Italy announced that it is ending recovery efforts to locate the missing passengers and crew of the Costa Concordia due to the dangerous conditions which surround the stricken cruise ship.

 

Three crewmembers and thirteen passengers are confirmed dead.  One other body was recovered which has not been identified. 

 

The following passengers remain missing, either trapped in the cruise ship or missing at sea: 

Dayana Arlotti, William M. Arlotti, and Maria Grazia Trecarichi, from Italy.

Elisabeth Bauer, Christina Mathi Ganz,  Norbert Josef Ganz, Margarethe Neth,  Margrit Schroeter, Siglinde Stumpf, and Brunhild Werp, from Germany.

Michael M. Blemand and Mylene Litzler, from France.

Barbara Heil and Gerald Heil, from the United States.

Two crewmembers are missing:

Girolamo Giuseppe, from Italy,

Russel Terence Rebello, from India. 

Meanwhile, Reuters reported that Carnival CEO who is yet to make a public appearance following the Concordia disaster was seen at court-side watching his NBA basketball team play  the New York Knicks. 

 

Photo Credits:

Micky Arison:  Reuters/Robert Sullivan