"Thank you for returning to your families alive," she said. The best day of my career because you guys did that. The Coast Guard has been working since early Sunday to rescue the four South Korean crew members that were unable to get off the ship when it tipped onto its side in St. Simons Sound. "That is amazing. Sailors arrived with only what they were wearing when rescued. Rescuers heard tapping coming from inside the beleaguered ship.At 1 p.m. Monday, it was confirmed that the four were alive. Ko lauded the crew members for overcoming their fear in the isolated space, clinging to hope that rescue would come. John Reed, commander of the Coast Guard Sector Charleston, after the last crewman was extricated from a hole drilled into the ship, which stretched the length of more than two football fields. A restaurant donated a meal, and the volunteer-run center provided the seamen with clothes, toiletries and Bibles.The vessel is owned by Hyundai Glovis, which carries cars for automakers Hyundai and Kia as well as others.In a statement, the company thanked the Coast Guard for saving the crew and sought to assure the public that it would now focus on "mitigating damage to property and the environment.'' "All crew members are accounted for,'' Coast Guard Southeast wrote on Twitter. They were asleep when the ship started listing, they said.The crew members were given aid by the International Seafarers' Center in Brunswick, said Vicki West, the center's director.Her organization provided food and clothing to between 18 and 20 crew members, all of them Filipino and South Korean, she said in an email. Rescuers were dropped off via helicopter and drilled a small hole in the ship to communicate with the crew members, VanderWeit said. It said 10 South Koreans and 13 Filipinos had been on board, along with a U.S. harbor pilot, when the ship began tilting.Position records for the Golden Ray show the ship arrived in port in Brunswick Saturday evening after making the short sail from a prior stop in Jacksonville, Florida. Three hours later, after rescuers penetrated blast-proof glass with a diamond-tipped cutter, the last man made a triumphant exit from the ship.Tim Ferris of the salvage firm Defiant Marine told The Associated Press the South Korean sailors “were being cooked” in the engine room where temperatures reached 150 degrees. Sun bathers on Jekyll Island's Driftwood Beach look at their phones as the Golden Ray cargo ship sits capsized off the Georgia coast on Sunday. The gleeful rescue team that pulled four trapped crewmen from "Amazing," said Capt. John Reed, the incident commander, told reporters.Video from the Coast Guard showed crews cheering and clapping as the final member was rescued. The cause is still under investigation. Monday morning, about 30 hours after the first emergency call, a helicopter landed on the side of the Golden Ray, and a team emerged. "It was like connect the dots,'' Reed said of the hole, which grew to 2 feet by 3 feet (0.6 meters by 1 meter).The fourth rescue was a greater challenge. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Natasha Chen reported from St. Simons Island. A US Coast Guard photo shows one of the crew members being removed from the capsized ship on Monday, September 9.Three crew members could walk on their own. Speaking about the four crew members, Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Help arrived about two hours after the first call came in, VanderWeit said. A team overnight heard tapping sounds from the propeller shaft area, he said. That crewman was behind glass in a separate engineering compartment on another deck, Reed said.The Golden Ray is now stuck in the shipping channel, closing one of the busiest U.S. seaports for shipping automobiles. Four crew members are unaccounted for after a large cargo ship overturned and caught fire near a major port in Georgia early Sunday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Once the ship is stabilized, salvage crews will find the best way to remove the ship without creating an environmental incident, the Coast Guard's Clayton said.

The boat, Golden Ray, capsized in the St. Simons Sound at around 2 a.m. and multiple Coast Guard units responded. Phillip VanderWeit said: "The expressions on their faces said it all." Responders began drilling, starting with a 3-inch (7.5-centimeter) hole. Smoke and flames appeared preventing crews from continuing the rescue mission until the vessel stabilized, said Capt.