First-hand look at Baltimore bridge disaster as crews race to clear the wreckage

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  • Опубліковано 2 кві 2024
  • The race to remove the wreckage from last week's collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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  • @TeLometiTo
    @TeLometiTo Місяць тому +15

    DANG! that close up to the area impact and cargo crushed like bananna are impressive

    • @pauloaraujo3786
      @pauloaraujo3786 Місяць тому +1

      The bridge had no defenses around pillars. WHY?

    • @CreedBrattonTheOffice
      @CreedBrattonTheOffice Місяць тому

      @@pauloaraujo3786 It didn't have "no" defenses. They're just outdated for the size of cargo ships we have these days but would still have worked against majority of boats. Definitely should've been upgraded at some point though to accommodate these larger vessels.

  • @thomastaylor6699
    @thomastaylor6699 Місяць тому +9

    It is a very complicated process to remove all of that structural steel, because you have to know where the best place to cut is. If you were to cut a section of steel at the wrong place, it could cause steel, under high tension, to snap! Very slow, dangerous work.

    • @leonardcollings7389
      @leonardcollings7389 Місяць тому +2

      All the cuts and major lifts have to be pre-engineered and even then it's very dangerous work.

  • @rona4960
    @rona4960 Місяць тому +35

    Racing? No one is racing. They are being methodical and safe

    • @garymathena2125
      @garymathena2125 Місяць тому

      Well, they have to put that in to boost their ratings and make more money, the Glen Fry song 'Give us dirty laundry.' Got to keep the sheep glued to the tube.

    • @Macarena22279
      @Macarena22279 Місяць тому

      ​@@garymathena2125Russia is calling you home comrade

    • @robinsteararoadiary7576
      @robinsteararoadiary7576 Місяць тому

      Added bullshit drama

    • @pinnappel713
      @pinnappel713 Місяць тому

      Well obviously they can't say "They're working very slowly and diligently" because to an average consumer it sounds like they're just fucking around doing jack in a time where action needs to be taken. So they say "racing" in relativity, where they're responding fast in relativity rather than fast like a racing car. Use context clues and your own brain for once

  • @lazygardens
    @lazygardens Місяць тому +16

    They are not "racing" ... they are cautiously and deliberately calculating what they can remove next without making that mess worse.

    • @jonmccormick8683
      @jonmccormick8683 Місяць тому +1

      They probably have all the video stitched together to make a complete 3d composite. = Engineers are working on this puzzle and how to safely dismantle it in stages while also considering wind (cranes), tide and just general water flow.
      = A huge mess that must be done in stages to be safe. Probably 24hr monitoring at a conference table with many specialists watching.

    • @lazygardens
      @lazygardens Місяць тому +1

      @@jonmccormick8683
      And the stresses on the girders because of the weight ... relive the stress and things may go SPROING and fly apart in horrible ways.

  • @rupe53
    @rupe53 Місяць тому +27

    In the media, everything is a race against time or urgent. Talking with those involved it's clear that this is a slow task, and everything needs to be handled with care. These are two completely different views!

    • @LieutenantDan
      @LieutenantDan Місяць тому

      Slow is smooth and smooth is fast

    • @robertsanchez7412
      @robertsanchez7412 Місяць тому

      Bullshit. This is America. The land of opprutinity. Each vessel that goes through here brings in garaunteed over a million dollars worth of merchandise and materials. The faster they clean it up the faster that port can bring in hujdreds of millions of dollars monthly.

    • @mariek2070
      @mariek2070 Місяць тому

      And that is how a news cycle works. Public doesn't give a hoot about the hundreds of ships that float safely in and out of Boston Port. It's the disasters that matter. And then it's onto the next newsy thing. "Racing" to get it done simply means not going to waste time with superfluous cr*p......20 contractor bids...endless sonar scans....waiting for the 'best' weather....

    • @rupe53
      @rupe53 Місяць тому +2

      @@mariek2070 too bad the media is all about reporting a story before they have all the facts straight. It's am urgent race to "scoop" the other media outlets but getting it right the first time is not part of that process.

    • @marshmaz
      @marshmaz Місяць тому

      Fast and Furious covers the C.R.I.M.E 🚨

  • @AnthonyHigham6414001080
    @AnthonyHigham6414001080 Місяць тому +11

    This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.

    • @Pixx4you
      @Pixx4you Місяць тому

      When an (almost) unstoppable force meets an (almost) immovable object.

  • @palsatarjasmin
    @palsatarjasmin Місяць тому +1

    лепота то какая ! самое главное чтобы ни вкоем случае демократия не пострадала !

  • @289cobra9
    @289cobra9 Місяць тому +5

    When they rebuild the bridge i hope it will still have RR tracks

  • @virtual2152
    @virtual2152 Місяць тому +1

    Oh yeah, that current looks ferocious. And those massive waves...

    • @Mark59396
      @Mark59396 Місяць тому

      Grandpa, you are doing everything right! You are confidently leading the country to collapse! Keep it up Joe, you are a real sailor, even though you sometimes fall down the stairs

    • @jonmccormick8683
      @jonmccormick8683 Місяць тому +2

      -if you are stationary (barge) a 5mph current is pretty serious. +Tidal flow is more like a small tsunami = it will push everything in or out.

    • @Macarena22279
      @Macarena22279 Місяць тому

      Stay on the couch

  • @vade137
    @vade137 Місяць тому

    Oh no, Tavistock really got me on this little bridge project. I'm just so, so, so, brainwashed. Good job Tavistock, this one takes the cake!

  • @NathanBd-zw5pt
    @NathanBd-zw5pt Місяць тому +1

    Is it possible that some of the missing workers have been swept out to sea if not tangled (?)

  • @williamdavis9943
    @williamdavis9943 Місяць тому

    With such a narrow channel and only a depth of 50' with multiple turns, it was just a matter of time before a disaster would happen? Was alcohol use invvolved? Why did the ship lose power?

  • @codywohlers2059
    @codywohlers2059 Місяць тому +5

    why is the narrator audio only on the left channel and the field audio only on the right channel?

    • @3akoscielski
      @3akoscielski Місяць тому +2

      Terrible audio job... switch it to Mono please!

    • @potblack6043
      @potblack6043 Місяць тому

      glad you mentioned it, thought my headphones broke

    • @trentbrennen1579
      @trentbrennen1579 Місяць тому

      Because there is nothing “right” about this hyped up attempt at news!

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Місяць тому

      If you've only got a mono field audio track available, that seems a reasonable thing to do! (I was going to say people who don't like it can switch to mono, but they probably don't know how to these days.)

  • @ndknight
    @ndknight Місяць тому +6

    Wow, this is the 20th FIRST-HAND LOOK at the Baltimore bridge disaster that I've ever seen! Can't believe I missed it the first 19 times.

    • @virtual2152
      @virtual2152 Місяць тому +2

      Never have seen it first-hand, since I haven't been there.

  • @farticus01
    @farticus01 Місяць тому

    What is going on with the audio? some tracks play left channel only others play right only.

  • @margaretjohnson3028
    @margaretjohnson3028 Місяць тому +3

    God bless the coast guard an first responders. tu an be safe God bless yu all ❤

  • @dillonwood3096
    @dillonwood3096 Місяць тому +2

    The ship hit the bridge last week and it collapsed i don’t know about you but it gonna take weeks and weeks to remove the pieces off the boat

  • @gibbogle
    @gibbogle Місяць тому

    When will we learn what went wrong in the ship?

  • @aussiea1972
    @aussiea1972 Місяць тому +1

    Why they only using one side audio at a time ? Was a struggle to listen to.

  • @virtual2152
    @virtual2152 Місяць тому +2

    Not first-hand. I'm here, not there.

  • @UQRXD
    @UQRXD Місяць тому

    A dock worker says the ship had electrical problems when it was being loaded. Refrigerated container load to high tripping the breakers.

    • @virtual2152
      @virtual2152 Місяць тому +1

      Dock worker was tripping.

  • @Mrbigp59
    @Mrbigp59 Місяць тому

    How about getting the I lift NY crane there. It can lift 1929 tons

  • @ericschneider8524
    @ericschneider8524 Місяць тому +2

    Wasn't the Dali assault ship required to have liability insurance similar to the insurance that passenger cars are required to carry in the United States ? Taxpayers should not have to pay for the rebuilding of this infrastructure.

  • @octaviadennison8895
    @octaviadennison8895 Місяць тому

    finally. ok THIS is what i wanted to hear... that they got men out there getting sh*t done!

  • @user-th6db1vs9b
    @user-th6db1vs9b Місяць тому

    Folks no other port options to replace port of Baltimore, it's vital to our economy!

  • @jasminecoach2560
    @jasminecoach2560 Місяць тому

    😢😢😢

  • @kenenglish124
    @kenenglish124 Місяць тому +1

    That huge crane they are using, was built by Levingston Shipbuilding, then used by Sun Shipbuilding to equip the ship that was used to try and recover a Russian nuclear submarine in the 70's. That ship was built in Chester, Pennsylvania. See "Project Azorian".

  • @811Soldiers
    @811Soldiers Місяць тому

    They go ahead an start rebuilding at 1 end an clean up as you go woukd be the logical action! We'll see tho...

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Місяць тому

      Bridges with pillars have to be built out fairly symmetrically from the supports (otherwise they tip over), until the segments meet.

  • @tank4922
    @tank4922 Місяць тому +2

    How come every time i see any news about the bridge being cleared of debris, I only see one guy working? I see nobody else working.

    • @virtual2152
      @virtual2152 Місяць тому

      That is so he can race himself.

    • @ericschneider8524
      @ericschneider8524 Місяць тому +2

      This project will take years to complete. Damage will have to be documented. The commuters that travel this route everyday will suffer until the bridge is rebuilt.

    • @johnhaas2523
      @johnhaas2523 Місяць тому +1

      I have seen video with several and you even have guys that do nothing but run the cranes and they have divers that are working under water to make cuts

  • @timothykramer2551
    @timothykramer2551 Місяць тому

    Very sad

  • @jamesmcgathon3084
    @jamesmcgathon3084 Місяць тому +1

    GOD have mercy

  • @roozbehsingharanipour8502
    @roozbehsingharanipour8502 Місяць тому +1

    I would leave it just like the way it is. It is starting to look like modern art.

  • @ellismilledge9188
    @ellismilledge9188 Місяць тому

    The people in Baltimore need jobs Someone put the info out for the community

  • @user-tp1zq6ey9j
    @user-tp1zq6ey9j Місяць тому

    sketchy construction.. i bet the pre colision research was exrensive...

  • @craigbaker9252
    @craigbaker9252 Місяць тому

    Git er done

  • @kevinstanley8114
    @kevinstanley8114 Місяць тому

    So I guess they don’t care about the bodies in the water gotta get that money

  • @daktarioskarvannederhosen2568
    @daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 Місяць тому

    my amazon package on crushed bow of ship.

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Місяць тому

      🙂
      Unlikely - it was on its way to Sri Lanka.

    • @daktarioskarvannederhosen2568
      @daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 Місяць тому

      @@G6JPG i vvill try to telephone the amaz0n i cannot live vv/0 package !!!

  • @Benelli3131..
    @Benelli3131.. Місяць тому

    Forget the people that are stuck in their vehicles at the bottom there

    • @gordbaker896
      @gordbaker896 Місяць тому

      They were not likely in vehicles but have been carried away by the Current. RIP

    • @lazygardens
      @lazygardens Місяць тому +1

      They know where the vehicles are ... they are under tons of debris and a tangle of girders.
      When they can be recovered without killing the rescuers in the attempt, they will be.

    • @gordbaker896
      @gordbaker896 Місяць тому

      Conflicting Stories.@@lazygardens

  • @seeharvester
    @seeharvester Місяць тому

    Might be easier to just leave it and build a new port downstream.

    • @Alecmoseby
      @Alecmoseby Місяць тому +2

      Are... are you fr?

    • @seeharvester
      @seeharvester Місяць тому

      @@Alecmoseby
      Are... are you gullible?

    • @Alecmoseby
      @Alecmoseby Місяць тому

      @@seeharvester People are idiots in today world. You never know man

  • @chetg2924
    @chetg2924 Місяць тому

    SPaceForce

  • @miho7402
    @miho7402 Місяць тому

    Jobmotor.........

  • @darrenedmonds1163
    @darrenedmonds1163 Місяць тому

    Fake news is behind me in rashays cafe canberra Australia

  • @kailumanthony1219
    @kailumanthony1219 Місяць тому

    Lol they said race! More like turtleitice😅

  • @user-wp9mz
    @user-wp9mz Місяць тому

    They act like no one else was driving on that bridge how f****** pathetic is this media

    • @Macarena22279
      @Macarena22279 Місяць тому

      Why do you watch??

    • @user-wp9mz
      @user-wp9mz Місяць тому

      @@Macarena22279 you're right why do I watch I'm just basically wasting my time just like everyone else take care

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Місяць тому

      No-one ekse _was_ driving on it; the ship sent a Mayday, and the authorities closed access to the bridge just in time. Only the maintenance workers were left on the bridge.

    • @user-wp9mz
      @user-wp9mz Місяць тому

      @@G6JPG if that's the case you don't find that very odd just like the mysterious train wrecks right I don't believe any of this s*** that's my opinion it is what it is

  • @ADAPTATION7
    @ADAPTATION7 Місяць тому

    ''We are going to get this done''. Says the guy that's not doing all the leg work.

    • @mariek2070
      @mariek2070 Місяць тому +1

      Somebody has to be the point man. The crisis manager. Most Generals are not on the front lines; but are still important to the overall success.

    • @ADAPTATION7
      @ADAPTATION7 Місяць тому

      @@mariek2070 Then he should exclude himself from the process.

  • @abramsalinas1004
    @abramsalinas1004 Місяць тому

    Deliberate, wasn't an "oooopsieee"

  • @subbaramanviswanathan381
    @subbaramanviswanathan381 Місяць тому

    "Key Bridge-bridges are vulnerable to passing ships! Better design can fix some problems & good for the construction industry. What about the ships? Why should their engines go off mid stream? Ask engine manufacturers, fuel suppliers & operators, for simpler and better solutions."

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Місяць тому

      They don't _want_ their ships to fail.

  • @abrahamphilip6439
    @abrahamphilip6439 Місяць тому

    For all the big talk Still have not come out out with the cause of the crash ,

    • @Ozefan2580
      @Ozefan2580 Місяць тому +2

      This will take a lot of time. NTSB has already explained that and why.

  • @danieltam3923
    @danieltam3923 Місяць тому

    A lot of hot air about tons of MASSIVE cranes arriving. Little progress.

    • @johnhaas2523
      @johnhaas2523 Місяць тому

      Hahaha. They can't move as fast as you think they can but They already have 2 temporary channels for smaller boats to get through. You can check the stream time live when not foggy and you will see The cranes are working in a different area of the bridge than by the ship

    • @danieltam3923
      @danieltam3923 Місяць тому

      @@johnhaas2523 "Channel" is a misnomer in this context. Barges and smaller boats can always skim through cracks. They're are not channels, but safe cracks amongst the debris.

    • @Macarena22279
      @Macarena22279 Місяць тому

      You will get a better perspective from the lazyboy

  • @farmerdude3578
    @farmerdude3578 Місяць тому

    Why camouflage? I this military? There was a day private companies built the US.

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Місяць тому

      That's what they're equipped with - you want that they should buy new clothing?

  • @MackWaring
    @MackWaring Місяць тому +1

    If Trump was president of the US, this would not have happened!

  • @jfullner00
    @jfullner00 Місяць тому

    TO THOSE OF YOU who planned this event, you know who you are. God knows your every move and He already has a backup plan. 😇😇😇

    • @Macarena22279
      @Macarena22279 Місяць тому +5

      And the moon is made of cheese

  • @PiedFifer
    @PiedFifer Місяць тому +2

    Stop wasting time showing the Governor. The only speech I want to hear from him is his announcement that he has accepted the resignation of his secretary of transportation. Or his own badly needed resignation.

    • @johnhaas2523
      @johnhaas2523 Місяць тому

      Hahaha

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Місяць тому

      So you're volunteering for his job?

    • @PiedFifer
      @PiedFifer Місяць тому

      @@G6JPG Why no, if I had my way, his job would never, ever have existed. The only protection government provides are criminal and civil courts. The only real protection the public has is the power and immense value of private reputation.

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Місяць тому

      @@PiedFifer I'm sorry, but however much people hate them - and there are certainly plenty of bad ones - you need managers, and even politicians (who are just managers really). Co-ordinating lots of disparate people _is_ a skill, which few of us have. Especially for something as complex as this.
      You can argue that the man in the position isn't the right one for the job (I'm not - I don't know enough about it), but you _do_ need someone. If everyone went at it like a bull at a gate, it wouldn't be _efficiently_ done, and probably not safely either.
      The mechanisms for choosing and retaining politicians, of course, can always be improved.

    • @PiedFifer
      @PiedFifer Місяць тому

      @@G6JPG You are unclear on the distinction between government authority and competence. Buying votes does not qualify a bureaucratic to tell and expert on salvage or Shipping, or logistics, or a single one of the tasks that urgently need doing.

  • @markchristian787
    @markchristian787 Місяць тому

    This is ABC news and they dont even know how to run audio?

  • @cumminsrocks1
    @cumminsrocks1 Місяць тому

    Who's getting murder charges?