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 …
18 hours 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 ...
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 ...
7 Dead, 6 Critically Injured After Gangway Collapses in Georgia
1 day ago · U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., on social media platform X called the news “a tragic end to a joyous celebration.” “The heart of every Georgian is with the Gullah Geechee community & the ...
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 · J.R. Grovner, who owns Sapelo Island Tours, a company that uses the dock, was on the scene shortly after the gangway collapsed.As he arrived, he said, he saw bodies floating in the Duplin River. ...
Georgia authorities investigating 'catastrophic failure' of dock ...
1 day ago · Festival goers who attended a Gullah Geechee festival on Sapelo Island leave the Elm Grove Church, where they were taken to reunite with loved ones on Sapelo Island, Ga., in McIntosh County on Sunday.
Georgia dock collapse: 7 dead amid festival on Sapelo Island
1 day ago · The collapse took place during Sapelo’s annual Cultural Day, which celebrates the community’s Gullah Geechee history. The Saltwater Geechee of Sapelo Island are a part of the Gullah Geechee ...
Georgia authorities investigate a deadly dock gangway collapse …
18 hours ago · Gullah Geechee community reaches a deal with Ga. county in a fight for services Rabon said “upwards of 40 people” were on the gangway when at least 20 fell into the water.
Sapelo Island Georgia boat dock collapse | CNN
2 days ago · At least 20 people were plunged into the water when a gangway collapsed on the visitor ferry dock shortly before 4 p.m., Georgia DNR Capt. Chris Hodge said at a Saturday night news conference.