Seven people who died after a portion of a gangway at a ferry dock collapsed into Georgia waters were identified Sunday.
Among the dead was 77-year-old Charles Houston Jr., of Darien, a chaplain for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which is the agency investigating what caused the ganway’s “catastrophic failure.”
The other victims, according to The New York Times, include the following men and women:
- Carlotta McIntosh, 93, of Jacksonville, Fla.
- Isaiah Thomas, 79, of Jacksonville, Fla.
- Jacqueline Crews Carter, 75, of Jacksonville, Fla.
- Cynthia Gibbs, 74, of Jacksonville, Fla.
- William Johnson Jr., 73, of Atlanta
- Queen Welch, 76, of Atlanta
“The families continue to be in our thoughts and prayers,” Georgia Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Walter Rabon said Sunday morning during a news conference…