A Crack, a Shift, then Screams: Witnesses Describe Georgia Dock ...
15 hours ago · On little old Sapelo,” said J.R. Grovner, who owns Sapelo Island Tours, a company that uses the dock. “I tell people all the time, they ask me what Sapelo’s like, I said, ‘I don’t know ...
7 dead identified in Georgia island gangway collapse during …
9 hours ago · An estimated 700 people were on Sapelo Island, about 72 miles south of Savannah, to celebrate the Gullah Geechee history and its unique blend of African culture and American life when the collapse ...
7 Killed, 6 Critically Injured in Georgia's Sapelo Island Dock Collapse
23 hours ago · At least seven people died after a ferry dock gangway collapsed during a cultural celebration of the Gullah-Geechee people on Sapelo Island in Georgia on Saturday, Oct. 19. An investigation into ...
Jacksonville victims identified in Sapelo Island gangway collapse ...
23 hours ago · 4 of 7 people killed in Sapelo Island gangway collapse were from Jacksonville. SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Three people remain in the hospital after a fatal ferry dock collapse in Sapelo Island that ...
7 Dead After Georgia Ferry Dock Collapses on Sapelo Island
1 day ago · The dock was carrying people gathered for an annual celebration of a community of descendants of enslaved people. The deaths, on Sapelo Island, were confirmed by the Georgia Department of Natural ...
'Catastrophic failure' cited in gangway collapse that killed 7 on ...
1 day ago · WJCL. The "catastrophic failure" of an aluminum ferry gangway caused the deaths Saturday of seven people who were attending an annual cultural event on historic Sapelo Island off the coast of ...
Georgia islanders rushed to rescue survivors after dock walkway ...
11 hours ago · A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine) SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Orange life jackets bobbed in the water, where bystanders rushed to form a human chain for passing survivors to safety. Others shouldered the task of wrapping ...
'Catastrophic failure': Seven dead, six critically injured after ...
1 day ago · By Dennis Romero and Joe Kottke. Seven people are dead and half a dozen others were critically injured after a gangway that's part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island on ...
Sapelo Island: At least seven dead after dock collapse in Georgia
1 day ago · At least seven people have died after part of a ferry dock collapsed in Georgia's Sapelo Island on Saturday, local authorities say. Georgia's department of natural resources, which operates the ...
Georgia’s Sapelo Island: 7 dead after ferry dock gangway …
1 day ago · SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities said at least seven people were killed Saturday when part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the island’s tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants. Eight people were taken to hospitals, at least six of them with critical ...