Costa Concordia: Human remains on deck III
Divers on Oct 8 found the remains of a body on deck III of the "Costa Concordia" which may belong to the missing Indian crew member Russel Rebello, a waiter from Mumbai.
The body was in an advanced state of decay. When the body is recovered, DNA tests were to be carried out.
Saved lives before losing his own
Rebello, a 33-year-old cruise waiter from India, was hailed a hero for saving lives before losing his own when the ship sank.
The married father-of-two had started working on the Costa Concordia just a few months before Captain Francesco Schettino's notorious tragic "salute" to the island.
Witnesses said that as Schettino abandoned ship, Rebello, a Mumbai native, stayed on to help other passengers to safety and even gave one his own lifejacket.
He was last seen as he made his way to a muster station at the restaurant at the back of the ship.
The other missing victim is Maria Grazia Trecarichi, who was on the cruiser to celebrate her 50th birthday with her 17-year-old daughter Stefania.
They had boarded different lifeboats because Trecarichi was cold and had gone below deck to fetch a jacket. Stefania survived.
The Costa Concordia was hauled upright last month in a major salvage operation.
Meanwhile, Concordia's captain Francesco Schettino is on trial in the Tuscan town of Grosseto on charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.
Divers on Oct 8 found the remains of a body on deck III of the "Costa Concordia" which may belong to the missing Indian crew member Russel Rebello, a waiter from Mumbai.
The body was in an advanced state of decay. When the body is recovered, DNA tests were to be carried out.
Saved lives before losing his own
Rebello, a 33-year-old cruise waiter from India, was hailed a hero for saving lives before losing his own when the ship sank.
The married father-of-two had started working on the Costa Concordia just a few months before Captain Francesco Schettino's notorious tragic "salute" to the island.
Witnesses said that as Schettino abandoned ship, Rebello, a Mumbai native, stayed on to help other passengers to safety and even gave one his own lifejacket.
He was last seen as he made his way to a muster station at the restaurant at the back of the ship.
The other missing victim is Maria Grazia Trecarichi, who was on the cruiser to celebrate her 50th birthday with her 17-year-old daughter Stefania.
They had boarded different lifeboats because Trecarichi was cold and had gone below deck to fetch a jacket. Stefania survived.
The Costa Concordia was hauled upright last month in a major salvage operation.
Meanwhile, Concordia's captain Francesco Schettino is on trial in the Tuscan town of Grosseto on charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.