LEE COUNTY, GA (WALB) -
Volunteers spent the day collecting thousands of rusty roofing nails, someone dumped near the Blue Hole on the Kinchafoonee Creek.
Divers with the Lee County CERT team closed off that portion of the creek to the public and spent the day picking up any additional nails and debris.
Volunteers spent the day diving into the Kinchafoonee Creek cleaning up thousands of sharp roofing nails, someone intentionally dumped near the Blue Hole.
The Community Emergency Response Team along with other volunteers spent their day making sure the area is free from any roofing nails or other dangers underwater.
"It is very dangerous for the nails to be in there because if someone steps on a nail and punctures their skin there is no telling what kind of harms they could get from the water or from the rusty nail," says Capt. Bobby SpencerLee Co. Fire Department.
They used magnets and other equipment to help recover nails or any other potentially harmful debris.
Brian Blanchard volunteered his time and boat to the cause. He says it was a chance to help the community clean up the popular swimming spot, he and his family often visit.
"We get out here and of course let the kids play in the dirt and the blue hole, and get out there and throw the football or frisbee, just have a good time and kind of relax," says Brian Blanchard, Volunteer.
He says he couldn't believe all the dangerous debris lurking underwater.
"It is just kind of shocking and disturbing, i have kids that come down here, and bring friends kids down here, and the majority of the time it wont be an adult who steps on it, it is going to be a kid who is going to find it and I could never live that down, you know them, catching some kind of flesh eating disease from it, it is just shocking to see what we actually found," says Blanchard.
The Lee County CERT team planned to stay there all day until everything was cleaned up. The divers wore heavy equipment, including gloves and boots to safely remove the sharp nails. David Cheshire and Riverfront Barbeque provided drinks and food for the volunteers.
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