Georgia ferry dock collapse: Chaplain among seven dead after gangway collapses during event honoring slave descendants

Seven people were killed Saturday after part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island during an event honoring Black slave descendants, authorities said.“There have been seven fatalities confirmed,” a spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which operates the dock, said, according to reports.He added that multiple people were taken to the hospital, as rescue crews from the U.S.Coast Guard, the McIntosh County Fire Department, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and others were searching the water, according to a spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which operates the dock, according to reports....