The families of seven people who drowned after the gangway on a ferry dock collapsed on Sapelo Island are taking legal action almost eight months after their deaths.
Wednesday, relatives and supporters of the Sapelo Seven joined civil rights attorney Ben Crump in Atlanta to announce a lawsuit filing against the companies who built and designed the gangway at Marsh Landing Dock.
“Drowning deaths are very horrific deaths, especially when people are reaching out for you, and you see them going down, and you realize that this watery grave is going to be their last time that they took a breath on this earth,” said Crump during the press conference.
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