This is maybe one of the coolest engineering stories ever! (Click on the title for a link to the video on Wired magazine; above photo from the US Coast Guard.)
In case you missed this story (most people I know did), check out the tale of the Cougar Ace, a cargo ship that tipped over in Alaska. Sailors accidentally pumped ballast water out of one side of the ship (!!) and it just tipped over. 2 weeks, later it was righted after some incredible engineering. Read the story at Wired:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys
Spoiler alert: Did you know that cars can be shredded in only 2 seconds? Thus, in the end, it would have taken less than 3 hours to shred all 4,703 of the cars on the Cougar Ace. Where is the video of that part of the story????
