'I tried CPR on some people, it was too late,' one rescuer said.
"I tried CPR on some people, it was too late," one rescuer said.A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., Oct. 20, 2024.on a historic Georgia island that left seven senior citizens dead and three critically injured, survivors shared harrowing details of the disaster.
A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., Oct. 20, 2024.Investigators removed the gangway from the water Sunday evening. Video taken by an ABC News crew showed the gangway being placed on a barge and taken to a secure location off-site to be closely examined.
Rabon said at least 20 other people, including DNR staff and good Samaritans, jumped into the water to save people, preventing the loss of many lives. A hearse heads to Meridian Dock in McIntosh county where several people after a gangway collapsed plunging them into the water, on Sapelo Island, Ga., Oct. 20, 2024.J.R. Grovner, a boat captain and tour guide who lives on Sapelo Island, told ABC News that once word of the tragedy reached him, he raced to the dock in his boat and began rescuing people from the water.Grovner said he also pulled a baby from the water and brought her to an ambulance on the mainland.
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