A Fernandina Beach gangway that collapsed, injuring several Fourth of July fireworks spectators, had been rebuilt after ...

Lawsuits in the 2024 Sapelo Island, Ga., gangway collapse that killed seven people and injured others were announced in ...

Spanning 64 square miles, the island on the coast of South Carolina is home to one of the largest remaining Gullah Geechee communities in the southeast U.S. Surrounded by creeks, […] ...

Mance said the failed gangway was installed in 2021, only after Sapelo’s Gullah Geechee residents filed a lawsuit claiming the dock and ferry didn’t meet accessibility standards.

Nine people, including survivors and family members of the seven people who died in the Sapelo Island gangway collapse on October 19, 2024, gathered at Elm Grove Church in Meridian, Ga. on ...

On Oct. 19, after a festival celebrating the Gullah Geechee culture, a large group of people was trying to board a ferry bound for the mainland.

The October 2024 collapse killed seven people and injured several others as hundreds gathered to honor the Gullah-Geechee community, descendants of enslaved Africans.

According to the complaint, the victims include Sapelo Island residents and visitors who had gathered to honor their Gullah-Geechee heritage. The lawsuit, filed by The Mance Law Firm in the ...

The AP has reported there were hundreds of people visiting the island at the time for the Cultural Day festival in Hogg Hummock, a community of Gullah-Geechee Black slave descendants.

MERIDIAN, Georgia — Survivors of the deadly Sapelo Island gangway collapse announced a civil action lawsuit against the parties involved in the engineering and construction of the gangway during ...

The gangway collapse killed seven people and injured several others. All seven people who died were senior citizens celebrating Gullah Geechee culture at a festival earlier that day.