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                                                                      obituario/u.s. news Diasabra 15 Mei 2021

                                                                                                                Flames engulf cargo

                                                                                                               ship's remains off US


                                                                                                                   coast; no injuries


                                                                                                             (AP)  —  The  remains  of  an  overturned  car-
                                                               “Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada   go  ship  being  dismantled  along  the  Geor-
                “Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada    Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi       gia coast caught fire Friday as workers used
              Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega.                     sosega.                      torches to cut into the hull, sending up black
                        E ta hibami na awa trankil,                    E ta hibami na awa trankil,           smoke and causing loud bangs that sounded
                         Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”.                       Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”.             like explosions.
                               Salmo: 23                                       Salmo: 23
                                                                                                             Susan Inman of the Altamaha Riverkeeper conser-
              Cu profundo tristeza pero conforme cu Dios         Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta anuncia     vation group told The Associated Press she could
                 su santa boluntad nos ta anuncia cu a                fayecimento di nos ser stima:          see flames shooting from the open ends and the
               fayece cristianamente y a bai sosega den                                                      top of the Golden Ray on Friday afternoon as she
                            braza di Señor.                                                                  watched from a boat about 300 yards (275 meters)
                                                                                                             away near St. Simons Island. She also heard several
                                                                                                             loud popping sounds from the shipwreck.

                                                                                                             Several  hours  later,  the  fire  was  being  sprayed
                                                                                                             with  hoses  from  the  towering  crane  being  used
                                                                                                             to dismantle the ship as well as at least two boats
                                                                                                             equipped with water cannons.
                                                                                                             "It's kind of like a roller coaster where it seems to
                                                                                                             die down for about 20 minutes or half an hour, and
                                                                                                             then it picks back up again," Inman said.
                                                                 Gilda R. Berkemeyer- Lascarro               No injuries had been reported and all demolition
                                                                             Maldonado                       crew  members  near  the  shipwreck  were  safely
                                                                                                             evacuated,  said  Coast  Guard  Petty  Officer  2nd
                      Willem (Weis) Wim Tromp.                     *18-10-1936 - †10-05-2021                 Class Michael Himes, a spokesman for the multia-
                       31-08-1944 - †13-05-2021                                                              gency command in charge of the demolition.
                                                              Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues       It  wasn't  immediately  clear  whether  the  blaze
                                                                                                             would  further  delay  efforts  to  remove  roughly
                  Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia                                                           one-half of the shipwreck that remains partly sub-
                               despues.                                                                      merged in St. Simons Sound. The South Korean-
                                                                                                             owned Golden Ray measured 656 feet (199 me-
                                                                                                             ters) long when it overturned on Sept. 8, 2019.
                                                                                                             A towering crane that straddles the wreck is cut-
                                                                                                             ting the ship into giant chunks using 400 feet (122
                                                                                                             meters) of anchor chain to tear through the hull
                                                                                                             like a blunt-edged saw. An active 2020 hurricane
                                                                                                             season and the coronavirus pandemic kept demo-
                                                                                                             lition from starting until November. Though the
                                                                                                             job  reached  the  halfway  mark  in  April,  progress
                                                               Lagrimanan y flornan lo seca, su recuerdonan y tur loke e
                                                               la hasi pa nos lo keda graba pa semper den nos mente y   has been slower  than initially expected.
                                                                                 curason.
                “Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada                  PSALM 62:1                    Himes said flames flared up inside the wreck Fri-
                                                                                                             day  afternoon  as  workers  used  torches  to  make
              Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega.                                                  cuts along the ship's hull to serve as a guide path
                        E ta hibami na awa trankil,             ‘ Cerca Dios mi alma ta na paz, ta di dj’E mi salbacion ta   for the cutting chain.
                         Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”.                                 bini. ’
                               Salmo: 23                                                                      "It is considerable at this time. It picked up very
                                                               Cu inmenso tristesa na nos curason pero agradecido pa   quickly," Himes said of the blaze. "The good news
               Cu profundo tristeza pero conforme cu Dios su   locual e la significa pa nos , nos ta anuncia fayesimento di:
              santa boluntad nos ta anuncia cu a bai sosega                                                  is, because we planned for fires and we planned for
                                                                                                             the need to evacuate in the case of those fires, all of
                           den braza di Señor.                                                               our crews are accounted for."

                                                                                                             Himes said the fire was likely sparked by one of the
                                                                                                             cutting torches, even though crews were pumping
                                                                                                             sea water onto the ship as a fire suppression mea-
                                                                                                             sure. He didn't know what was fueling the blaze,
                                                                                                             but said it's possibly residual fuel still aboard the
                                                                                                             ship  as  well  as  cars  that  remain  inside  its  cargo
                                                                                                             decks.
                                                                          Humphrey Milton Giel
                                                                        Mihor conoci como ‘ Pípí ‘           The Golden Ray had roughly 4,200 vehicles in its
                                                                                                             cargo decks when it rolled onto its side shortly af-
                                                                       *17-03-1954 - †12-05-2021             ter leaving the nearby Port of Brunswick. Though
                                                                                                             four crew members had to  be rescued from deep
                        Benito van der Biezen                   - Ex- propietario di Sha Sha’s Take Away, Sha   inside the ship, all 24 people on board survived.
                      Mihor conoci como “Ito”                     Sha’s Appartments & Laundry y HUSHA        A Coast Guard expert concluded the Golden Ray
                                                                               contractor.
                      *12-01-1950 - †14-05-2021                - Act Supervisor Metal Shop Valero Oil Refinery   tipped over because unstable loading had left its
                                                                 - Ex- Shopstewart / FTA Holiday Inn Resort   center of gravity too high. Lt. Ian Oviatt testified
                                                                                                             at a hearing on the wreck last year that the ship
                  Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia                                                           lacked enough water in its ballast tanks, used to
                               despues.                          Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues    add weight at the bottom of a vessel, to offset that
                                                                                                             of the vehicles in its cargo decks above.
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