Charleston

Shark Attack Off Coast Leaves Spearfisher Injured

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A shark attack off the Charleston coast on Thursday evening left a 65-year-old man injured, as reported by the Coast Guard Sector Charleston. The incident took place approximately 20 miles offshore, while the man was spearfishing from a 28-foot boat. The quick thinking and actions of a fellow passenger on the boat were instrumental in saving the man’s life. The passenger swiftly applied a tourniquet to halt the bleeding until the Coast Guard arrived at …

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Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead

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John Barnett, a former Boeing employee of 32 years, was found dead in his truck outside a South Carolina hotel on Saturday. The 62-year-old had been involved in a whistleblower lawsuit against the aerospace giant, alleging that the company had retaliated against him for highlighting potential safety issues at its factories. Barnett, who had served as a quality manager on the 787 Dreamliner project at Boeing’s North Charleston factory before retiring in 2017, was due …

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Deputy racing another deputy to nonemergency kills mother and 2 daughters

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On Mother’s Day in 2022, a wrongful death lawsuit claims, a fatal car crash occurred when two Charleston County Sheriff’s deputies competed with each other to get to a non-emergency call. The lawsuit states that Deputy Emily Pelletier had been speeding at 73 mph on an unlit highway when she ran a stop sign and crashed into a vehicle containing Stephanie Dantzler, 53, and her two daughters, Shanice Dantzler-Williams, 28, and Miranda Dantzler-Williams, 22. The …

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