Shipping: Trapped Crewmen on Capsized Car Carrier Contacted

The ship is now about twenty feet lower than when this picture was taken, it's a race against time:


From Freightwaves:

Coast Guard contacts four crew members in capsized car carrier
After drilling through the hull of a ship, the Coast Guard has made contact with four trapped seafarers and says they seem to be O.K.

The Coast Guard has begun efforts to rescue four remaining crew members on the Golden Ray, a Hyundai Glovis car carrier that capsized at around 2 a.m. Sept. 8 as it was leaving Brunswick, GA.

The Associated Press reported Lt. Lloyd Heflin said rescuers drilled a hole through the hull to make contact with the trapped crew members and that “the early indication is they are on board and OK.” 

He added that getting them out of the ship would be challenging. The ship is laying on its port side.
Arirang, a South Korean broadcaster, reported on its website that South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the four crew members were all trapped inside the engine room.

The Coast Guard dispatched eight units and was able to rescue 20 people from the ship within 10 hours, including the U.S. pilot of the ship, six South Korean crew members and 13 seafarers from the Philippines, according to Arirang. But four additional South Korean crew members remained trapped in the ship....MORE

Drilled through the hull?
Those things aren't meant to be permeable, somebody with the Coast Guard did some heavy, heavy labor. Now comes the hard (est) part