A marker buoy weighing around 13,900 pounds from Port Royal, South Carolina washed up on the beach at Tybee Island, Georgia this week. Thursday afternoon a Chinook helicopter lifted the buoy and carried it off.
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Beth, I saw the video on FB. Wow, what an undertaking. Great photo. Did you watch the show?
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Suzanne, I didn’t know the video of the rescue went viral! I took this photo that morning. We didn’t go out to the beach to watch in person but we watched the helicopter from a distance right after it lifted the buoy and began flying away from the beach. Very cool.
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The video was awesome. Watching those guys standing under the helicopter, doing their jobs with such precision – incredible.
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Suzanne, I saw that video and several others. Yes, it was incredible seeing how they did it.
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Great shot Beth
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Thanks Ritva. I’m glad I went out that morning to see it.
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Wow what an amazing sight and great capture, Dawn!
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Thanks Suzette! It was amazing that the helicopter could lift it up and carry it away.
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I can imagine how amazing it was to witness it transported away by helicopter… like something out of a movie! Awesome.
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That would be something to watch for sure.
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Judy, we didn’t go to the beach to watch the helicopter lift it up. If you search the internet there are videos. We could see the helicopter flying above the trees after they lifted it up. Very cool
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How cool is that! Glad you got a picture of it.
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Nancy, I’m glad I went out in the morning to see it before they lifted it. It was really cool!
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I saw that on the news, oh wow
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Thanks Alice. Wow is right!
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You bet! As we would say in Maine, wowsah!
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Thanks Laurie! Wowsah is a great way to describe it!
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Required a helicopter to get it back in place. Wow.
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Thanks Rebecca! It was a huge military helicopter. They knew what they were doing.
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Whoa, I didn’t know they were so heavy.
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Diana, I don’t know if they are all this big. This one was a channel marker.
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That’s an amazing capture. The surf must have been massively strong.
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Thanks John. There were three storms that went by offshore the week before. They caused strong currents. We also had extremely high tides and high winds before it washed up.
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Very beautifull picture 👍
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Thank you so much!
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Now that is indeed something you don’t see everyday 😄. How cool!
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Thanks PR! I’m glad I saw it when I did. A helicopter picked it up later that day.
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