Shipyard Worker Falls Into River

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February 14, 2008 Crews were searching yesterday for a Northrop Grumman shipyard worker who fell overboard from an aircraft carrier into the James River.
The 19-year-old sheet metal worker from Newport News fell from the USS Carl Vinson, which is being overhauled at the shipyard, about 8:10 a.m., shipyard officials said in a statement. The worker's name was not released.
Two sailors aboard the George H.W. Bush, an aircraft carrier under construction next to the Carl Vinson, immediately jumped into the river but were unable to find the worker, the shipyard said.
Emergency crews from the shipyard, the City of Newport News and the U.S. Coast Guard searched through the day and planned to continue as long as possible into the night.
-- Associated Press
 
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