Key bridge in Baltimore collapses after cargo ship crashes into it

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you got out of the car, you are in the middle of a huge river! How are you swimming to safety? What about the infant in the car seat?

I was actually thinking about this. Maybe you could grab onto and climb a little up one of the collapsed pilings? I doubt you can save an infant but maybe an older child if they can swim. Has anyone that was on the bridge in a car been found alive???

Those pilings are covered in sharp barnacles and slick algae with very cold water temps. The impact hitting the water and debris is another issue. Bad conditions all around even if they did escape the car.

Yes i was running through windows down, life jackets in the car scenarios but I don’t see how it would be possible to save my kid in the back seat, and wouldn’t want to survive without her, so I think If this happened to me I’d just let myself drown when the car runs out of oxygen.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you got out of the car, you are in the middle of a huge river! How are you swimming to safety? What about the infant in the car seat?

I used to drive my kids back and forth from VA to MD several times a week and would keep their life jackets in the car because I am a little paranoid. I'm also a bridge engineer and have an unnatural fear of such an incident. We don't go as frequently anymore, but I'm gonna put them back in the car.

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The ship seems to lose power a few times as it steers directly into the support. Could it have been built by Boeing?

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Anonymous wrote:Where will the cruise ships go?

Is this a joke? I would think the last thing on any decent person's mind this morning would be cruise ship routes? Prayers for the victims and for strength of the rescue crews.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you got out of the car, you are in the middle of a huge river! How are you swimming to safety? What about the infant in the car seat?

I used to drive my kids back and forth from VA to MD several times a week and would keep their life jackets in the car because I am a little paranoid. I'm also a bridge engineer and have an unnatural fear of such an incident. We don't go as frequently anymore, but I'm gonna put them back in the car.

that was an unexpected plot twist

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you got out of the car, you are in the middle of a huge river! How are you swimming to safety? What about the infant in the car seat?

I used to drive my kids back and forth from VA to MD several times a week and would keep their life jackets in the car because I am a little paranoid. I'm also a bridge engineer and have an unnatural fear of such an incident. We don't go as frequently anymore, but I'm gonna put them back in the car.

You truly think you’ll be able to get to those vests and your children while saving yourself!?

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Anonymous wrote:Where will the cruise ships go?

Is this a joke? I would think the last thing on any decent person's mind this morning would be cruise ship routes? Prayers for the victims and for strength of the rescue crews.

It’s spring break, a natural thought.

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Anonymous wrote:Where will the cruise ships go?

Is this a joke? I would think the last thing on any decent person's mind this morning would be cruise ship routes? Prayers for the victims and for strength of the rescue crews.

People who are currently on cruises and looking to get home will be dealing with this too. It's no crazier than thinking about traffic; it's possible to acknowledge the victims while also thinking about other effects.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe the state of our infrastructure is so bad that this would take out the WHOLE bridge. God bless the people who were driving on it at the time, there’s no way they will pull many survivors out of the river

Unfortunately we didn't spend any infrastructure money to make bridges impenetrable to collision from ships.

It’s entirely possible I am misunderstanding how these things are constructed and work but at most…

Correct. But don’t let that stop you!!

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Anonymous wrote:Where will the cruise ships go?

If there are any in port right now, I would guess the cruise will be cancelled. If you mean cruises returning to Baltimore, they will just go to a different port.

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Anonymous wrote:^Also, you can simply open the doors if they are unlocked

No you cannot simply open the doors.

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The idea that a large ship like that could lose power at such a critical time and ram into a bridge is terrifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if you got out of the car, you are in the middle of a huge river! How are you swimming to safety? What about the infant in the car seat?

I used to drive my kids back and forth from VA to MD several times a week and would keep their life jackets in the car because I am a little paranoid. I'm also a bridge engineer and have an unnatural fear of such an incident. We don't go as frequently anymore, but I'm gonna put them back in the car.

You truly think you’ll be able to get to those vests and your children while saving yourself!?

Maybe they wear the lifejackets every car trip. Might want to add crash helmets for unexpected tornados or meteors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ship seems to lose power a few times as it steers directly into the support. Could it have been built by Boeing?

From an engineering perspective, water and air are both fluids. Makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where will the cruise ships go?

Is this a joke? I would think the last thing on any decent person's mind this morning would be cruise ship routes? Prayers for the victims and for strength of the rescue crews.

It’s spring break, a natural thought.

No, a weird bubble-bound thought.