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Saturday afternoon plane crash sends two men to hospital
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Updated: Sep 20, 2010, 11:49 PM
Published: Sep 20, 2010, 11:51 PM
The Federal Aviation Administration has been called in to investigate a small plane crash that sent two people to the hospital Saturday afternoon.
 
The single-engine plane crashed just after takeoff from a small airstrip, the Briar Patch Airport, off Green Morgan School Road, around 1 p.m. Saturday.
 
Effingham County Sheriff’s deputies were called out and found the plane in woods near the runway.
 
 
For the complete story see Tuesday's edition of the Herald 
Rep. Buddy Carter: Granddaughters Survived Texas Camp Flooding That Killed Their Cousin
Buddy Carter
Rep. Buddy Carter spoke publicly about the loss of his granddaughters' cousin in the Texas flooding.
Updated: Jul 9, 2025, 2:59 PM
Published: Jul 9, 2025, 3:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., who represents Effingham County, said his twin granddaughters survived catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas, but their 9-year-old cousin, Janie Hunt, was killed. Carter shared the heartbreaking news on social media and in interviews with Fox News, CNN, and Atlanta News First, revealing that Janie’s body was found on her mother’s birthday. Carter said his granddaughters survived by climbing onto a roof and waiting for rescue.
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