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At least 7 dead after ferry dock gangway collapses on Georgia's Sapelo Island
A gangway at the dock collapsed and sent people plunging into the water.
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At least 7 dead-sapelo ferry gangway collapse
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trad bow
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Awful
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Chief Big Taw
Any idea how deep the water is right there ?
turkeykirk
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I’ve been there. It must be deep enough that the ferry can dock. Don’t know what the actual depth is.
1eyefishing
...just joking, seriously.
With the big tides on that coast, the current is no joke.
With a full moon, especially...
71° water doesnt sound that cold, but can be shocking.
Probably easy to get pinned in debris and structure...
Yikes.
Prayers for all ...
With a full moon, especially...
71° water doesnt sound that cold, but can be shocking.
Probably easy to get pinned in debris and structure...
Yikes.
Prayers for all ...
Fred Rogers
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Wow. Thats terrible news to read.
Prayers to all of their families.
Prayers to all of their families.
What a horrible tragedy.
Jeff C.
Chief Grass Master
Terrible news, prayers for those folks and families.
campboy
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I’m just hearing of this. Terrible
Doboy Dawg
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Doboy Dawg
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Looks to be around 15’-12’ around the areas where the gangway would be, depending on the tides
It’s a horrible tragedy anyway you look at it. Even the water depths on the island side of the gangways would probably be over 6ft deep.
I remember a very similar tragedy in AR. There was an old single lane cable bridge the state had shutdown to vehicle traffic. Folks would still walk the bridge across the cold headwaters of the river. I went there several times. One could see huge trout in the weeds below the bridge.
A large group of kids on a church retreat got on the bridge at once. The teens wiggled the cables and the whole 80 year old bridge went in the river. They were very lucky the loss of life was not greater though many were injured.
A large group of kids on a church retreat got on the bridge at once. The teens wiggled the cables and the whole 80 year old bridge went in the river. They were very lucky the loss of life was not greater though many were injured.
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Chief Big Taw
At the press conference today they said it was built in 2021 so something had to go seriously wrong for it to fail that quick I would think. Also there was no collision involved
Doboy Dawg
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The pictures I saw showed an aluminum gangway, my guess is saltwater corrosion and probably overloading from original designed loads. It’s also possible that dissimilar metals were used in fasteners. Could have been poor quality welds or a combination of all these factors.
I hope the engineers figure out what happened and take steps ensure it doesn’t happen again. It’s terrible that it even happened.
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westcobbdog
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Think I read where 200 people were on that large dock / gangway / walkway. That's gotta be more than it was designed for?
pjciii
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I wonder how many couldn't swim and water temperature on top of that.
Remember when the barge hit the bridge abutment and didn’t report it. That freeway bridge fell in the river. Similar could have happened here.
Doboy Dawg
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The list of the names of the deceased I read were all in their 70’s. If my calculations of the tides was right it would have been close to low tide, which would have placed a rolling gangway a significant incline.
