Officials have released the identities of the seven people who died on Oct. 19 when a gangway collapsed at a ferry dock on Sapelo Island, Georgia, during an annual cultural day event.
About 700 locals and visitors had gathered on the island to celebrate the history and culture of its Gullah-Geechee community of black slave descendants.
The Marsh Landing Dock gangway collapsed at about 4:30 p.m. while dozens of people were waiting to board a ferry, officials said. More than 40 people were standing on the gangway when it collapsed and about 20 fell into the water, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner Walter Rabon said….