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September 10, 2019
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Fourth and final crewman pulled alive from capsized ship

By JEFF AMY and STEPHEN
MORTON
Associated Press
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (AP) `HULL-ABALOO ‘
— Coast Guard rescuers
pulled four trapped men
alive from a capsized car-
go ship Monday, drilling
into the hull’s steel plates to
extract the crew members
more than a day after their
vessel overturned while
leaving a Georgia port.
All four were described
as alert and in relatively
good condition and were
taken to a hospital for fur-
ther evaluation. “Best day
of my 16-year career,” Lt.
Lloyd Heflin, who was co-
ordinating the effort, wrote
in a text message to The
Associated Press. A video
posted online by the Coast
Guard showed responders
clapping and cheering as
the final man, wearing only
shorts, climbed out of a
hole in the hull and stood
up. Three of the South Ko-
rean crew members came
out in the midafternoon.
The fourth man, who was
trapped in a separate
compartment, emerged
three hours later. A member of a rescue party places a ladder in a hole cut in the hull of the cargo ship Golden Ray, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, after the
vessel overturned while leaving the Port of Brunswick, Ga., early Sunday morning.
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