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Officials were able to stop the flow of traffic onto the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore before a massive cargo ship crashed into a support column, helping to save lives in the disaster, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said.
The container ship Dali issued a mayday call as it approached the 1.6-mile-long bridge at about eight knots, a “very rapid speed,” Moore said. Following that notification, officials were able to prevent more cars from going onto the bridge before the collapse, he said.
“These people are heroes,” Moore told reporters during a press briefing on Tuesday. “They saved lives last night.”
“The thing we do know is that many of the vehicles were stopped before they got onto the bridge, which saved lives in a very, very heroic way,” Moore said.
After multiple conflicting reports over whether there were vehicles on the bridge at the time of the collapse, ABC News quotes an internal DHS briefing as claiming that, according to a review of traffic cameras by Maryland transportation officials, there were “no vehicles transiting the bridge at the time of the incident.”
However, there were 8 construction workers on the bridge who were busy filling potholes when the collapse occurred.
Two of those workers were rescued, with one hospitalized, and another refusing treatment. Rescuers are still searching for the missing six workers.
A video shows the moment the approaching ship lost power at least three times, just prior to it hitting the bridge column.
#BreakingNews: Shocking footage!
You can see the light goes on and off 3 times in the video. I think the mechanical system had already failed and in trying to fix it the electrical system also got failed.#BaltimoreBridge #bridgecollapse pic.twitter.com/xe47J4TKsj
— RanaJi (@RanaTells) March 26, 2024
Maryland Governor Wes Moore briefs reporters on Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore:
• Appears to be an accident
• Working closely with feds
• Ship’s crew warned of power issue
• Some cars were stopped from coming on the bridge when Mayday call came in pic.twitter.com/QqmOg5409w— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 26, 2024
The crew on the cargo ship that collided with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge issued a “mayday” call before the collision, which allowed authorities to stop traffic from going on the bridge, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said. pic.twitter.com/wwhDZt42pT
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 26, 2024
Aerial footage shows aftermath of collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Intelligence reports say the port authorities were alerted the pilot had lost control of the ship. 6 people remain unaccounted for. #Baltimore #Shipcollision #Dali #FrancisScottKeyBridge… pic.twitter.com/8EQzvxKHUP
— Edward White (@Editorialz) March 26, 2024
The cargo ship #Dali sits in the water after hitting and collapsing the #FrancisScottKeyBridge in #Baltimore, Maryland. The accident has temporarily closed the Port of Baltimore, one of the largest and busiest on the East Coast of the U.S. as rescue and recovery efforts continue.… pic.twitter.com/gXR690oNB3
— Getty Images News (@GettyImagesNews) March 26, 2024
Officials were able to stop the flow of traffic onto the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore before a massive cargo ship crashed into a support column, helping to save lives in the disaster, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said. https://t.co/pqiyX0oxOs
— ABC News (@ABC) March 26, 2024
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