Collapse of Key Bridge in Baltimore after Ship Collision | VOANews
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2024
- The Francis Scott Key Bridge fell into the waters of the Patapsco River after a Singapore-flagged container ship named Dali collided with a support column around 05:30 UTC, 1:30 a.m. local time, Tuesday.
Pilots of the cargo ship that crashed into a major bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, issued a mayday call shortly before the structure collapsed into a river, enabling authorities to save lives, according to the state’s governor.
"We can confirm that the crew notified authorities of a power issue," Maryland Governor Wes Moore told reporters Tuesday morning, hours after the incident. Moore said the Singapore-flagged container ship Dali had no power before smashing into one of two main columns supporting the Francis Scott Key Bridge and causing the bridge to collapse.
Moore said the crew’s warning enabled transportation officials to quickly halt traffic along the interstate highway crossing over the bridge. "These people are heroes. They saved lives last night," the governor said. The ship’s crew also dropped its anchors in a futile attempt to avert the disaster.
Two of the workers were rescued, with one transported to a trauma center in serious condition, while the other was uninjured. Searchers were continuing to look for the other six, with divers facing bone-chilling water temperatures of about 9 degrees Celsius (48 Fahrenheit).
Video showed a large section of the bridge quickly collapsing into the river after the Dali collided with the support column. The vessel is 48 meters (157 feet) wide and 300 meters (984 feet) long and was loaded with cargo containers setting sail for Sri Lanka.
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You could see a Tractor Trailer and a few cars cross over before the crash. The flashing lights were supposedly a Road Repair Crew working on the bridge. God help the injured and the families who lost loved ones.
Please remember those flashing lights are family men taking their break in their trucks. Pray for the four that lost their lives and the injured man - there's been no news on how he is.
I can’t imagine the sheer horror of leisurely driving along in your car then suddenly being plunged into the freezing cold river. Particularly at night in the dark.
That’s my thought too. How awful and scary
Due to the ship's Mayday call, police were able to stop vehicles from going onto the bridge just before it came down. But they could not rescue the construction crew who were on the bridge filling in potholes. Two members of the crew were rescued but the other six are presumed dead.
When a vehicle accidentally falls into water, the situation can be very critical:
1. Stay calm.
2. Immediately unbuckle your seatbelt.
3. Before water enters the vehicle, quickly open the windows or use a safety hammer (prepared in advance) or use the pointed end of a seat headrest to break the window.
4. Do not attempt to open the door, as this will allow water to rush in faster.
5. The window is the best escape route. If the window cannot be opened, wait until the water pressure equalizes before trying to open the door.
6. Once the window is open, leave the vehicle immediately, helping children to escape first.
7. After leaving the car, swim towards the surface immediately. If you lose your sense of direction, follow the bubbles.
8. If escape is impossible, call for help if possible, or use the car's emergency system.
9. At the same time, if it brings you comfort or focus, recite a personal prayer, mantra, or affirming words that resonate with your belief.
Always wear a life jacket if you cross bridges in a vehicle.
Add this to the list of reasons I dont go outside anymore.
RIP to the deceased 🙏
An expert on MSNBC just said that the collapse was much worse because the ship hit the support. Yah think? If it had gone under the center and didn’t hit the support, it would have just gone under like it’s supposed to. I’m no bridge expert, but am I missing something?
Maybe it just.. Means the initial impact was toward the base?? I have no idea, we have the exact same question
Maybe don’t watch MSNBC news the media is unreliable and one sided.
MSNBC lies all the time maybe if our taxes went to fixing things vs overseas it would’ve held up better.
You know the news🙄 You are right about it going through without incident (if it had power to properly steer itself) as that is a main cargo channel. Due to the ship losing power it ended up drifting with quite a bit of momentum into the bridge support.
In the center of all bridges is a range. It’s basically lights that need to be lined up, for the center of the channel. So you may see one the bridge and one or two on shore. Once those are lined up. You’re in the center. If you’re a big ship like that and outside of the channel. The ship could possibly get pulled into the bridge by the mud or whatever else is there. There’s a little wiggle room. Something that big isn’t much.
Unbelievable how quickly it came down from time of impact. 🙏🇨🇦
They had charges on the bridge if you can see the small explosions
@@alexanderralich7786 please , no conspiracy theories
@@alexanderralich7786who is THEY?
@@user-co8uy5rb2s The road crew, maybe? Seems about as dumb to blame them as to blame anyone else.
Such a clear vivid view!! Wtf
You would figure bridges near the ports would have better anti-collision infrastructure. It dropped like toothpicks.
Not against large shipping vessels like that
“At Farmers we know a thing or two beca….. HOLY FUCK!!!!”
It's been one week it's 1:28 a.m now God bless the 6 road workers
It hit that column dead on
It almost seemed as if they were aiming for the main support. I hope I'm wrong. Prayers to all this involved and no longer with us. 🙏
How could that ship not see the bridge's pillon when there was so much light?
I think it lost power so it didn't matter what it saw
Капитан был украинец!!!!!!
Why did he put the hammer down right before he hit it? LOL
@@user-mq1wx9ee5e sure it wasn't isis 😂
It lost power twice before hitting the support
it's comforting to know, when the SHTF, it's people who look like me, that come in to save the day!
What does this mean?
Unbelievable...just talked to a family member who was on this bridge on his way to make funeral arrangements for a deceased family member yesterday..The entire family was in the car...I praise Jesus this did not happen when they were on it or durng heavy traffic...Praying for survivors...We do not know what a day brings. Believe In Jesus with a repentant heart as.He died for all our sins and rose from the dead..Reflect on this Easter week!!!
Supposedly it happened at 1:30 am.
Cheryl. You seem out of touch with reality when you live and communicate in superstition. It seems like you're taking a set of metaphors literally.
@@alrent2992 it's on video, lol silly foreigner, it's not supposed
Our imaginary friend will help to easen the pain of this tragedy.. praise jebus!!
Not superstitious...Just grateful my family who were on the bridge that day were not impacted...had the barge been earlier....I am a survivor of the 9/11 ..the New York tower collapse .. was there earlier in New York and could not find a parking place at the base of the Towers..I believe it was Divine intervention of the Lord that saved me from being crushed by the falling towers .. these close calls remind me of the fragility of life in a given day and our need to believe on Christ as by the grace of God go I....
They never saw this in the making,,unreal
Footage keeps changing 😢😮😢
It’s been there 47 years. How in the Hell does this happen in this day and age. Navigation Equipment, Pilot
Everything. Hope they have Insurance.
Everything is electronic on these ships. Power surge causes the controls to get wacky.
They were ordered to do it. By Trump. Ask a Liberal. 😅
Why doesn't the bridge have a stone base on the main columns?
It wouldn't of mattered. That much weight moving at any kind of speed would've plowed straight through. Those ships are *big.*
It’s a massive cargo ship that is carrying a lot of weight a stone base or any base for that matter won’t be stopping that maybe a smaller boat or ship but not a cargo one
Same question. You would think the amount of ships this massive and heavy coming in and out of this port, they would have some kind of safety measure in place for the narrow waterway under that bridge to deflect or absorb most of the impact to protect the stone columns.
@@brendankearns7871I don't think you understand just how much stone or whatnot you'd need to sufficiently slow down a cargo ship of any size.
I wonder why they did not call the tug boats from the port to support? it took quite a long time before hitting to the bridge! or the ship is too big for tug boats can hold her back!!
They did but there wasn't time to get there
@@mothball5425 Yes! even they had had enough time, they would not do anything because the ship is supper heavy!
Well someone's gonna get fired
It looks like there are Department of Transportation workers on the center span
Literally construction workers
WERE, they are gone now
After the Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse, they installed bollards called dolphins around the piers to prevent it happening again. Hopefully they'll replace it with something beautiful instead of an ugly precast concrete overpass.
if people where on that bridge you know the guys on the ship gotta be goin through hell and feel horrible
No they were heard saying Praise Jesus just before the crash. This is Christian Nationalist terrorism
And a camera just happened to be pointed at it? Wasn't a security camera those are Timelapse.
Where you going with this
CCTV is everywhere pal. Not everything has a conspiracy behind it
Its not the 1990's, most CCT system can record 24/7 to a hard drive at a high fps and just overwrite video on a rolling basis so storage never gets full.
That’s what I was thinking
The ship was honking its horns continuously as the ship was out of control with no power steering attempting to warn those at a distance of the danger , also if you never heard one of those ships blast its horn its extremely loud and I’m sure everyone in the area heard it like the multiple people who captured it unfold
I'm betting my hot wheels that They're playing among us irl in that boat while the investigators are investigating the incident.. "WHO SHUT DOWN THE POWER!?"
At 220 you can see the placed explosives. Those are not arc flashes. There are high voltage lines just before the bridge.
Это масоны во главе с людоящерами мост заминировали .А вообще красиво мост сложился.
There’s also high voltage for the bridges lighting. Just because there’s high power lines outside the bridge. Doesn’t mean there’s not lines on or in the bridge for something else.
Anyone saying theres explosives involved in this is dumber than any sense of comprehension
Was that bridge old or engineering failures
Poo is about to hit the fan….
The ship hit the pillar dead on.. hmm…
2 things.
If In a port area the tuggers move the boat ? How did they manage to do this? (I load ships) also that dang boat should had be spewing black smoke from cranking the engines back wards!
Second,
I feel like everything is a attack these days after Moscow I’m on edge 😅😅
Tugs got the vessel out of its berth, but it was in open water, steaming on its own power - until the power went out. There are a number of things that could have happened to cause the power to fail. With the power out, the ability to control the direction of the ship is extremely limited. At least one anchor was thrown - possibly both fore and aft, but they weren't enough to stop the momentum of the thing. There is only one screw engaged when this ship is in reverse - not enough to prevent the collision.
@@omi_god bro threw down the knowledge 🤙🏼🤙🏼 for the power and to go out while in transit is wild. Trying to stop the behemoth with no power is even more WILD and cranking that one shaft was the only way to reverse…honestly don’t know if they can reverse manually with no power ..usually the ships we load have that manual system for when a tug e stops and pulls back the crank works backwards as well. Overall sounds like a mess man thanks for that info 🙏🏼
what a biscuit bridge lol
Never would have happened, if they didn't put it in reverse.
Does anybody remember titanic? Modern containerships are slower and less maneuverable.
I was just on there yesterday carzy
Whooooaaa spoooooky
imagine if is happened during traffic hours like the bridge was full of cars and people inside how many lives could've been lost
the crew were all Indians( mentioned Indians because many American are passing rac#ist cartoons and comments on Indians and blaming Indians for this incident when in reality it's opposite)
The Indian crew gave sos to the officials so, traffic was immediately stopped on that bridge before collision...
2 pilots of that ship were local Americans,.
They did whatever to stop the ship but it was out of hand. So no vehicle was there at the time of collision Only workers of the bridge who were not called by the officials.
President of USA Biden applauded the Indian crew for that , calling indian crew heros who saved hundreds of lives in that bridge..
Traffic was stopped. 🆘 was given to official's by the Indian crew
Apparently, Voice of America has lost its voice. 🤷♀️
Ship captain ordered pizza. Delivery boys want to deliver pizza from the bridge at pillar no. 2 or 3, suddenly ship lose control and hit the bridge. so sad.
You can see the cutting charge explosions if you zoom in. Wow. 2001 all over again.
How many watched this video and thought it would take out part of the bridge? How many couldn’t believe how the entire thing fell in seconds? Yeah because it wouldn’t happen like that without explosives.
Which ones? The streetlights, the road crew signs, or the red flashing lights on top of the bridge identical to the one on the tower that stayed up?
There were zero explosives involved in this collapse. Anyone with any slight understanding of bridge mechanics and how they work know exactly why it collapsed in the fashion it did. Were talking about thousands of pounds losing one of its key supports in a freak accident. Have some humanity.
Thanks to indian crews who sends sos to stop the traffic that save much more lives😢
A fifty thousand ton ship adrift, very sad and tragic.
Way bigger than that.
@@theawickward2255 yeah I suppose 50K tons might just be the weight of half the cargo alone.
Don't very resist us
Oh, say can you see.....an additional 3 hours added to about 125,000 drivers morning commute to work.
Francis Scott Key's manuscript in the Maryland Historical Society collection.
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - "In God is our trust,"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Sad
Which river is this?
The Patapsco River
Thankyou
Did you guys see the charges lol
This is all what we saw in the movie and it comes to reality.....
It’s pretty sad. Florida had a disaster Where that happened in the 80s but they were smart enough to build it with protection barriers.. but this city apparently didn’t think it was important. Poor leadership
Nobody wanted to PAY for that, so there you go
No one could have survived accident 😢😢😢
Luckily the crew made 🆘 to official and so traffic was stopped
Hadir om
Inna Lillahi Wainna ilaihi Rajiun.prayer to those effected.
To all those impacted by this tragedy: Have faith in GOD! Just because the bridge workers haven't been found, it doesn't mean they're dead. Some could have washed up on shore somewhere, some could be floating on a piece of metal downstream. Remember that God can do anything, and nothing is over until it's over. Just like Jonah was in the belly of a fish three days, it's possible that some of these men could be found alive. My prayer is that everyone will be found safe and even if they're not, may they rest in the arms of Jesus and be loved (and cared for) forevermore. In Jesus Name. Amen ❤.
Weak engineering
London Bridge is falling down?
The army could rebuild that bridge over night. Katrina....The twin span bridge broke up like Legos. National gaurds and army rebuilt it quick.
Well army and engineers are different ,army can help but not build by themselves
How fast was the ship going? How heavy was it?
😲😢
If you laugh at this your going to hell
omG accidents can occur anywhere anytime careful beware.
Probably bridge materials are made in china
Now that is how you take out a bridge!
Korean made ship, only 15 years old HYUNDAI!
no, it was built IN 2015
reminds me so much of that scene when they blow up that bridge in the movie "The Dark Knight Rises"
Controlled demo
Hey Djo B. Hey ТОРЖОК @ ; --
Not superstious.but I do believe in Divine intervention.I am a survivor of 9/11 in New York as I could not find a parking space at the base of the Tower earlier that morning..was only miles away when the planes hit..when you experience being at a place where life ends tragically only hours later such as me in New York or my family on the Francis Scott key bridge just hours before it collapse it brings to mind There before the Grace of God go I...it has away of showing the fragility of life and not knowing when our time is up...and thus the need for belief in Jesus ,the Savior...
Это,вам не Крымский мост!🤬
No, it's America.
It's the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore
Что ты этим хочешь сказать? Его скоро не будет, дело времени.
key bridge knocked down , sabotage
poor training 😮
Why were those emergency vehicles already on the bridge before it was hit??
They were road workers filling in pot holes.
Doing Maintenance, busy thoroughfare like that nightime is when you do it. During times of less traffic
Construction workers! They were filling potholes on the bridge before they got the mayday signal from the boat. They then tried to warn and evacuate traffic off of the bridge.
Do you need a translator?
Here we go with the conspiracy theories. 🤦🏽♂️
The more I watch and process this the more i think it's not an accident...
Denial is the first stage of grief.
Sabotage ?????
lol
Didn’t look like an accident
You aren't very bright
Confirm is accident
Then what did it look like, oh wise one who knows what things look like?
🙏🏽
Rip the people on the bridge and on the cruise except the driver of the boat cause he clearly turned right into it he could have moved yall seen how long it took him to hit that bridge he was clearly planning ths
It's called currents.
@@theawickward2255 you seen how quick he turned before that right
It was a terrorist attack, you can see the chimney coming out a lot of smoke minutes before the crash because it accelerates straight to the bridge, it even turns on the lights to observe the target
You could just as easily attribute that to the ship losing power, the crew realizing they were unable to stop the ship's current turn towards the pylon, the power coming back up momentarily and the crew trying desperately to correct the ship's course as soon as they regained power, going full power in reverse, but it being already too late. Let's not presume terrorism if there's a perfectly plausible explanation for this being a terrible accident.
How do you not see a bridge?
Peddle to the metal !
LOL
@@jennifergesuele1241
He aimed for the pier.
They see it but they lost power TWICE you can see the lights going off and on.. they also dropped one anchor, so they are saying that is why it turned to one side.@@jennifergesuele1241
Looks like he was aiming for it the whole time
You are only seeing the end. Trying to abruptly stop the ship after the first loss of power is what put it on that path.
Oh no way this is just an accident!!
Intentionally or neglect, while they were being irresponsible !
Even that I still can't believe!
Spend an extra 3 minutes on Google to find out the ship lost power multiple times while attempting to navigate this spot
Why are people so quick to judge!?!?
I think we are all grateful when we are spared from a sudden catastrophe not that we are more special to God then those who perish...everyone has an appointed time of death . God loves us all soo much He died on the cross for our sins......
LOL!!!
Man how is that DEI instead of best for the job working.
probably all diabetic white dudes on that ship.
DEI from an international ship? Try again kid diddler
Even with the best people shit happens. This is a case of everything done to prevent a tragedy resulted in a bigger tragedy. Not an unqualified hire.
@@BePositiveMindset true, but you can’t deny that this has been happening a lot more sense they started pushing this.
The DALI is an international shipping vessel, which was managed by singaporean company Synergy Marine Group. They were not hired by Americans. This is not to excuse this accident, the DALI did have a prior incident in Antwerp back in 2016, that was smaller in comparison to this. In this collision here in Baltimore, the ship lost power multiple times, thus causing the crash. Perhaps instead there is an issue with maintaining proper inspections to ensure all ships are up to grade, something that many companies in many countries are guilty of no matter the race nor creedance of the workers associated with them.
The words "Praise Jesus" was heard coming from the ship just before the crash. What are we waiting for?
Captain Sergei was able to transport saltpeter just as the Mossad blasted the port with fertilizer.
China may help!
Yeah, can see it now. They will help block the cameras so nobody can see. And the will help by staging a photo of some stooge pretending to clear rubble with some other stooges pointing a hose in the air above them so it looks like it's raining while they work. Thanks. But looooong isn't how to pronounce long. It's the of the dragon, not the year of the ddddrrrrraaaaaag on
@@lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre Have you ever been to China? China has various kind of bridges since we are mountainous country.
@@johnfeng4374 that had nothing to do with what I said. It also has nothing to do with a bridge spanning a waterway. And if you're from China, there are 2 possibilities. 1, you have to use a VPN to view UA-cam because you are not allowed to use your domestic internet to access anything the state hasn't sanctioned. Or 2, you are state sponsored wumao who is assigned to connect with foreign media to spread state sponsored propaganda.
Don't get me wrong, the usa has its fair share of propaganda as well, but the citizens are allowed to call it out and go to other sources for information. There are no blankets hiding people who are disappeared, and there are no walling off sites for tragedies like floods and collapsed infrastructure. I'd listen if you could point the opposite out.
Instead, we reward stupidity and whining, while punishing anyone who clearly points out stupidity and explains why the whining is misinformed.
I look forward to hearing your side, regardless of being a plant for the state or a citizen with a vpn
Americans mocking India about everything hit by karma.
Sad news i hope all working people are safe .
No one cares about india and this is unrelated
The entire crew of that ship was from India
Does this make up for how women are gangrpaed in India?
@@dbates71 pilot were locals
@@Cdramaland-ff4mv crews hijacked the ship
It's okay - it's probably one of those racist bridges that Mayor Pete told us about
Happened @1:30am, 13 Days Before The Eclipse, & The 13th Tarot Card Number Is Death
It happened at 1:27 AM.
@@mackyboy4432 close enough 🤣
This bridge apparently wasn't racist enough for Pete Buttigieg to save.
You are definitely a racist, bitch.
Real fishy...
I’m waiting for trump to blame Biden, Obama, Hillary, and Pelosi.
Obama built that bridge. 😂
And trump hit it with a boat like the drunk sailor he is
You're mad you're pale
CIA SPECIAL OPS. WHY?
this ship had two pilots on it and it still did this damage. Because the crew of this ship are from a country know to be hostile to the west I find it quite easy to believe this is a purposeful act, perpetrated by their country of origin to disrupt the americun economy
Это дело рук ИГИЛ. Кстати , а вы в курсе, что капитан корабля - украинец?
Im high as fuck right now
Wish I was but I’m in school lol
yall are going nowhere in life 👍
@@1261A Hopefully they can turn things around and have a 4 subscriber gaming channel one day. btw have you ever had a girlfriend?
@@meepk633 1. not supposed to be a big public “gaming channel”+all my subs are my friends so that’s irrelevant 2. im gay and i have a boyfriend so u can drop the sarcasm
@@1261AI'm going no where in life ? I'm not the one who's gay
CIA
😱😱😱😱😱
Thanks Biden!
Do you think Biden invented container ships?
Kaptan Siergiej -boom siakalaka boom.
Made in China.
The ship or the bridge?? 🤔
@@fawkes1570health ...Both probably.
@@lordlucan3706 just checked and it isn't
Made in South Korea actually.