Daisy Hicks, 84, observed victims waiting for ferry using walkers and wheelchairs before plummeting into waterA woman who says she witnessed a dock collapse in Georgia that killed seven people says she noticed many were using walkers and wheelchairs before the gangway failed and sent them plummeting into the water.“I can still see those people bobbling around in that water,” the 84-year-old Daisy Hicks said in remarks published by the Florida Times-Union and obtained by its reporting partner First Coast News. Saying she was left traumatized by what she witnessed, she added: “I can still hear people screaming. I can still see [a] lady that was [subsequently] going around asking for blankets” to carry before the arrival of rescue equipment. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/georgia-sapelo-island-dock-gangway-collapse
Author : Erum Salam
Publish date : 2024-10-22 18:17:48
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Georgia dock collapse: witness says gangway buckled from ‘too much weight’
