Thirteenth victim found on Italian ship

2012-01-23 27

Rescuers scouring the wreck of Costa Concordia found the body of a woman on Sunday.
The victim was found on the seventh deck of the cruise liner, around 10 metres below the water's surface.
This brings the death toll from the disaster to 13.
(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) SPOKESMAN FOR FIREFIGHTERS UNITS, LUCA CARI, SAYING:
"Our divers from the fire rescue team have found another body, of a woman on bridge number seven."
The body was taken to Porto San Stefano, where identification procedures are being carried out.
Around 20 people are still unaccounted for, and rescuers are continuing to search the ship, which capsized off the Tuscan coast 10 days ago.
Michaela Cabrera, Reuters.