The U.S. Coast Guard have rescued the final four crew members who'd been trapped inside a cargo ship that capsized over the weekend 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 />Our Hong Yoo has more.<br />All four South Koreans who were trapped inside the ship, called Golden Ray, have now been rescued.<br />They were the last of the 24 people who were on the ship at the time of the incident, and everyone is now safe.<br />The U.S. Coast Guard said they extracted three of the remaining four crewmembers 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 />"I think they were pretty relieved. I don't have information on what they said. I know they looked super happy to be outside of that space and coming down onto the tugboat."<br />The Golden Ray had left the Port of Brunswick early Sunday, headed for Baltimore, but 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 the incident.<br />Hong Yoo, Arirang News.<br />
