{"679018":{"#nid":"679018","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Attorney general initiates outside probe of deadly Sapelo Island gangway collapse","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn expert in coastal hazards who reviewed construction documents for the ferry facility told the Savannah Morning News that structural issues \u2013 not overload \u2013 were likely to blame for the failure.\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","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35797","created_gmt":"2024-12-20 19:29:18","changed_gmt":"2024-12-20 19:29:18","author":"Siobhan Rodriguez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Savannah Morning News","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.savannahnow.com\/story\/news\/2024\/10\/25\/georgia-ag-taps-illinois-firm-for-outside-probe-of-sapelo-collapse\/75843607007\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","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":""}}}