The declared objective was to "bring the wreck into Liverpool and convert it to a floating museum".
Last month, Renzi had announced plans to bring the wreck to the surface, saying that Italy could not "bury its conscience 380 meters under the sea".
"Before they bring the wrecking ball," he crowed, "the wrecking crew is coming back!" It was a plainly triumphant declaration, if a mildly awkward one, coming as it did before "Hard Times Come Again No More," the Stephen Foster song that has led off every encore on the E Street Band's current tour.
Money and resources remain committed to bringing the wreck up, he said.
The company contacted a local archaeology firm, which brought the wreck to the city's attention.
Realizing that raising the whole wreck was impractical for financial reasons as well as the inability to bring up the wreck intact, NOAA developed a comprehensive plan to recover the most significant part of the ship, namely her engine, propeller, guns, and turret.
Since 2001, the most unpopular president since polling began has brought a wrecking ball to almost every pillar of American power.
But China's 1990's economic boom brought the wrecking ball swinging into old Shanghai, crumbling architectural charm like so much chalk.
Into this confused and divided situation, Trump brought a wrecking ball, and what convinced millions of people to vote for him wasn't a belief that he was ready to be President or had the right temperament for the job--exit polls found that even among his supporters, only around 35-38% believed either thing.
"All the dead are here, so bring on your wrecking ball".
