After nearly 20 months, the Costa Concordia is finally upright. Here is the time lapse in 2 minutes showing the phases of the 'parbuckling'

It 's the big day, yesterday  morning at 9 the operation began 'parbuckling' to straighten the Costa Concordia . Tonight, September 17, at around 4 am, the siren sounded to announce that the wreck of the cruise ship has been put in an upright position! A long applause greeted the staff who have worked for 19 hours to refloat what was left of the ship. " Now a beer and go to bed , "said the director of operations Sloane satisfied.