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All four crew members trapped inside the cargo ship that capsized off the coast of Georgia have been rescued

2019-09-10 1 Dailymotion

The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued the last of the four crew members who had been trapped inside a cargo ship that capsized two days ago in waters off the U.S. state of Georgia.<br />The ship is managed by the South Korean firm Hyundai Glovis, and it was carrying more than 4-thousand vehicles.<br />For more on this we have our Hong Yoo on the line.<br />Yoo, what final details are we learning from the rescue efforts?<br />Connyoung, like you said, all four South Koreans who were trapped inside the ship, called Golden Ray, have now been rescued.<br />They were the last of 24 people who were on the ship at the time of the incident, and everyone is now safe.<br />In addition to them, the crew included 6 South Koreans, 13 Filipinos and the ship's American pilot.<br />The U.S. Coast Guard said they extracted three of the remaining four on Monday afternoon from the propeller shaft room near the ship's stern.<br />But one of the four was in a different area, and so another plan was needed to get him.<br />A fire had impeded the rescue process at first, but it was put out Monday morning, allowing the Coast Guard to drill through the ship's hull to find the missing four.<br />Then the rescuers rappelled down from a helicopter into the hull and found the first three safe.<br />South Korea's Consul General of Atlanta was at the scene and said in a briefing after the initial rescue... that by talking with the first three... they were able to indirectly verify that the other man was still alive.<br />He was rescued later in the day, at around 6 PM, from behind glass in the ship's engineering compartment where he was trapped.<br />All four rescued are in good condition and being examined in hospital.<br />The Golden Ray had left the Port of Brunswick early Sunday, headed for Baltimore, and just about a kilometer and a half from the coast it started listing heavily.<br />It's not clear why it tilted over, but the authorities are investigating.<br />That's all we have for now, Connyoung. Back to you.<br />

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