Lighting the Way

I was reading through The Lighthouse Endeavor's Keeper's Journal and he posted this image of the recent Italian cruise ship tragedy.  Look at the lighthouses flanking the ship.  Are the lights still shining?  Do you think that they helped the survivors find their way as I'm sure they did so many times in the past? 

Never doubt that lighthouses and even more modern navigational devices are extremely important and always help to light the way to safety.