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GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Residents of this Tuscan island and relatives of victims of the Costa Concordia disaster prayed and ships' horns sounded on Friday to mark the six months since the cruise liner ran aground, killing 32 people. Church bells pealed in the port section of the island at 9:42 p.m. (1942 GMT), the time the 114,500-tonne vessel hit rocks on January 13 after its captain Francesco Schettino brought it too close to shore. One of those who came to the island for the remembrance service was Elio Vincenzi, who lost his wife Maria Grazia. ...More...