{"679017":{"#nid":"679017","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Fatal Sapelo collapse \u0027never should have happened,\u0027 structural issue likely, expert says","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStructural issues \u2013 not overload \u2013 were likely to blame for the deadly failure Saturday of a gangway on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/exploregeorgia.org\/city\/sapelo-island\u0022\u003ESapelo Island\u003C\/a\u003E, according to an expert in coastal hazards who has\u0026nbsp;reviewed construction documents for the ferry facility where the incident occurred.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 80-foot metal expanse \u201cnever should have collapsed\u201d based on design specifications and the number of people likely on it at the time, said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/hermann-m-fritz\u0022\u003EHermann Fritz\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of civil engineering at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.edu\/node\/1\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35797","created_gmt":"2024-12-20 19:25:38","changed_gmt":"2024-12-20 19:26:13","author":"Siobhan Rodriguez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Savannah Morning News","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.savannahnow.com\/story\/news\/2024\/10\/24\/sapelo-island-gangway-collapse-likely-a-structural-issue-expert-says\/75825466007\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"658168","name":"Experts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}