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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Mar 28, 2024, 03:39 PM Mar 28

Baltimore Key Bridge collapse live updates: 2 bodies recovered; NTSB to interview cargo ship pilots today

The bodies of two people who were killed when Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed earlier this week have been recovered, police said on Wednesday.

Authorities said eight workers were on the bridge fixing potholes when a Singapore-flagged cargo ship called the Dali struck one of the bridge's pillars, causing it to collapse. In addition to the two bodies recovered, two of the workers were rescued, and four people remain missing and are presumed dead.

The Patapsco River is now filled with debris from the collapse. Huge barges carrying cranes were heading to the area to start clearing the wreckage of the 1.6-mile-long bridge.

There is no immediate timeline on when the bridge — which spans a major thoroughfare of East Coast shipping — could be rebuilt. According to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, President Biden has instructed his staff to "move heaven and earth" to rebuild the bridge.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/live/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-live-updates-2-bodies-recovered-ntsb-to-interview-cargo-ship-pilots-today-114730005.html

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Baltimore Key Bridge collapse live updates: 2 bodies recovered; NTSB to interview cargo ship pilots today (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 28 OP
Yes, it's a human life-threatening catastrophic infrastructure failure event to more than just the 8 Backseat Driver Mar 28 #1
This is the first time I've read that... Think. Again. Mar 28 #2

Backseat Driver

(4,392 posts)
1. Yes, it's a human life-threatening catastrophic infrastructure failure event to more than just the 8
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 03:57 PM
Mar 28

bridge-workers and their families in other ways as well. Let the investigations and re-building plans begin ASAP!

Think. Again.

(8,144 posts)
2. This is the first time I've read that...
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 04:13 PM
Mar 28

...there are 2 survivors. Every other account I've seen said only one person was rescued.

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