All four trapped crew members on the cargo ship that capsized off the Georgia coast have been rescued, the Coast Guard says
St. Simons Island, Georgia The last crew member trapped aboard a cargo ship that capsized off the Georgia coast has been rescued, the US Coast Guard said Monday.
Three crew members who were in the propeller shaft area of the Golden Ray cargo ship were rescued earlier Monday, the Coast Guard said. The final crew member had been trapped behind glass in an engineering control room, Coast Guard Capt. John Reed, the incident commander, told reporters.Video from the Coast Guard showed crews cheering and clapping as the final member was rescued. .@USCG and rescue crews have extracted the final #GoldenRay crew member safely. All crew members are accounted for.
— USCGSoutheast September 9, 2019 "That is amazing. The best day of my career because you guys did that. Outstanding," Reed said from the scene during the final rescue. Speaking about the four crew members, Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Phillip VanderWeit said:"The expressions on their faces said it all." Read MoreFOLLOW LIVE UPDATESA US Coast Guard photo shows one of the crew members being removed from the capsized ship on Monday, September 9.
— USCGSoutheast September 9, 2019 A call for helpThe first dispatches from the ship came at around 2 a.m. Sunday, VanderWeit said.South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the ship began"listing heavily," about 80 degrees, to the port side before overturning. Help arrived about two hours after the first call came in, VanderWeit said.
— USCGSoutheast September 8, 2019 Twenty members of the crew were rescued around 4 and 5 a.m., VanderWeit said. They exited via various parts of the vessel, which posed a challenge in getting them off the ship.Some crew members were hoisted onto helicopters while others were lowered -- in some cases by fire hoses -- onto boats, VanderWeit said. Fires broke out on the ship, preventing rescuers from continuing their efforts to save the remaining four crew members, said Capt.
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