There were life jackets bobbing in the water, people forming a human chain to pass survivors to safety and bodies being carried ashore in blankets.

Hundreds were visiting Sapelo Island in Georgia for a fall festival spotlighting the history and culture of its tiny Gullah-Geechee community.

Eyewitness video captured the frenzied moments after a Georgia ferry dock walkway collapsed Saturday, killing seven people. The video, published Monday by The Associated Press, shows people clinging to the broken walkway to keep themselves out of the water.