In an area known for stretches of beaches and hotels, people gather to watch suspected Chinese spy balloon
The downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon just off South Carolina’s coast created a spectacle over one of the state’s tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering.
“Members of the US Military are co-ordinating to collect debris; however, fragments may make it to the coastline,” the Horry County Police Department said in a statement. When the balloon began crossing the water, Mark Doss, 54, drove a golf cart three blocks down from his home to Garden City Beach. There, Doss said he and his two teenage children spent 90 minutes watching the balloon strike and waiting in vain for debris to wash ashore.
State Sen. Greg Hembree of Horry, who represents the area in the South Carolina General Assembly, watched the strike from his neighbour’s backyard. The ensuing debris spread across roughly seven miles and landed in 47 feet of water, shallower than officials had expected. As a federal operation to recover the remains continued into Sunday, life in the beach town largely returned to normal.
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