flowers released by a relative of a victim float on the sea next to the Costa Concordia cruise liner, following a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the tragedy, outside Giglio harbour January 13, 2014.