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Saturday 7 November 2020
Demolition starts on big ship stranded 14 months off Georgia

By RUSS BYNUM working its way upward.
Associated Press Crews erected a mesh bar-
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Us- rier around the Golden Ray
ing a heavy anchor chain to contain any leaking pol-
like a saw, a towering crane lutants and falling debris
Friday began cutting apart — including cars that were
a cargo ship that's been among its cargo — dur-
stranded on the Georgia ing the cutting. That will be
coast since it overturned cleaned up once the rest
nearly 14 months ago. of the dismantled ship gets
Demolition of the South removed.
Korean ship Golden Ray fi- The ship's demolition was
nally started after months delayed by a busy Atlantic
of planning and setbacks. hurricane season, a hand-
Officials warned that re- ful of coronavirus infec-
moving the partially sub- tions among members of
merged shipwreck off St. the salvage team and an
Simons Island will be loud engineering problem deal-
and messy. It's expected to ing with how to anchor the
take roughly new months crane. The command has
to complete. booked an entire resort
"We expect there will be nearby through Jan. 21 to
noise, fires, product dis- isolate 100 salvage workers
charges, and debris once In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, a Moran tugboat nears the stern of the capsizing vessel Golden Ray as a safeguard against the
we begin the cutting and near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia. Associated Press virus.
lifting process," John Mad- The Coast Guard held
dox of the Georgia Depart- vehicles remain in the ship's a giant archway of steel perhaps a week needed to hearings on the cause of
ment of Natural Resources cargo decks. girders anchored to a pair cut, lift and remove each the shipwreck last month.
said in a statement from The salvage team plans to of barges. It's the largest giant segment. An expert concluded the
the multiagency com- cut the ship into eight mas- such crane sailing under a "Frankly, it's very slow," said Golden Ray tipped over
mand overseeing the ship's sive chunks. Each segment U.S. flag, capable of lifting Coast Guard Petty Officer because unstable loading
removal. "It would be unre- will be hoisted by a crane loads of up to 7,500 tons 2nd Class Michael Himes, had left its center of grav-
alistic to say that this opera- and then lowered onto a (6,800 metric tonnes). a spokesman for the com- ity too high. Coast Guard
tion will be clean and per- barge for transport to a While straddling the ship- mand team. "The chain it- Lt. Ian Oviatt said the ship
fect." The Golden Ray cap- salvage yard on the Gulf wreck, the crane is using self is moving about 7 to 8 lacked enough water in its
sized Sept. 8, 2019, shortly Coast. chains measuring 400 feet feet (2.1 to 2.4 meters) per ballast tanks, used to add
after leaving the Port of The cutting and lifting are (122 meters) long to cut minute." Himes said noise weight at the bottom of a
Brunswick about 70 miles being handled by a giant through the vessel. The sal- had been minimal be- vessel, to offset that of the
(200 kilometers) south of floating crane called the vage team expects each cause the chain was cut- vehicles in its cargo decks
Savannah. More than 4,200 VB 10,000, which resembles cut will take a full day, with ting below the water level, above.q

Report: Cops moved slowly due to fear dying man may be armed

a Freedom of Information tail officers' claims that they alleged warrant, Williams,
Act request. Last week, were worried the couple who was in the driver's seat,
the mother of Marcellis might be armed and were sped off.
Stinnette filed a lawsuit ac- unable to determine imme- On video released by the
cusing Waukegan Police diately whether or not that city, Keating can be heard
officers of letting her son was true. claiming on his radio, "Hey,
bleed to death in the eight The reports say the offi- they just ran me over." At-
minutes it took for an am- cers eventually pulled Wil- torneys for Williams have
bulance to arrive. liams from the vehicle and said that she never tried to
In that federal suit, and in placed him on the street. run Keating over.q
another filed by the woman He had been shot in the
who was seriously injured, abdomen.
Tafara Williams, attorneys According to the reports,
said the couple posed no Salinas was "visibly shaken"
threat to the officers when following the shooting. He
In this Oct. 28, 2020 file photo, Marcellis Stinnette's grandmother they were shot and that was fired soon after, in large
Sherrellis Stinnette cries during a press conference, in Des neither was armed. part because he failed to
Plaines, Ill., after viewing the videos of the Oct. 20 police The attorneys have also activate his body camera
involved shooting in Waukegan that killed 19-year-old Stinnette disputed Officer Dante Sa- until after the shooting,
and seriously wounded Tafara Williams.
Associated Press linas' claim heard on his which was a violation of
body camera video that department policy.
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Sub- friend could have a gun, he opened fire after Wil- Moments before the shoot-
urban Chicago police did according to police reports liams tried to run him over ing, James Keating, a white
not immediately provide released this week. with her car. officer, approached the
medical aid to a mortally The police reports of the But while the police depart- couple as they sat in a car

wounded man an officer Oct. 20 shooting were re- ment reports acknowledge in front of Williams' home.
had just shot because they leased to the Lake County no weapon was found in As the officer attempted
feared that he or his girl- News-Sun in response to the vehicle, they also de- to arrest Stinnette on an