Watch: Costa Concordia Salvage Under Way [UPDATED]

Costa Concordia, the Italian cruise ship that hit a rock off the coast of Isola del Giglio and capsized in January 2012, is finally free. It had been stuck on its side near Tuscany.

An operation to raise the Costa Concordia from its side to a vertical position is under way -- a feat never before performed on a ship this size. After turned upright, the ship can be towed away. The cruiser, which is 952 feet in length, carried 4,252 passengers on its last voyage.

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Thirty-two people lost their lives in the accident and two bodies were never recovered. According to The Telegraph, remnants of these bodies have not yet been recovered during the salvage operation. The ship was so large that preparations for the salvage operation took over a year to coordinate.

Update: Costa Concordia has been successfully set upright shortly after 04:00 local time (22:00 EST) Tuesday.