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DNR chief: Buckle may be cause of Sapelo gangplank failure
The Sapelo Island gangway collapse that killed seven people over the weekend may have been due to buckled metal, the head of ...
Las Vegas Sun6m
Grieving families of seniors killed when a dock collapsed say the tragedy was preventable
Grieving families say they want answers as to why a metal walkway at a state-operated dock in Georgia collapsed over the weekend, killing seven people ...
Black Elders in Sapelo Island For Gullah Celebration Killed in Heartbreaking Incident. Now Leaders in Georgia Want Answers.
Around 700 people were visiting Georgia’s Sapelo Island for an annual celebration for the Gullah-Geechee community of Black ...
The Current1h
Stopping Sapelo zoning referendum costs McIntosh County more than holding it
Last month, when a Superior Court judge halted a McIntosh County referendum meant to protect Sapelo Island’s Gullah Geechee ...
Sapelo Island ferry resumes operations after deadly boat dock gangway collapse
A ferry connecting an island off the coast of Georgia resumed operations Monday while the investigation to see what might ...
Grieving families of seniors who died in a Georgia dock collapse say tragedy was preventable
Isaiah Thomas tried grasping his niece's hand. But he also clutched her shirt, dragging her head below the water's surface.
‘All of us ended up in the water’: Victims’ relatives, survivors give emotional accounts of Sapelo Island’s gangway collapse
Emotional accounts from relatives of the victims and survivors of the partial collapse of a boat dock gangway on Georgia’s ...
Deaths in South Georgia gangway collapse involved victims from 73 to 93 years old
The seven victims of Saturday’s gangplank collapse on Sapelo Island ranged in age from 73 to 93, according to the McIntosh ...
Dock Tragedy Strikes a Georgia Community Fighting to Protect Its Culture
The deaths of seven people on Sapelo Island have brought to the fore longstanding frustrations among its Gullah Geechee ...
Sapelo dock victims hire civil rights attorneys
Victims injured in the Marsh Landing Dock collapse have hired civil rights attorneys after the incident left seven dead and ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution23h
‘It doesn’t feel real’: Families mourn after Sapelo Island dock collapse
The Johnsons visited Sapelo Island to explore the celebration of the island’s Gullah Geechee community and were among the 20 people who fell into the water.