Rescuers Say No More Hope Of Finding Cruise Wreck Survivors

Rescue workers patrol next to the "Costa Concordia" cruise ship, which ran aground off the west coast off Italy on January 13.

Rescue workers searching the wreck of an Italian cruise liner, which ran aground on rocks off the west coast of Italy says that the time has come to accept there is no chance of finding more survivors.

So far, the bodies of 16 people killed as a result of the "Costa Concordia's" January 13 accident have been recovered.

Thirteen have been identified so far and 16 people are still officially missing.

compiled from agency reports