As rescuers continue an extensive search for the construction workers unaccounted for since a Baltimore bridge collapsed early Tuesday, an executive at the…
"We do not believe that we are going to find any of these individuals still alive," Coast Guard Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said.
According to Jesús Campos, who worked alongside some of the victims for Brawner Builders for years, the men came from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico and became part of the community in Dundalk and Highlandtown. Six roadway workers are presumed dead, their employer says, after a huge container ship struck the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore Tuesday. The impact is devastating to those involved and the community.“This is still very much an active search-and-rescue mission,” Moore said.
One officer who had stopped traffic radioed that he was going to drive onto the bridge to notify the construction crew once a second officer arrived. But seconds later, a frantic officer said: “The whole bridge just fell down. Start, start whoever, everybody ... the whole bridge just collapsed.” The container ship lost power and rammed one of the bridge’s supports, destroying a span of the bridge in a matter of seconds and plunging it into the river in a terrifying collapse that could disrupt a vital shipping port for months.
Maritime historian Sal Mercogliano of Campbell University said the timing of the power loss was the worst possible. The port anchor was dropped, but at the speed the ship was going — 8 knots, or roughly 9 mph — that wouldn’t do anything. About 31,000 vehicles per day used the Key Bridge – 11.3 million per year. Wiedefeld says Interstates 95 and 895, two tunnels under the Baltimore Harbor will likely pick up the spillover traffic.
Wiedefeld said all vessel traffic into and out of the port would be suspended until further notice, though the facility was still open to trucks. Ships like the Dali have what’s known as a forward collision area, which is designed to take some impact. Crews will inspect the hull from inside and out, which might be delayed because as we see there is debris from the bridge resting on top of the ship.
The News4 I-Team has been looking into the cargo ship involved in Tuesday morning's Baltimore bridge collapse. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg looks at its past inspections, incidents and travel history.
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