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.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has ordered a private investigation into the deadly gangway collapse on Sapelo Island Oct. 19.

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. The victims were among the dozens of people who traveled to Sapelo Island last weekend to celebrate the Gullah-Geechee,

White’s family was among hundreds visiting the isolated Georgia barrier island Saturday for a fall festival spotlighting the history and culture of its tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants. The celebration gave way to tragedy when the gangway collapsed, sending seven visitors to their deaths.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources put up new safety signs in wake of the Sapelo Island dock gangway collapse.

After seven people lost their lives in a dock collapse in Georgia, Daufuskie islanders call on the county for dock inspections. But who is really responsible for dock maintenance?

Officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources have put up new signs around the remaining gangway.

First Coast News brought this question to a structural engineer as Georgia agencies continue their investigation.