Community members, victims’ families and survivors gathered Saturday morning to mark one year since the deadly gangway collapse on Sapelo Island.

The Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society (SICARS) organized the ceremony to commemorate the deadly incident that killed seven people, four of whom were from Jacksonville.

“We are honoring, those whose lives were lost, those that were injured and hurt, all that responded, and all that were impacted. So to remember, their memories, to honor them, to really take steps towards healing, towards standing together,” Josiah Watts with SICARS said.

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The collapse happened Oct. 19, 2024, as people were boarding a ferry on Sapel

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