{"id":116522,"date":"2024-10-21T01:42:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T18:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116522"},"modified":"2024-10-21T01:42:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T18:42:45","slug":"sapelo-island-georgia-the-collapse-of-a-ferry-dock-gangway-left-7-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116522","title":{"rendered":"Sapelo Island, Georgia: The collapse of a ferry dock gangway left 7 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2hnb9yi0001356m5zzxcxwa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Authorities are <s>i<\/s>nvestigating the cause of a partial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/19\/us\/sapelo-island-georgia-boat-dock-collapse\/index.html\">ferry dock collapse on Georgia\u2019s Sapelo Island<\/a> that turned a day of celebration into tragedy, leaving at least seven dead and six critically injured as crowds gathered for a cultural festival.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gwsg8e00003b6mmjelo70s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the midst of a celebration of the island\u2019s small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/12\/07\/world\/africa\/gullah-geechee-africa-slavery-america\/index.html\">Gullah-Geechee<\/a> community of Black slave descendants, a gangway collapsed on the visitor ferry dock shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday and plunged at least 20 people into the water, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Capt. Chris Hodge said at a Saturday night news conference.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2htbwt800003b6mdmuokjax@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There were as many as 40 people on the gangway when it collapsed Saturday, department Commissioner Walter Rabon said at a Sunday news conference. Authorities believe the seven people deceased were visitors to the area.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2huooiq0000356m7cwtedpe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The gangway was completed in November of 2021, said Rabon. \u201cThere should be very, very little maintenance to an aluminum gangway like that,\u201d he said, adding that there were \u201calmost daily inspections.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2htlhe000073b6mse6e4pbu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A team of engineers and construction specialists were at the dock early Sunday to begin investigating why it failed, natural resources department spokesperson Tyler Jones told the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ferry-dock-collapse-deaths-sapelo-island-georgia-66ea381cb0f9fd697fc51fc7aa853038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gzn49b000s3b6m8r3txidx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe gangway has been secured on Sapelo Island and the incident is currently under investigation,\u201d the department, which manages the island and operates the ferry service, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/gadnr.org\/georgia-dnr-responds-gangway-collapse-sapelo-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release <\/a>Saturday night. Ferries typically depart from the Sapelo-side dock three times a day, taking visitors to the mainland dock in Meridian.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2htin8c00023b6mtzfacn9v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe initial findings of our investigation at this point show a catastrophic failure\u00a0\u2026\u00a0of the gangway causing it to collapse,\u201d\u00a0Rabon\u00a0said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2hu78yk000u3b6md7yhdbe2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Among those who died was a chaplain for the agency, spokesperson Melissa Cummings confirmed to CNN. Rabon on Sunday described the chaplain, Charles Houston, as \u201ca dear friend who served as a DNR, Georgia State Patrol and Georgia Bureau of Investigation chaplain for the state.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2htnfv3000h3b6m1w4zc5ar@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Houston, who served 40 years as an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, was also a volunteer firefighter in Plains, Georgia, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/chaplaincharles.com\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his biography<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2hu6unx000r3b6mkxymbbaq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Details about other people who died are yet to be released. Two of those injured were flown by air ambulance to hospitals for treatment, Hodge said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2hv6zhs00003b6mvh1l14z7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Savannah State University students were among those who were rescued Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SSUMSCI\/posts\/pfbid036x15cyeXU57riwbozJMxCoDh9x54RaKQHZNb6qc4RuQMnGpZ8um9bj2TC6jjkwUwl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and \u201care safe,<\/a>\u201d the university\u2019s Department of Marine and Environmental Services said on Facebook.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gzn6nl000w3b6ma7mb69su@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The natural resources department said multiple other emergency agencies assisted them by deploying boats equipped with side-scan sonar and helicopters for search and rescue missions. A reunification point was set up at an area church where those searching for family members could gather, the McIntosh County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/McIntosh-County-Office-of-the-Sheriff-100088537755492\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gzo21m000z3b6mgx4t60sn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to the McIntosh County Sheriff\u2019s Office, McIntosh County EMS and the US Coast Guard for more information.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2htnhcr000j3b6mkuzwzgco@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI can assure you that the Department of Natural Resources critical incident reconstruction team will be working tirelessly in conjunction with engineers and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to gather\u00a0\u2026 evidence, and interview witnesses,\u201d said Rabon.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2htnhcr000l3b6m2mzmaqio@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            President Joe Biden has spoken with\u00a0Georgia\u00a0Gov. Brian Kemp and the county commissioner about the\u00a0collapse.\u00a0Vice President Kamala Harris\u00a0on Sunday\u00a0said\u00a0she\u2019s praying for the community.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h0iaax001j3b6mv16lvwnm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The tragedy happened during Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Awareness Month, which is celebrated in\u00a0October\u00a0in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The Sapelo Island Cultural And Revitalization Society, which hosts the island\u2019s annual Cultural Day Festival, said it was grateful for the support people have shown.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h0iwvb001m3b6m77tpxazr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones who lost their lives and who were injured,\u201d the nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve Gullah-Geechee culture, land and community on Sapelo Island said in a Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SapeloIsland\/posts\/pfbid02FAhqbcKqPjvFwAKJxQoU3rwxNF8yB63bnDReXvRnGS8UjNmpArE4Rem7uBPd4uoHl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>. \u201cThe Sapelo Island community is grateful for the outpouring of love and support and we ask that you join us in praying for the families of those who were impacted by this tragedy.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h0hjpd001c3b6mglrgdj9k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The nearby city of Darien in McIntosh County said, \u201ca day of celebration has turned to tragedy following an accident.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h02fe600123b6m0vrguyd6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The tragedy comes after the island suffered damage during Hurricane Helene, including a six-day power outage,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/news\/2024\/10\/11\/sapelo-island-georgia-gullah-geechee-preservation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h0ft9d00173b6mv7iv1rvm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cJill and I mourn those who lost their lives, and we pray for the injured and anyone still missing. We are also grateful to the first responders at the scene,\u201d Biden said Saturday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h0ft9d00183b6mnbq5of3a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He added the White House is in touch with state and local officials to provide any assistance that would be helpful to the community.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h0ydci002b3b6mls4nsowp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Georgia\u00a0Sen. Raphael\u00a0Warnock said he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the news out of Sapelo Island, saying it was \u201ca tragic end to a joyous celebration.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h15vnu002g3b6mo0skvh40@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cPraying for the loved ones of those we sadly lost and those still missing,\u201d he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorWarnock\/status\/1847818769785081979?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on X Saturday night. \u201cThe heart of every Georgian is with the Gullah Geechee community &amp; the people of Sapelo Island tonight.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h0ku34001p3b6m4qe9fxr8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Sapelo Island \u2013 a barrier island off the coast of Georgia accessible only by boat or ferry \u2013 is home to the Hog Hammock community of a few dozen<em> <\/em>full-time residents,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/exploregeorgia.org\/city\/sapelo-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Explore Georgia<\/a>. Many of them are known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/12\/07\/world\/africa\/gullah-geechee-africa-slavery-america\/index.html\">Gullah-Geechee<\/a> people, who descended from enslaved Africans who were brought to the island in 1802 and worked on coastal plantations.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h6jytc000f3b6jjeq93bca@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hogg Hammock\u2019s Gullah-Geechee community members are extremely close, having been \u201cbonded by family, bonded by history and bonded by struggle,\u201d Roger Lotson of the McIntosh County Board of Commissioners told the AP. His district includes Sapelo Island.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h6xzg6000m3b6jfmi2wt6g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cEveryone is family, and everyone knows each other,\u201d Lotson said. \u201cIn any tragedy, especially like this, they are all one. They\u2019re all united. They all feel the same pain and the same hurt.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h4wifn00003b6jmj03j5wl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Historians believe Hogg Hammock, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, is one of the last surviving Gullah Geechee communities in the Georgia Sea Islands.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2hvwrlx000d356mlki2pgg1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The extremely tight-knit community has retained many of their West African cultural traditions and languages, p<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/12\/07\/world\/africa\/gullah-geechee-africa-slavery-america\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">assing them from one generation to the next<\/a>. That includes practicing the ancient African art of basket making, keeping alive the ring shout music folk tradition, making a living by fishing shrimps and harvesting oysters, and speaking in an English-based creole vernacular known as Gullah.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h4ebql003i3b6m1rz4zzik@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Saturday, island residents and visitors attended the six-hour-long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/sapelo-island-cultural-day-2024-tickets-924599310427?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&amp;aff=ebdsshios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cultural Day<\/a> that honored those Gullah-Geechee traditions with African dance performances, native food vendors and historic tours.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h3oc6600363b6mvmt0xph2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Jerald J. Thomas, a pastor at Elm Grove Church near the site of the collapse, told CNN affiliate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtoc.com\/2024\/10\/19\/sapelo-island-dock-collapses-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTOC<\/a>\u00a0that the community came together to help after the tragedy.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2hu4731000p3b6m0hswd7cu@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP24294452976520 copy.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5846666666666667\" data-original-height=\"1754\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24294452976520-copy.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1754\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24294452976520-copy.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1754\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24294452976520-copy.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1754\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24294452976520-copy.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1754\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24294452976520-copy.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24294452976520-copy.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"A hearse heads to Meridian Dock in McIntosh County where seven people died after a gangway collapsed plunging them into the water on Sapelo Island, Georgia.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1754\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h447mn00393b6m93bk1v20@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThey came together quickly, and they began to send the necessary things that was needed in order to make the people\u2019s stay, while they were going through this tragic time, more bearable,\u201d Thomas said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h14jza002e3b6m62f0wqai@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A number of island residents are older and on fixed incomes, Sapelo Island descendant Josiah \u201cJazz\u201d Watts, previously told CNN. Last year, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/13\/us\/sapelo-island-zoning-gullah-geechee\/index.html\">zoning change<\/a> raising the maximum square footage of a heated-and-cooled house was met with concern by residents who said it would allow the wealthy to build properties in the community and lead to high property taxes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2h2c6n5002s3b6m43urn3v8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Only 29 original descendants are left in the community, Maurice Bailey, a local historian and ninth generation Hogg Hammock resident, told CNN last year. He estimated that descendants own 63% of the properties and 75% of the acreage on Sapelo Island.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/20\/us\/georgia-sapelo-island-ferry-dock-collapse-sunday\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Authorities are investigating the cause of a partial ferry dock collapse on Georgia\u2019s Sapelo Island that turned a day of celebration into tragedy, leaving at least seven dead &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116522\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}