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Georgia port reopens
4 days after overturned ship closed it
port
People look at a capsized cargo ship off the St. Simons Island Pier Sunday in Ga. - photo by Associated Press
SAVANNAH — A Georgia seaport that shut down when a cargo ship overturned while returning to sea was allowed to reopen Thursday after the Coast Guard agreed it was safe for vessels to slowly sail one by one past the capsized freighter.
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