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The collapse killed seven people, injured several others and gave his two girls what Michael Wood said was their first glimpse of the Gullah Geechee community’s longtime heartache and resilience. Courtesy Michael WoodThe October 19 tragedy is the latest chapter in the struggles of one of the last surviving Gullah Geechee communities in the Georgia Sea Islands. The state settlement included the construction of the dock and “new aluminum gangways” as well as improved ferry service. The day of the collapse Grovner eventually returned to the dock area, where he and others covered some bodies with blankets. White, the Georgia Southern University professor, added: “The Gullah Geechee community has always had to fight for their survival.
Persons: Michael, Kimberly Wood, Michael Wood, , Wood, Hailey, Kimberly, Riley, Joyce White, Jacqueline Crews Carter, Cynthia Gibbs, William Johnson Jr, Carlotta McIntosh, Isaiah Thomas, Queen Welch, Charles L, Charles Houston, Febury Hassan, Zelda Johnson, William Johnson Sr, John Thomas, Ben Crump, Gangway, Hogg, Walter Rabon, , Milton, Ben Crump –, Lewis M, Levine, Susie, ” Michael Wood, I’m, Trevor Santos, Grovner, goddaughter, she’ll, Reginald Hall, ” Hall, ” CNN’s Dalia Faheid, Ashley R, Williams, Michelle Watson, Melissa Alonso, Sharif Paget, Sarah Dewberry, Zoe Sottile, Philip Wang, Adeline Chen, Teo Kermeliotis, Emma Tucker, Nicole Chavez, Devon Sayers, Kia Fatahi, Nick Valencia, Zenebou Sylla Organizations: CNN, Heritage Center, Georgia Southern University, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Impact, DNR, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Coast Guard Locations: gangway, Savannah, Georgia, Jacksonville , Florida, Atlanta, Darien , Georgia, Geechee, , Sapelo
There are only about 370 North Atlantic right whales left. Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, photographed under NOAA permit #20556The birth of Squilla’s calf was a momentous event for their species, the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. For decades, North Atlantic right whales were slowly recovering after being devastated by centuries of whaling. PEAK 483 400 North Atlantic right whale population 372 The population has declined by about 23 percent in the last decade, according to estimates. Seventeen North Atlantic right whales would be found dead, about 4 percent of the estimated population.
Persons: Squilla, Marco Hernandez, you’re, , Erin Meyer, Lawrence, hadn’t, Gina Lonati, She’d, Bob Lynch, , Lynch, Amy Knowlton, Patrice McCarron, NOAA Marco Hernandez, lobstermen, Janet Mills, Billy Hickey, The New York Times Sarah Sharp, Dr, Sharp, Cheryl Andrews, it’s, McCarron, Michael Moore, ” Dr, Moore, Caroyln Miller Organizations: Atlantic, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, NOAA, Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research, NOAA Fisheries, University of South, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, University of New, University of New Brunswick Saint, Oceans Canada, Aerial Survey, Center for Coastal Studies, for Coastal Studies, New, Maine Lobstermen’s Association, Gov, Vineyard, The New York Times, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Tribe, Oceanographic Locations: Georgia, Atlantic, United States, East, University of South Carolina, New York, New England, Fundy, Canada, Gulf, St, Lawrence, Florida, U.S, University of New Brunswick, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, Cape Cod, , Maine
Demands for a federal investigation mount as witnesses and survivors of a gangway collapse at a dock in Georgia describe the “catastrophic failure” that killed seven people traveling for a festival celebrating Gullah Geechee history. She was with several people who were trying to board the final ferry to Sapelo Island on Saturday. “I said, ‘This dock is going to collapse;’ I sure did,” Grovner said. Look what happened.”The DNR, which operates the dock and the two ferries serving Sapelo Island, did not respond to an NBC News request for comment. An estimated 700 people were on Sapelo Island last Saturday.
Persons: Regina Brinson, Brinson, Isaiah Thomas, Thomas, ” Brinson, ” Katrena Alexander, , Jacqueline Crews Carter, Cynthia Gibbs, Charles L, William Johnson Jr, Carlotta McIntosh, Queen Welch, , LaShonda Holloway, McIntosh’s, Alexander, Ben Crump, Crump, ” Crump, JR Grovner, ” Grovner, Organizations: Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Justice Department, JR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, NBC Locations: Georgia, Jacksonville , Florida, Jacksonville, Darien , Georgia, Atlanta, Sapelo, South
CNN —Emotional accounts from relatives of the victims and survivors of the partial collapse of a boat dock gangway on Georgia’s Sapelo Island and a newly released video of the frantic rescue efforts paint a dramatic picture of Saturday’s incident. The seven victims were among the dozens of people who traveled to Sapelo Island last weekend to celebrate the Gullah-Geechee, a community of descendants of Africans who were enslaved on coastal plantations in the South. Yvette Jackson, one of the seniors on a family trip visiting Sapelo Island, barely made it across the gangway before the collapse and said at Tuesday’s news conference, “It was the most horrific thing I have ever experienced.”A portion of the gangway that collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh County, Georgia, on October 20, 2024. “I just stood there, looking down in that water and saw all those people.”“And then it hit me, Regina, Regina, where’s Regina? “Nobody knows what it’s like to go under the water and let somebody help you out and bring you out.
Persons: Ben Crump, ” Crump, , Natalie Jackson, ’ ” Crump, Yvette Jackson, Lewis M, Levine, ” Katrena Alexander, Jackson’s, where’s Regina, ” Alexander, Regina Brinson, Brinson, Carlotta McIntosh, Isaiah Thomas, Miss Carlotta, ” Brinson, , Thomas, hadn’t, ” Pearl Davis, CNN’s Nick Valencia Organizations: CNN, Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Locations: Jacksonville , Florida, Georgia, Sapelo, McIntosh County , Georgia, Regina
DARIEN, Ga. — The seven people killed Saturday in a gangway collapse on a Georgia barrier island were all in their 70s, except for one woman in her 90s, the coroner said Sunday. A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., on Sunday. Sapelo Island ferry service will resume Monday using an auxiliary dock, Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Tyler Jones said Sunday. It’s not clear if any of those who died in Saturday's collapse were Gullah Geechee people. Meanwhile, Grovner said, survivors of those who died Saturday will be embraced by the Gullah Geechee and their longstanding fight to exist.
Persons: Melvin Anderson, Jacqueline Crews Carter, Cynthia Gibbs, Charles L, William Johnson Jr, Carlotta McIntosh, Isaiah Thomas, Queen Welch, Walter Rabon, Rabon, Heather Houston, Meeks, “ I’m, , , Lewis M, Levine, Tyler Jones, Annmarie Reynolds, Reynolds, R.J, Hogg Hummock, I've, Grovner, Jesse Kirsch, Maria Piñero, Dennis Romero Organizations: NBC, Atlanta . Authorities, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources, NBC News, Houston, U.S . Coast Guard, Camden County Sheriff’s Office, of Natural Resources, The, Southeastern, National Register of Historic Places Locations: DARIEN, Ga, Georgia, Savannah, McIntosh County, Jacksonville , Florida, Jacksonville, Darien , Georgia, Atlanta, Houston, ” Houston, McIntosh county, U.S, Camden County, Sapelo, Africa, Southeastern United States, Hog, San Diego
CNN —A ferry connecting an island off the coast of Georgia resumed operations Monday while the investigation to see what might have caused a deadly dock collapse that killed seven people continues. “Our hearts continue to go out to the victims, their families, and all of those involved in Saturday’s tragic occurrence on Sapelo Island,” said Walter Rabon, the department’s commissioner. Febury Hassan/Caring Connection Chaplaincy/Zelda Johnson/William Johnson Sr./John Thomas/Impact Church“He was a real, laid back, humble guy,” his son, Jeff Thomas, told CNN. “Sapelo Island itself is a jewel within Georgia,” he said. The event honors Geechee traditions and has “entertainers, vendors, and special guests, including Island descendants” according to the Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society.
Persons: , Walter Rabon, Ben Crump, ” Crump, , Melvin Amerson, Jacqueline Crews Carter, Cynthia Gibbs, William Johnson Jr, Carlotta McIntosh, Isaiah Thomas, Queen Welch, Charles L, Welch, Johnson Jr, William Johnson Sr, ” Johnson, , Zelda, , Zelda Johnson, Thomas, Charles Houston, Febury Hassan, John Thomas, Jeff Thomas, Thomas ’, Catherine Sneed, ” Sneed, Vanessa Jordan, Deacon Randall Jordan, Gibbs, Jordan, McIntosh, ” Febury Hassan, ” Hassan, Hassan, Roger Lotson, Lotson, ” Lotson, ” CNN’s Devon Sayers, Kia Fatahi, Zenebou Sylla Organizations: CNN, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, , US Air Force, Wellesley College, Impact Church, Revitalization Society Locations: Georgia, Jacksonville , Florida, Atlanta, Darien , Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo, , McIntosh
Wally Gator: Emotional support alligator is missing
  + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Sydney Bishop | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Emotional support animals registrations in the United States reached 115,832 last year, by an industry group’s count. But in the eyes of reptile rescuer Joie Henney, there’s only one:“Wally Gator” – his “gentle” certified emotional support alligator. The department “routinely” gets calls about “nuisance alligators,” she said, and refers callers to a permitted alligator agent trapper, per its protocols. Wally is often shown letting others pet and hold him, with Henney telling CNN in 2022, “He doesn’t show anger. We never could understand why.”Emotional support alligator, Wally, wanders in 2022 around Love Park in Philadelphia.
Persons: Joie Henney, Wally Gator ”, Wally, , Melissa Cummings, , Cummings, Henney, Halle Sivalingam Henney, don’t, “ He’s, ” Henney, ” Cummings, Wally hasn’t, ” CNN’s Ben Morse, Zoe Sottile, Sara Smart Organizations: CNN, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources, Henney, Halle, State, Philadelphia Phillies, Citizens Bank, US Department of Transportation, Phillies Locations: United, Pennsylvania, Brunswick, Georgia, Love, Philadelphia, Florida
WallyGator, the emotional support alligator who enjoyed a moment of fame last year when he was denied admittance to a Major League Baseball game, is back in the news. Wally’s owner, Joie Henney, said on social media that the alligator had been taken early in the morning of April 21 from a pen where he was being kept in Brunswick, Ga.Mr. Henney said on Monday that he had learned that Wally was taken by a person who had then dropped him in someone else’s yard, possibly to scare them. When the alligator was discovered, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was called, and brought in a trapper, who caught and released the animal into a swamp where about 20 other alligators lived, Mr. Henney said. Mr. Henney, of Jonestown, Pa., said the trapper had told him that the chances of finding the alligator now were “slim to none,” but Mr. Henney was holding out hope and said he planned to search for WallyGator.
Persons: He’s, Joie Henney, Henney, Wally Organizations: Major League Baseball, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Locations: Brunswick, Jonestown, Pa
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