Grieving families of seniors killed when a dock collapsed on a Georgia island say the tragedy was preventable
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which operates the dock on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, is leading the state’s ...
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She was helping a 93-year-old wheelchair-bound grandmother down a Georgia dock. Then she heard a crack
Civil Rights Lawyer Bakari Sellers is calling for a federal investigation into the cause of the deadly collapse of a boat dock gangway in Georgia, and the lack of resources on the Sapelo Island.
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Sapelo’s Gullah Geechee residents traumatized by joyous day turned tragic
Three days after Sapelo Island ferry dock collapse, Hog Hammock's Gullah Geechee community still trying to come to grips with festival deaths.
Victims of ferry gangway collapse on Georgia's Sapelo Island demand federal probe
The incident is already being investigated by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Georgia Bureau of ...
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Black Elders in Sapelo Island For Gullah Celebration Killed in Heartbreaking Incident. Now Leaders in Georgia Want Answers.
Of the dozens of victims, seven people died from the Oct. 19 tragedy, including a DNR chaplain— all of whom were elders ages 73 to 93 years old, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
Video shows moment gangway collapsed on Sapelo Island, resulting in 7 dead, 6 critically injured
Action News Jax has obtained video showing the chaotic aftermath of a gangway collapse on Sapelo Island, a barrier island off ...
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.