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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Two construction workers drowned during a demolition project at the hurricane-ravaged Grand Casino Gulfport, authorities said.
The men were pumping water out of a portion of the casino barge that collapsed during Hurricane Katrina. Officials believe the two, working in water about six feet deep, became trapped in a tight space Tuesday.
Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove said the men drowned. The coroner's office identified the men as Tim Fitzgerald, 49, of Newport News, Va., and Miguel Hidalgo-Soberano, 48, of Cardenas Tabasco, Mexico.
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