«The operation is over. The vessel is shown in a vertical position. » Told the head of Italy\’s Civil Protection Franco Gabrielli, adding that the operation lasted more than 19 hours. In lifting the liner was attended by about 500 people. To put a vessel weighing more than 114 tons of vertical, it was necessary to raise to 65 degrees. To do this, at the shore of the island of Giglio was built special design, the manufacture of which lasted 30 thousand tons of steel and 18 tons of concrete. Managed to avoid falling into the water chemicals and other toxic substances that were on board the sunken ship. The next step — is towing ship to the nearest port. To illuminate the operation to raise the liner on Giglio, where the tourist season ended recently gathered 350 journalists from around the world. Many television companies will conduct a live broadcast today.