James Walsh, a scaffolder on the docks, says it is 'so scary that you go to work and something like that can possibly happen'.
New pictures give an aerial view of a ship that lurched to its side in a dry dock in Edinburgh - in what a dockside worker described as a"very scary" incident.during strong winds early on Wednesday morning, prompting a major rescue operation at Imperial Dock in Leith.
A total of 35 people were injured, 21 of whom were treated in hospital. On Thursday, 14 remain in hospital for treatment.One of the aerial pictures gives a clear view of the ship's maroon-painted hull below its dark blue flanks.The other images suggest its angle of tilt is shallower, however.James Walsh, 39, is a scaffolder on the docks and was working nearby when he heard a"loud noise"."We stopped what we were doing. I'm the foreman, so I just evaluated the situation.
He went on:"It's so scary that you go to work and something like that can possibly happen. It's bad enough having a near accident, that's scary enough, or a minimal accident, but something like that in this day and age..."
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