'Heroes' scrambled to stop traffic before Baltimore bridge collapsed; construction crew feared dead
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Published 2024-03-27
Within about 90 seconds, police officers responded that they had managed to stop vehicle traffic over the bridge in both directions. One said he was about to drive onto the bridge to alert a construction crew.
But it was too late. Lifeless and laden with huge containers, the vessel smashed into a support pillar.
“The whole bridge just fell down,” a frantic officer said. “Start, start whoever, everybody ... the whole bridge just collapsed.”
When the shipping vessel Dali slammed into the pillar around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, it caused a long span of the bridge, a key cog in the region’s transportation infrastructure, to crumple into the Patapsco River. Six people are presumed dead, and the loss of the bridge is expected to snarl commuter traffic and disrupt a vital shipping port.
At least eight people went into the water. Two survived but the other six, all identified as part of a construction crew that had been filling potholes on the bridge, were missing. A search for their bodies was to resume Wednesday morning.
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All Comments (9)
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looks like someone or some thing steered it right into the bridge to me
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R.i.p 😢
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Accidents happen.. no big deal…. WHAT?! Seriously? Lol
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Капитан управлявший судном украинец, как вы думаете это случайность? За всеми терактами в России стоят британцы, а в Америке? Мы русские очень хорошо знаем, что такое бега. Соболезнуем семьям погибших.
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🖤🦢🔥💯
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All part of the plan. 😈
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the 6 are over here at waffle house, stupid article
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How in the hell do they know exactly how many were on that bridge, and furthermore, how in the hell do they know the genders and nationalities of these people? What is going on here?
