Photo gallery: Shaken survivors arrive on Italy cruise disaster island
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A man fishes on the port infront of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which remains near the shoreline of the Italian island of Giglio on Jan 12, 2013. Shaken survivors and grieving relatives of the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster began arriving on the island of Giglio for a first anniversary commemoration of the tragedy. -- PHOTO: AFP
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The Costa Concordia cruise ship leans on its side of the Tuscan Island Isola del Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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Salvage crew workers stand on a side of capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia outside Giglio harbour Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Salvage worker Mark Ferguson from Scotland pulls a rope on a tugboat at Giglio harbour in Giglio Island Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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The capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen surrounded by cranes outside Giglio harbour Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A group of French survivors of the Costa Concordia cruise ship arrive on the Italian island of Giglio on Jan 12, 2013. Shaken survivors and grieving relatives of the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster began arriving on the island of Giglio for a first anniversary commemoration of the tragedy on Jan 13. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A French survivor of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster looks on as arrives on the Italian island of Giglio on Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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The Costa Concordia cruise ship lays aground on Jan 12, 2013 on the Italian island of Isola del Giglio. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Franco Gabrielli, head of Italy's Civil Protection Agency, arrives for a news conference at Giglio harbour Jan 12, 2013. Sunday marks the first anniversary of the Costa Concordia shipwreck which 32 people died. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Kevin Rebello of India (right), whose brother is still missing since the Costa Concordia cruise ship accident, speaks with journalists as he arrives on the Italian island of Giglio on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A woman walks at Giglio Castle, Jan 11, 2013. Businesses at the Giglio Castle hasn't gone up like the ones at the harbour following the Costa Concordia tragedy a year ago. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Children look out from a bus at the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia, which is surrounded by cranes during a salvage operation in front of Giglio harbour Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man fishes on the port infront of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which remains near the shoreline of the Italian island of Giglio on Jan 12, 2013. Shaken survivors and grieving relatives of the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster began arriving on the island of Giglio for a first anniversary commemoration of the tragedy. -- PHOTO: AFP
The Costa Concordia cruise ship leans on its side of the Tuscan Island Isola del Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
Salvage crew workers stand on a side of capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia outside Giglio harbour Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Salvage worker Mark Ferguson from Scotland pulls a rope on a tugboat at Giglio harbour in Giglio Island Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
The capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen surrounded by cranes outside Giglio harbour Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A group of French survivors of the Costa Concordia cruise ship arrive on the Italian island of Giglio on Jan 12, 2013. Shaken survivors and grieving relatives of the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster began arriving on the island of Giglio for a first anniversary commemoration of the tragedy on Jan 13. -- PHOTO: AFP
A French survivor of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster looks on as arrives on the Italian island of Giglio on Jan 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
The Costa Concordia cruise ship lays aground on Jan 12, 2013 on the Italian island of Isola del Giglio. -- PHOTO: AFP
Franco Gabrielli, head of Italy's Civil Protection Agency, arrives for a news conference at Giglio harbour Jan 12, 2013. Sunday marks the first anniversary of the Costa Concordia shipwreck which 32 people died. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Kevin Rebello of India (right), whose brother is still missing since the Costa Concordia cruise ship accident, speaks with journalists as he arrives on the Italian island of Giglio on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
A woman walks at Giglio Castle, Jan 11, 2013. Businesses at the Giglio Castle hasn't gone up like the ones at the harbour following the Costa Concordia tragedy a year ago. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Children look out from a bus at the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia, which is surrounded by cranes during a salvage operation in front of Giglio harbour Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AFP) - Shaken survivors and grieving relatives of the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster began arriving on the island of Giglio for a one-year anniversary commemoration of the tragedy on Sunday.
"It's terrible coming back here," one survivor, Clara Stara, said in the tiny Italian port where the giant hulk of a ship twice as big as the Titanic still lies keeled over on its side. "I've been anxious since yesterday and I hadn't felt any fear for a whole year," she said.
The 290m liner crashed into a group of rocks just off Giglio, veered sharply and keeled over just as many passengers were sitting down for supper on the first night of a Mediterranean cruise. There were 4,229 people from 70 countries on board.
