Imagine, your job is to fix potholes all over the city. The one day you’re fixing potholes on that bridge, a ship hits it and it collapses, all while on your lunch break. 😢

Workers was taking a nap on break. Freaking sucks they died on break. Shout out to the blue collar job workers out there. Always in a dangerous place and never knowing when the danger will hit. RIP brothers. And shout out to the captain fir dropping anchors trying his best. Awful day.

I cant imagine dying at work especially in this scenario

It hurts to know they were on a break in their cars because if the mayday alert got to them just a little bit sooner, 20, 30 seconds maybe they would have been able to escape...

My heart goes to those who lost their lives doing an honest job. RIP. My Condolences to the families 🙏

I can’t believe some of these comments are about packages being delivered…. When we have people who are dead….. and not realizing how this is going to affect the economy and porting.

Sorry to hear the other works were never found and my condolences to the families! Hopefully everything will be up and running again soon!

Rip to those men. My condolences to the family

The fact that the workers were on their break makes it even worse, if they were working, they most likely would've been able to react to the ship coming and step on the gas off the bridge, but since they were on their break in their cars, they had absolutely no idea. Just imagine sitting in your car, taking a break from working at one in the morning, and the bridge just falls out from under you. Just horrible.

Prayers for those that are lost and the living x

When you just look at the metal it doesn't seem that big. But when you go back and look at the size of the cars and even the semi that went over the bridge you realize just how massive the metal in the water is.

This was right out of a Final Destination film. So scary and heartbreaking for all those affected by this tragedy. Whatever bridge replaces the FSK should be named after these fallen workers!

That man survived even though he doesn't swim 🏊, it's either a miracle or a sheer luck 🤞, RIP to the deceased and speedy recovery to those that survived, this is a lesson that in life, anything can happen at any time irrespective on assurances, what we need do is find peace in our hearts at all time, stay blessed and safe y'all

She said it was rainy and slippery...help me understand

the insurance payout for that ship is going to be record setting...$4 billion "Morningstar DBRS analysts said in a Wednesday note that insured losses could total between $2 billion and $4 billion, depending on the length of time that the port is blocked. Such a figure would surpass the current highest amount, which was paid out from the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship in 2012."

🙏🏾 for those ppl who are stuck injured and even the divers and workers that's trying to fix it GOD BLESS YOU ALL 🙏🏾

Mr. Cervantes must have learned to swim very fast

When they alerted to have the bridge closed off from traffic going across it. Did anybody alert the workers on the bridge?

Just touching that water is hazardous

I can't imagine falling from that bridge. That's nightmare scenario stuff. And then all of the rigging debris from the bridge above you coming down on top of your truck.

Do these network news reports make you sick? Or is it just me?

Most people would crap their pants just walking over that bridge. Couldn't imagine that belly drop! Horrible...

I know this is a very serious incident, but did she say "It's rainy, it's slippery" @ about 1:47...."Slippery"?

This is so sad 😞

Thoughts and prayers for the family of the ones that they lost and are still missing

This is not their first time hitting something… they hit a berth at Antwerp.

why was the black box missing 2mins of info and where are the ship cameras that are "missing"

Absolutely devastating 💔

12" from the bottom....wow...that's so focking crazy

Wow interesting to see you guys can actually report the news and not just give 'YOUR' opinions on everything

A month to clean up seems impossible

People waiting on their AliExpress order 😐

the 4 bodies are currently decomposing deep in the river as speak, sad rescuers can't recover the bodies

Prayers for the families who lost their love ones

I had a shipping container delivery that day from Wuwi Shipping Container i got 2 40ft containers from them, my driver is with my friend going to our drop off location i was really thankful they made it back 30 mins before that tragedy happen. I paid the containers upon delivery and the minute i heard about the news i called the driver to make sure he is fine.

They are clearing it in about a month? Wow that is fast. I would have thought 6 months the least

All of our bridges should have fenders to protect them from ship strikes.

My question is what damages to the economy of this area. Is my thoughts. Because this port takes in supply. What medical supplies are on that ship. What car parts anything that keeps the economy flowing.

4 missing people but we got to clear 700ft sections for ships to pass through. Sums up our government perfectly

One problem is hiw bridge was built.. ... transoms..should be staggered across the collums... instead look there all in a row ... greatly reducing strength.. and making the bridge sheer off at the collums ..

I like how after this bridge incident all of America are on edge about every bridge. So a bridge accident all it takes to care about infrastructure bruh 🤦😭

[2:38] They ought to take this opportunity to dredge the channel ??

God bless the workers who died in this tragedy and prayers for their families and children. I hope they can be found before work begins so that thier loved ones can find closure...

Small explosions can be seen at other parts of the bridge as the ship hit.....

Curious, how did Julio survived, but not his fellow workers? What did he do differently? Hope someone can provide more context on how he made it alive, but not the rest of the crew.

Thoughts and prayers for those who lost their lives in this terrible tragedy. Prayers for the families having to glorify through this 🙏🏼

RIP to the deceased😢 I wish though that i could have been a crane operator on this project😭

They should make the Dali a floating museum and center for 21st/22nd engineering advances, maritime and land bound.

USA govt and Baltimore Govt official statement says that Fortunately just because of the Indian Crew onboard has made SOS message to Authorities about power failure of the cargo ship within time, it enabled them to avoid a lot of potential life threatening scenarios.

Why weren’t fenders and bumpers added yrs ago on a bridge over 50 yrs old ? Is this something NTSB could have demanded for safety reasons

This is a sad tradegy. My condolences to those who have fallen and may you find peace.

William Doyle, that accent was unmistakable. Turns out, he grew up in the same town that I did and currently live in. Small world.

The fact that tug boats aren’t guiding them out past any infrastructure like a bridge still boggles my mind! Seems that standard operating procedures failed and someone should own responsibility

I hope this isn’t symbolic. FSK wrote the Star Spangled Banner. I hope America isn’t crashing soon, but I have a feeling it will. 😞

Whenever they get around to replacing the bridge, they'll definitely want a stronger, safer design. In recent years cable stayed bridges seem to have become the bridge of choice for most long spans. That seems to be the most likely option here. With a cable stayed bridge you can span longer distances than you can with a truss bridge. This improves safety because the towers will be further away from the center of the shipping lane, making them harder to hit accidentally. The passage under the Key bridge was only around 1100 feet wide. I don't know the physical limits of the cable stayed design, but the Gordie Howe bridge being built between Detroit and Windsor measures around 2800 feet between the towers and it will be the longest cable stayed span in North America when it's finished next year. Ideally they could build a bridge to span the entire waterway, keeping the towers on land, but that's probably not cost effective. The waterway measures around 5200' wide on Google Earth and the current world record for this bridge type is only 3622'. A suspension bridge could span the distance easily, but they have their own constraints that may not make one suitable here.

I think they need a new way to alert folks on the bridge as it’s cascading toward the pier. An extremely loud emergency siren and lights to alert folks. I don’t know something…good grief. Anything to prevent folks from being on a bridge about to collapse. Those poor souls. 😢 Also why wasn’t the mayday call made a bit earlier? I imagine they had to know they were going to hit that bridge before that 2 min mark.

To clear the bottom, use a big magnet.....

I understand you have to lift the part that's on the bridge or boat, but the rest that's (partially) under water might be easier to drag to shallow or open water and cut it up there. That wouldn't take a month.

I still wonder what prevented the captain from going for an immediate reverse thrust at full throttle... which would have reduced its forward moving force

Actually the crew informed the Mayor and the authorities just before hitting the ship as they had lost complete control on it due to a huge power loss twice in the vessel. as a result the authorities were able to shut the bridge timely and a major disaster was prevented.

The reality is the boat is still floating while the bridge is destroyed,

Who could have ever thought a delicate bridge structure could be plowed into by a giant ship & cause a disaster like this 🤔 Wondering how many other similar bridges are at risk right now.

First what radio frequency would the cargo ship squawk on, second who could alert the bridge repair crew in time?

Rest in Peace!

Why aren't we hearing Ronna McDaniel's commentary on this event? Y'all paid her, might as well get your money's worth

The question remains, there's always tug boats guiding those size ships beyond that same bridge... Where were they when this one was sailing out the harbour?

Thanks

Insurance company: You hit what?

When a cargo ship goes under a bridge they should have rails like they do at the railroad tracks to come down so that people cannot cross the bridge and tell the cargo ship has made it safely under the bridge

The ship, obviously poorly maintained , why else would it lose power?

So sad!😢

First close-up look..... there was drone footage online once the sun was up, nice try haha

That channel was 50 ft deep. That ship does not draft that deep, not even close,

It could have been a lot worse if there was a train passing through

Looks like they'll find the workers when they find their vehicles. RIP

Question….why wasn’t the ship guided by tugboats from the beginning? You would think that would be standard procedure, especially if they have to pass under bridges.

Luckily it's a Singaporean cargo ship, if it was a Chinese or Russian cargo ship, then imagine what the western politicians and media would say..

why was there no tug boats in to begin with? that is the question to ask? if its being taken out of the harbor it needs tug boats to direct it.

Eerily similar to the Summit Venture collision with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 1980. And the Francis Scott Key Bridge was built before that accident it appears, so they sadly might not have had the knowledge of the tactics to prevent this sort of accident (like massive concrete "dolphin" pilings to protect the critical structural members). But one is left to wonder if this incident means we will now proactively equip similar bridges with the best known protection measures?

This is CRAZY 🌉

I was under impression tugs help bring in the big ships

America's infrastructure is a thing of the past, such a bridge at a major port should never collapse in this way. Moreover, you don't see any guide structures there, so the bridge cannot be hit in this way at all. Anything but safe, in other words, the government can be blamed for it.

As a construction worker I would’ve never thought of this until this tragic incident. But I truly feel osha should make a new rule to wear if you’re working on a bridge a hi vis life vest should be apart of your PPE

I'm surprised it was able to plow onto the pier without the bottom not stopping it. Edit - well I guess it probably took a gouge out of the river bottom. But it is sunkk a little at the bow.

How strange they had prior problems but didn’t secure a tug boat just Incase? They have engineers and and assistance engineers but nobody knows what happened? Bad maintenance is evident, you also have an anchor to drop just in case. Why not have tug boats pulling these foreign ships just in case they fail?

Two questions : 1. Why did the Ship have to call for Tug Boats , to my knowledge , Tug Boats should have been there escorting the Ship 2. When is Danish Shipping Company MAERSK going to write a check to cover the cost of all this ? The Maryland Governor and our senile President seem to think the American Taxpayer should foot the bill .

so sad... rip

WOW that's Sooo Sad

All that space under the bridge and it hits the pillar head on.

People who own the ship need to pay 100% to replace the bridge and benefits to the families

What country was that ship registered with? Anyone know?

The thing that gets me is how the whole bridge collapsed instantly instead of the section that was damaged. That's poor engineering. Only the section that was affected, maybe the one connected to it should have collapsed....but not the whole damned thing.

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Perfect example of bidenomics

HOLY CRAP! THIS IS EXCITING!! SO MUCH DRAMA!!!

I'm a Canadian on the west coast, was this a draw bridge? If not the video that I watched that morning begs to ask,why for 30 seconds didn't it try to veer off in a different direction. Why did it show the lights blacking out shortly before impact

A vote for biden is a vote for your demise

New laws for ships to be attached to tugboats ALWAYS near any bridges?....this needs to be the only accident.

What a loss of Lives.To Families of those who died i say sorry and FIND it in your Hearts to Heal.

ik those engineers are stressed out i couldnt imagine trying to figure out that wreck