{"id":117277,"date":"2024-10-23T02:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117277"},"modified":"2024-10-23T02:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:30:55","slug":"georgia-dock-collapse-witness-says-gangway-buckled-from-too-much-weight-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117277","title":{"rendered":"Georgia dock collapse: witness says gangway buckled from \u2018too much weight\u2019 | Georgia"},"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>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A woman who says she witnessed a dock collapse in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/state-of-georgia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Georgia<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/21\/seven-dead-identified-georgia-dock-gangway-collapse\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">killed seven people<\/a> says she noticed many were using walkers and wheelchairs before the gangway failed and sent them plummeting into the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI can still see those people bobbling around in that water,\u201d 84-year-old Daisy Hicks said in remarks published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/story\/news\/local\/2024\/10\/22\/jacksonville-woman-recounts-witnessing-sapelo-island-gangway-collapse\/75789566007\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Florida Times-Union<\/a> and obtained by its reporting partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/article\/news\/local\/it-was-a-traumatic-day-jacksonville-woman-sapelo-island\/77-eb87e623-ee6d-4621-bf31-b24684c3454c\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">First Coast News<\/a>. Saying she was left traumatized by what she witnessed, she added: \u201cI can still hear people screaming. I can still see [a] lady that was [subsequently] going around asking for blankets\u201d to carry before the arrival of rescue equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hicks, who traveled to the site of the dock collapse as part of her senior traveling club, also said: \u201cI think it was too much weight on it because they had all them walkers, they had all them wheelchairs, they had all them people and that thing just [went] \u2018bam\u2019 \u2013 it just went out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt was a day I don\u2019t want to see [any] more.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"1bd3e462-6580-4db3-bac9-f6d015c988a2\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:4,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\u2018It\u2019s devastating\u2019: seven dead identified in Georgia dock gangway collapse&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;1bd3e462-6580-4db3-bac9-f6d015c988a2&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/21\/seven-dead-identified-georgia-dock-gangway-collapse&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">About 40 people were waiting for a ferry to take them from Sapelo Island, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/state-of-georgia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Georgia<\/a>, to the mainland when the aluminum dock they were standing on collapsed. At least 20 people fell into into water laden with sharp oyster shells because of a low tide, and not all of them could be rescued or save themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Seven people \u2013 all between the ages of 74 and 93 \u2013 died. They were among the hundreds of visitors touring Sapelo Island, where the last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gullah-geechee\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Gullah Geechee<\/a> community of Black descendants lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The island was hosting an annual cultural festival at the time of the dock collapse, which officials said resulted from a \u201ccatastrophic failure\u201d of the gangway structure whose exact cause has remained under investigation in the days since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hicks was part of a tour group that included the oldest collapse victim to die: 93-year-old Carlotta McIntosh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">McIntosh was \u201cthe life of our club\u201d, Hicks said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cEverywhere that club goes she would always be there,\u201d Hicks said. \u201cShe had a walker but she could still get on that walker and go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">McIntosh\u2019s granddaughter, Atiyya Hassan, told the Georgia news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/retired-school-teacher-killed-ga-dock-gangway-collapse-lived-very-full-life\/R7OXGRC2ARD6NITXR25M57UOQY\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">WSB<\/a> that \u201cthe shock has [not] worn down yet\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI wanted people to know she\u2019s vibrant,\u201d Hassan said. \u201cShe was independent. She lived by herself. She got tens of thousands of people registered to vote. She was very active in her community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Hicks said her group was having a great trip until \u201cthat rail of whatever\u201d fell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cEverybody would have come back, and we wouldn\u2019t be in the situation we\u2019re in right now,\u201d Hicks said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Ben Crump, the renowned civil rights attorney, announced on Monday he is representing the families of three of the people who died and one who was hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a statement, Crump said: \u201cThe tragic deaths and injuries caused by the collapse of the Sapelo Island dock gangway are devastating for these families and the entire community. We will not rest until we uncover the truth behind this catastrophic failure and hold those responsible accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Crump continued: \u201cThis should never have happened, and it is crucial that we prevent future tragedies by addressing the negligence that led to this horrific event.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/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.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/22\/georgia-sapelo-island-dock-gangway-collapse\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman who says she witnessed a dock collapse in Georgia that killed seven people says she noticed many were using walkers and wheelchairs before the gangway failed and sent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117277\" 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-117277","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\/117277","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=117277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}