Key bridge in Baltimore collapses after cargo ship crashes into it

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Anonymous wrote:The Baltimore mayor….. wow.

Good luck to his voters.

What exactly is wrong with the Baltimore mayor? Be specific.

I'd love PP to elaborate as well. I keep seeing a brief response clip in which he sounded perfectly normal on Twitter, and the replies are teeming with racism.

NP. I don’t have Twitter. Can someone post some screenshots? I’m curious.

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Anonymous wrote:To think that bridge collapsed in 40 seconds...

Bridged disperse force and mass that way too, all dispersed through all the tressels sideways. The more triangles the better.

That said, a heavy, loaded-up moving ship the size of a hotel on its side slamming into one of the big pillars will do it in.

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22 people are on the ship, the lady on the news said they will be on the ship for weeks--why is that, why can’t they come off?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Baltimore mayor….. wow.

Good luck to his voters.

What exactly is wrong with the Baltimore mayor? Be specific.

I'd love PP to elaborate as well. I keep seeing a brief response clip in which he sounded perfectly normal on Twitter, and the replies are teeming with racism.

NP. I don’t have Twitter. Can someone post some screenshots? I’m curious.

NP. Baltimore resident and Scott voter here. I may have issues with him as a mayor, but nothing having to do with this press conference. Also wondering what the original PP was referring to.

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Any word on survivors?

Around 4:30, the Baltimore County executive was interviewed on WTOP and he has been in the emergency call center since 4am. He said that as of 4:30 there had not been an update. 2 rescued; one checked out fine by emergency medical personnel and declined transport, one was transported with very serious injuries to local trauma center. Shortly after, they had word from the director of the medical center where the person was treated and he reported that the patient was out of treatment and had been released. BC exec did not have any further information on the six missing construction workers.

All are saying that the pilot of the container ship's SOS was crucial and allowed 2 minutes for the bridge workers to halt traffic entering the bridge before the collision so that no additional vehicle passengers were injured. The vehicles that crashed from the bridge was all uninhabited and likely construction or construction related vehicles. So, the only ones known to be unaccounted for are the construction workers. The chief executive of the contracting company that hires them says they are working under the assumption that the employees have perished, but the emergency personnel have not given up and are still operating search and rescue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine the rail line devastation as well on the bridge, the same rail line used by Biden “many many times commuting from the state of Delaware by train or by car.”

Not sure WTF you’re trying to do here but there were no train lines on the Key Bridge.

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I have not read everything but if someone can answer some questions. All I hear about is 7 people who are unaccounted for and who may or may not be undocumented and they were hardworking etc and this is so sad. What about the people in the cars and tractor trailers? I cannot imagine they got out and also hear about underwater sonar pinging on cars. Why is there no focus on those victims? Was there a miracle and there were actually no cars/trucks that went over? I saw the video and thought this was impossible but also heard some people were able to close road so maybe they did get out? Details please.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read everything but if someone can answer some questions. All I hear about is 7 people who are unaccounted for and who may or may not be undocumented and they were hardworking etc and this is so sad. What about the people in the cars and tractor trailers? I cannot imagine they got out and also hear about underwater sonar pinging on cars. Why is there no focus on those victims? Was there a miracle and there were actually no cars/trucks that went over? I saw the video and thought this was impossible but also heard some people were able to close road so maybe they did get out? Details please.

Obviously the work crew would have had their cars on the bridge if they were working there. Not sure about the tractor trailer.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read everything but if someone can answer some questions. All I hear about is 7 people who are unaccounted for and who may or may not be undocumented and they were hardworking etc and this is so sad. What about the people in the cars and tractor trailers? I cannot imagine they got out and also hear about underwater sonar pinging on cars. Why is there no focus on those victims? Was there a miracle and there were actually no cars/trucks that went over? I saw the video and thought this was impossible but also heard some people were able to close road so maybe they did get out? Details please.

There were no cars or vehicles with people in them that fell into the river. The ship notified authorities that they were going to hit the bridge and they were able to stop all traffic going to the bridge. Only the construction workers in the middle of the bridge fell into the water, two of whom were rescued.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not read everything but if someone can answer some questions. All I hear about is 7 people who are unaccounted for and who may or may not be undocumented and they were hardworking etc and this is so sad. What about the people in the cars and tractor trailers? I cannot imagine they got out and also hear about underwater sonar pinging on cars. Why is there no focus on those victims? Was there a miracle and there were actually no cars/trucks that went over? I saw the video and thought this was impossible but also heard some people were able to close road so maybe they did get out? Details please.

The vehicles seem to be related to the construction. It's possible that people were in them using them to evacuate, but they would be the 6 people who are missing or the 2 people who were rescued. But it's also possible that they were parked on the bridge and no one was in them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not read everything but if someone can answer some questions. All I hear about is 7 people who are unaccounted for and who may or may not be undocumented and they were hardworking etc and this is so sad. What about the people in the cars and tractor trailers? I cannot imagine they got out and also hear about underwater sonar pinging on cars. Why is there no focus on those victims? Was there a miracle and there were actually no cars/trucks that went over? I saw the video and thought this was impossible but also heard some people were able to close road so maybe they did get out? Details please.

Traffic was stopped 2 min (could be wrong about the time) before impact. The cars on the bridge were not occupied. Maybe they were worker's cars?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not read everything but if someone can answer some questions. All I hear about is 7 people who are unaccounted for and who may or may not be undocumented and they were hardworking etc and this is so sad. What about the people in the cars and tractor trailers? I cannot imagine they got out and also hear about underwater sonar pinging on cars. Why is there no focus on those victims? Was there a miracle and there were actually no cars/trucks that went over? I saw the video and thought this was impossible but also heard some people were able to close road so maybe they did get out? Details please.

According to the police scanner, they were able to get police at both ends to block traffic mere seconds before the bridge collapse. There were a couple vehicles (related to construction), but non-construction vehicles were limited due to the late night timing of this incident. Currently 6 people are unaccounted for. 2 rescued, but hospitalized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not read everything but if someone can answer some questions. All I hear about is 7 people who are unaccounted for and who may or may not be undocumented and they were hardworking etc and this is so sad. What about the people in the cars and tractor trailers? I cannot imagine they got out and also hear about underwater sonar pinging on cars. Why is there no focus on those victims? Was there a miracle and there were actually no cars/trucks that went over? I saw the video and thought this was impossible but also heard some people were able to close road so maybe they did get out? Details please.

I believe the eight construction workers (two rescued, six missing) are the only confirmed victims right now. There might be others but we don't know that, so the focus is on the people we know are missing.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not read everything but if someone can answer some questions. All I hear about is 7 people who are unaccounted for and who may or may not be undocumented and they were hardworking etc and this is so sad. What about the people in the cars and tractor trailers? I cannot imagine they got out and also hear about underwater sonar pinging on cars. Why is there no focus on those victims? Was there a miracle and there were actually no cars/trucks that went over? I saw the video and thought this was impossible but also heard some people were able to close road so maybe they did get out? Details please.

Traffic was stopped 2 min (could be wrong about the time) before impact. The cars on the bridge were not occupied. Maybe they were worker's cars?

Yes, the cars left on the bridge were the workers' cars. Police received word of the boat's mayday call and blocked off traffic access just before it hit. But the work vehicles may not have been empty. According to a co-worker of the construction crew, they were on lunch break at the time of the incident and most were sitting in their cars eating.

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Any word on survivors?

There was one who refused treatment so you can guess his situation in this country.

NP. I read that he had no injuries either. They looked him over at the scene.

Well there’s the possibility of dry drowning but ok.

That is an outdated term/diagnosis, which is no longer used.