Deadly Georgia dock gangway collapse
At least 20 people fell into Atlantic waters after an aluminum gangway collapsed Saturday at a Sapelo Island, Georgia, boat dock. Seven people died, officials said. CBS News' Cristian Benavides has more.
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At least 20 people fell into Atlantic waters after an aluminum gangway collapsed Saturday at a Sapelo Island, Georgia, boat dock. Seven people died, officials said. CBS News' Cristian Benavides has more.
Life jackets bobbed in the water, people formed a human chain to pass survivors to safety and bodies were carried ashore in blankets.
Georgia authorities announced Sunday an investigation has been opened into the "catastrophic failure" of the dock gangway.
Seven people were killed when a gangway attached to a dock collapsed on Sappelo Island, about 60 miles south of Savannah, Georgia. The collapse happened during a festival celebrating the island's Gullah Geechee community. Cristian Benavides reports.
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