A Crack, a Shift, then Screams: Witnesses Describe Georgia Dock ...
1 day ago · On Sunday, members of the tight-knit Gullah Geechee community, descendants of formerly enslaved people in the Southeast, who had gathered for a festival celebrating their heritage, mourned four ...
7 dead identified in Georgia island gangway collapse during …
1 day ago · Houston, one of the people who died, was a Department of Natural Resources chaplain who had been on hand for the celebration because he believed in “preservation of the Gullah Geechee heritage ...
More about the Gullah Geechee history following dock collapse
22 hours ago · The Gullah Geechee Cultural Day is an annual event on Sapelo Island that honors this rich culture. Savannah Morning News reporter John Deem contributed to this article.
Witnesses describe frantic rescue effort after Georgia dock ... - CBS News
23 hours ago · He described the deadly collapse as "tragic news" in the interview. "The Gullah-Geechee community is such a rich community of resilient tradition, and there they were celebrating, and as folks ...
Georgia authorities investigating ‘catastrophic’ failure of ... - MSN
Tendaji Bailey, a seventh-generation Gullah-Geechee descendant who was on Sapelo Island for Saturday’s well-attended celebration, told CNN after the event ended, rumors began swirling that a ...
7 Dead After Georgia Ferry Dock Collapses on Sapelo Island
2 days ago · The Gullah Geechee who live on Sapelo, a small island with only a few dozen permanent residents, are descendants of enslaved people who were brought there early in the 19th century.
At Least 7 Killed, 6 Critically Injured After Dock Collapses ... - MSN
Hundreds of people were gathered to celebrate the Gullah-Geechee community on Georgia's Sapelo Island on Saturday, Oct. 19, when a ferry dock gangway collapsed, killing at least seven people and ...
'Catastrophic failure' cited in gangway collapse that killed ... - ABC News
2 days ago · The Gullah Geechee people are descendants of enslaved Africans who were brought to the southeastern U.S., primarily in coastal areas and who, because of their relative isolation, preserved many of ...
7 dead, 6 critically injured after ferry dock collapse during Gullah ...
1 day ago · 7 dead, 6 critically injured after ferry dock collapse during Gullah-Geechee celebration in Georgia. Authorities said at least 20 people went into the water. SAVANNAH, Ga. — Authorities said at ...
A fatal gangway collapse stresses an island celebrating Gullah Geechee ...
At Sunday’s news conference, state Rep. Al Williams (D) said he and others in the Gullah Geechee community throughout the United States were “mourning along with our many, many friends.”