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This was an interesting story in the Caller-Times today. DBG
Heavy wake churned by a passing ship Wednesday evening washed out 25 feet of a Port Aransas pier, stranding 13 people, officials said.
The ship was passing the Charlie’s Pasture Pier at the end of Port Street when high waves washed out sections of the wooden structure about 5:30 p.m., said Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Griffin.
Two Coast Guard ships rescued all 13 people from the cut-off pier. The wake was strong enough to crash waist-high over the seawall near the pier, said City Manager Michael Kovacs.
A man near the pier on the seawall suffered an injury to his elbow when the wake knocked him over, Kovacs said, but he declined medical treatment.
*— David Kassabian
Heavy wake churned by a passing ship Wednesday evening washed out 25 feet of a Port Aransas pier, stranding 13 people, officials said.
The ship was passing the Charlie’s Pasture Pier at the end of Port Street when high waves washed out sections of the wooden structure about 5:30 p.m., said Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Griffin.
Two Coast Guard ships rescued all 13 people from the cut-off pier. The wake was strong enough to crash waist-high over the seawall near the pier, said City Manager Michael Kovacs.
A man near the pier on the seawall suffered an injury to his elbow when the wake knocked him over, Kovacs said, but he declined medical treatment.
*— David Kassabian