At least 7 dead after ferry dock gangway collapses on Georgia's Sapelo Island

Authorities said part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia's Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the island's tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants.

At least 7 dead after ferry dock gangway collapses on Georgia's Sapelo Island
The sun rises over Sapelo Island, Ga., a Gullah-Geechee community, on June 10, 2013.

Authorities said part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia's Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the island's tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants.

(Image credit: David Goldman)