Crews search for people missing after Baltimore bridge collapses
Construction workers who were working on the Francis Scott Key Bridge have not been accounted for after a shipping container struck the overpass, officials said.
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My thalassophobia is kicking in. Imagine being at the bottom of this dark, cold, river, possibly trapped under just an unimaginable mess of thousands of tons of metal..gives me goosebumps. May those who lost their lives rest in peace
You probably wouldn't survive the initial fall, even greater chances of being crushed by the bridge so I wouldn't worry about being trapped underwater lol
Got a touch of that the first time I tried water skiing. Didn't trust the vest. Less than a minute it was no longer an issue.
How frightening. A watery grave. Prayers for their precious families.
That's sad how this people lost their lives doing their duty. My prayers go out to their families😢
Unsung hero’s (mostly men) who keep our country running and go unnoticed and unappreciated doing a job where they can loose their life at anytime. May you rest in peace. Also for anyone else who lost their lives on this bridge. I wonder if a more modern bridge could be designed to keep the main supports more out of harms way.
rip💔
Where this is happened?
@@Dil-TarashaaMaryland
Start making things in the USA again so we don't need these mammoth polluting monstrosities that don't even fit in channels and canals.
We need to show more love for constructions workers fixing potholes on a random Tuesday at 1am. These boys lost their lives maintaining the roads for our busy morning commutes.
Yes especially the immigrant men these were immigrant men
can we know the names of these people? we just call them "construction workers fixing potholes" as of now
I hope we get to hear from the person that was driving the last car to cross the bridge at 1:28 am. They Literally got a second chance at life. By a difference of 30 seconds?
💯 Crazy!
I thought the same.
@manestage5403 HE posted on another video from 5am this morning. He said there was one other truck behind him & then he heard the noise as he got onto land. Like an earthquake .
I was thinking that about all those cars narrowly escaping death. It’s such a shame the workers weren’t given enough notice to escape.
I also watched that and wondered.
So heartbreaking. Deepest sympathy for all families forever affected by this tragedy.
Praying 🙏
Only beginning to effect people! This is already a tragedy for families of the fallen but the effects of this horrific accident are going to be devastating to our country!
Did you know them?
I can just imagine how those who got across just in time, or those who were stopped at the last second before crossing, must be feeling tonight. So grateful to be alive, hopefully with their loved ones. Six people didn't get to go home. Six families had their worlds shattered and forever changed. And it all happened in the blink of an eye. We should all be grateful for the ones in our lives and the simple joys each day brings because it can all be gone in a moment.
Actually from what I heard the bridge was cleared and closed down before the boat hit it as the crew managed to warn people after it lost power.
Why wasn’t the work crew notified???
Because they use a different dispatch...
I dont think they would had time to get off anyways 😢
They may have...however as typical they may not have understood English.
They probably took a few minutes to get into their trucks. The film looks like the construction trucks were moving when it hit, so just not quite enough time.
You act as if they had hours before to notify workers. Dah.
My heart goes out to those directly affected by this horrible life changing event. Heartbreaking 💔.
I was on a live feed from 3am till about 9am a young boy was in the chat, his dad was one of the workers missing he kept saying him and his mom haven't heard from him I was in tears
Там были не только водители но и рабочие на мосту? В дневное время машин больше. Следим из России 😢
@@aprilMichelleXJRLOh my gosh that is heartbreaking!
@@Alexandr-Vasilyev 🇺🇦
One of my daughter's chums was on the ER staff. That's one of the toughies, waiting for the siren which never comes.
Man why didn't they get the construction workers off the bridge. How can you block traffic but forget about the people already on the bridge. 😢
They were way out on the bridge, way out. By warning they mean the cops had about 2 minutes to close each end of the bridge...not nearly enough time to get the road crew off the bridge.
I'm sure no one forgot. Keep in mind that they had at MOST five minutes warning (and I don't think they had that long). The bridge was over a mile long, so going 60MPH, it would take a minute and a half to get all the way across if you don't stop or slow down for anything. Had they been able to contact the workers (and they may have...we don't know), they still wouldn't have had enough time to get out of there. Just the time it takes to jump in a vehicle (if you had one nearby), start it, and drive away would have been more time than they had, even in the best of circumstances.
@@sallygreenfield6991they had 90 seconds.
@@sallygreenfield6991 Cop cars have microphones. As a person who wanted to be a cop. I would've died trying to save the people already on the bridge. Let The other employees stop traffic.
Are you stupid. The workers had already fallen to water before cops arrived. People like you make me sick.
I hope the ship's insurance company pays for the replacement of the bridge, not the American taxpayer.
Read somewhere that the Frickin "government" is paying for it
Лучше капитан-украинец
Don’t worry, they will find something else for the taxpayers to pay for
@@user-sf7dp1ob4t bott 🙄
Can see you have your focus in the right place🧐
Thank God this didn't happen during rush hour! My prayers go out to all involved!
If it happened at rush hour it would cause inconvenience sure but casualty wouldn't have been more if mayday was called and traffic gets halted. In fact construction repairs are always done in the middle of the night when it's quiet. So it seem more likely if this happened during the day there wouldn't be workers there probably nobody would have died.
Involved? Ppl who had no idea what was happening are gone they weren't involved with anything just innocent lives loss
@@Truthseeker7771000 I'm sorry my words were not perfect. I'm just not up to "thoughts and prayers " ,they're used so much I thought I'd try to convey a sentiment that I'm praying for lives lost and the first responders! And I am!
@@keyboardbunny I disagree. If you watch the video there was barely enough time to get the word out. There's a white truck that just makes it off before the impact. Apparently cars have been detected under water but the count is one or two. And possibly cars that have been there for awhile. Rush hour would have been much worse,nevertheless lives were loss and I pray for them all!
😢😢😢😢😢😢@@dianewilliams1125
Prayers for all of those affected by this tragedy. God bless 🙏💔
Who cares about the bridge being rebuilt or whos gonna pay...people lost their lives poor families
Condolences to the families who lost their loved ones. May God be with you in these difficult moments.
My heart goes out to those workers families. So sad, they were just doing their jobs.
To be a first responder seeing this destruction up close and on the water has to be astonishing
Shut up
@@jackparsons000 tf is your problem?
Absolutely heartwrenching to watch those drivers fall - god be with the family members of the victims 🙏🏽 😢 - my God, i can't imagine
this is a truly tragic freak accident. I GENUIENLY feel sad for the workers. I hate they were working on a bridge just for it to be smashed down like that making the work useless and taking their lives in the process. What a tragic way to go. My prayers to those families that lost their loved ones in this incident.
Why should we pay for the bridge.. the ships owner.should have insurance for this type of incident
Ship owner is scared to lose millions
Oh well sh.t happens
well its not necessarily if the ship owner should pay... its the time... litigation could take years and we arent going to wait for that mess...
Bidenomics 🤷♂️
Why should we pay for Ukraines war I'd rather see our tax money going to a bridge in our own country than fighting a war on the other side of the world
Prayers for family and friends who lost their lives.
this reminds me of the barge that hit that bridge in florida back in 1977. cars and a greyhound bus full of passengers fell into the bay. many people died.
sounds like Final Destination 5 trailer
@@Ren-ri5cl No, Tampa Bay Skyway Bridge. They nearly had a replay a few years later, the pilot picked a sandbank instead.
Just from a barge ? How big was the boat
@@yikesmcgee-gz3lq Gross 20 000 tonnes
My heart breaks for these construction workers, may they rest in peace 😢.
Wow you see these things in movies but this is so surreal
Train Derailments, Houses blowing up, Food Plants catching on fire, Doors and Wheels falling off of Planes, ship crashing into bridges. Something is fishy
Yeah, sure, the orange juice doesn't taste the same I bet this is some illuminati conspiration...
@@bragagd1618 If you can't put things together, It's a lack of brainpower
It’s called infunstructor that’s been ignored since Kennedy was in office. Presidents forget they also have to take care of America and not send all of our money else where
Thank you to all the officers who saved countless lives that day and prayers for those who lost loved ones 🙏
They are in recovery now, no longer searching for life. The time passed is to long and the conditions to bad.
God bless those men working hard to feed their families 😢 ❤
The dark smoke means the engines were running at full capacity probably trying to go in reverse to slow down the ship.
Why didn't the drop anchor ? May because they lost power?
@@darrylturner2611 They had dropped the port anchor.
No its doesnt the smoke is the engines not getting enough oxygen and over revving
@darrylturner2611 They would have had to drop fifty anchors.
@@darrylturner2611it’s 100,000 tons, no anchor will stop that going at 7 knts
So so very sad , sending comfort to the families
So many companies are going to use this tragedy to increase prices. Pray for the families who are effected 😢
Why federal government pay for new bridge? It should be the shipping company who owns that ship
So they can send most of the money to Ukraine
it was the local pilot who controlled that ship. He is not part of the ship's company crew.
@@omeeawakened2371 Okay, DipShit. Thanks for the Minority Report... 🙄
The shipping company should pay for it, after a bunch of lawsuits that could take who knows how long. But in the meantime, it will have to be state and federal money to pay for it because it needs to be rebuilt ASAP.
Well, I would imagine they will end up paying some of, if not all of the expenses. However, the investigation and court schedules could take months to years to complete. The bridge needs to be fixed now, not later. So the federal government needs to step in to get it started asap. Once the investigation is complete, any money the company owes can then be paid back to the federal government.
Alive or not ..why not continue the search
They’re continuing the search, it’s just not a rescue effort. It’s a recovery effort. I bet you don’t know why they say “allegedly “ either.
Because it is now a recovery effort... for the deceased.
In the river???
Bridge went down like building 7 on sept 11th 2001 😢
Exactly 💯
the cargoship company should have to rebuild not tax payers
but then biden couldn't over charge by 80% and then pocket that. You think the left is gonna pass on the chance to rob the tax payers? ROFL
So heart breaking, deepest condolences to the family and friends of lost lives...
heartbreaking 💔
Time to come up with a new design for a bridge that doesn’t completely collapse when struck 🤷♂️
Well, no. I doubt any bridge in the world would withstand the incredible momentum a ship like that has.
1 trillion dollars please.
@@mwd331 Then build another crappy bridge that falls down again. How about putting buffers around the base of the bridge so a ship cannot hit the main towers, novel idea.
@tjking1909 again, it's not because of the bridges' "crappiness" that it collapsed. It stood just fine for 50 years. It's because a ship the size of a skyscraper crashed into it and because of the type of bridge it is, one support being taken away leads to it all collapsing. You are blaming the wrong thing.
Yeah good luck trying to stop 100k tons of steel moving at 20mph.
Literally in tears over the workers. I come from a family of construction workers and have family who works with steel daily on our bridges or in the air. Really hope theres a collection or help for their families. We dont do these jobs bc its fun, we do it to support our loved ones. I feel so bad for their family knowing they lost someone that meant so much to them ❤❤ god bless our working men and women and keep them safe ❤
What a horrible, horrible tragedy. Family members are surely devastated. That one survivor lost two family members in his crew. Family men . Hard-working men out there on graveyard shifts, making the surface safe for commuters. Baltimore needs to have a memorial at the very least.
The government gave all of the money to fix the infrastructure to Ukraine and other countries that's why this happened. Never forget that. Richest country in the world shouldn't have weak bridges.
The bridge has been up since the 1970s. I suppose they had no reason to believe this could happen.
Why no tugs taking the ship safely out of the harbor? Why no protection for the bridge pillars that would have prevented the collision and collapse? So sad.
Tugs are for barges, and the port. Not the harbor...
The tugs had already done their part.
Cause the bridge was older than you. You want them to fix every bridge in America to stop every vessel? Call Pete he may help you.
There's no feasible protection for bridge pillar from a 100,000 ton moving vehicle.
That is the million dollar question isn’t it.
Rip thoughts and prayers to those lives lost so sad 😢🙏🏻
How did they call to stop people from entering the bridge but didn’t alert the workers on the bridge
That hurts sooo fkn bad. Damn man
I don’t get it if it’s some one important they keep going and searching, but since it’s construction workers let’s just suspend the search. That’s sad.
Thank you
People wondering why the ships company is not paying for the repairs. Could be 2 reasons. First, the ship was piloted by a local and was not part of the crew. It's like a valet driver taking control of your car and he crashed into a building. Hard for it to be your responsibility. Secondly, that ship would be insured. That will take months or years to sort out with investigations and legal paperwork. The bridge needs instant repairs and can't wait that long. It needs immediate repairs considering the economic stakes as well as commute in the area.
What difference does the pilot make? There was a system failure that temporarily loss of all controls. If a plane shuts off in mid air, who the hell cares if the pilot is local vs foreign
The pilot won't take any responsibility, because the pilot already reported 'loss of power', which means it is a mechanical failure caused this trouble, so the shipbuilder or maintainer's responsibility
💔💔💔prayers for all these families involved
Why were the same protections added to the bay bridge never applied do this bridge? Look at the difference. And I guess we’re just gonna ignore the $10 billion allocated to the bridge investment program over 3 years ago.
Because it wasn’t
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 multiple life threatening scenarios.
Why does the Port Authority of Baltimore allow a container vessel 300 meters long, almost 50 meters wide and loaded with 10,000 containers to sail along the port's exit channel without being supported by at least 2 or 3 tugboats until open sea to avoid emergency situations, and even more so with the obstacle of a bridge built in the 70s designed for navigation at that time when there were no ships with the large dimensions that exist today?
Wait what? Traffic was stopped but why then were people working?!!!!! Why weren’t they told to leave? They ll be alive right now
like you could have predicted the bridge was going to collapse the way it did.
Prayers to the families that lost their loved ones. 😢
Prayers
the ship lost power and perfectly hit the bridge support
Why wouldn't the owner of the ship pay for it?
Insurance.
Probably bc it's about 500 million dollars and I doubt a ship capital of a cargo ships has that much. Unless he doing illegal things
Fair point. It's already been acknowledged the craft was going too fast. Who knows what else they'll find that went wrong. I wouldn't mind seeing the Maryland Transportation Authority, which charged tolls on it, sue the shipping company and use some of those funds to rebuild, rather than making Uncle Sam foot the entire bill.
Can't afford it@@trailingaccomplice3449
Our pilots were at the helm.
Condolences to families of all who lost their love ones in this horrible tragedy.
Something very strange here.... Very very very strange
The ship should pay for the whole bridge. This ship shouldn't have been at sea.
This happen alone the way duh
No you should pay for everything. And you shouldn't comment on The KZhead, anymore. 🙄
Yes, and the ship should go to ship jail lol
yeah, im sure quality-control was not really viligant about alerting to this possibility once they got close to cities and bridges. i agree with you
Woodcliff... you're right. The ship should have been on the highway.
Pilot can only navigate you to and from the harbor. The ships problem was the power went out. Which means their Engineering crew or crew at large is responsible for this. It's a shame the bridge couldn't be cleared in time.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice to this great nation. Someone please translate into Spanish.
Praying for the lives affected by this tragedy 🥺
The 6 that are missing got trapped in their work trucks or cars when the bridge fell and sank right to the bottom the impact probably knocked them out and they drowned on the way to the ocean floor
It's a river...not an ocean.
That is highly probably. I can’t believe how fast this happened Crumbled like a deck of cards. Less than 10 seconds!
If the police were able to stop traffic on the bridge, why wasn’t the construction crew alerted ? That’s my dang question
They thought about it, but then went "nah, screw those guys" and decided not to say anything. *Obviously* because they didn't have time to do anything. 🙄 Stay in school.
The last car and 18 wheeler that made it over that bridge skipped death for sure... rip to the construction workers 😢
Deepest sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives
Rebuild the bridge! We need a whole new infrastructure bill to repair our aging country USA
There was, 3 years ago. Of which $10 billion was allocated to Bridge Investment Program. But you’re supposed to ignore that and say the ship was too heavy nothing coulda been done.
@@christerry1773 takes more than 3 yrs to fix everything. You guys have no idea how long things take
@@LeonStjames Can’t be done, costs too much money? Now look what’s happening. No choice but to rebuild and it cost six people’s lives. So please tell me wtf I don’t understand.
The shipping company needs to pay 1 million dollars to the families or affected victims, they need to repay the costs the city and government incurred as a result of the accident as well as the entire cost of a new bridge. It’s only fair. Those ships are poorly maintained and I’ve no doubt it’ll be learned this vessel was in a state of disrepair. Making this a preventable accident
Wow such strong words from uncle Joey 😢
This is crazy i use to pass by here everyday to go to work, My prayers go out to their families😢
I think you mean "crews search for dead bodies"...
The government is harsh and taxes the people a lot. Wages are low and taxes are too high. How can ordinary people buy a house with their after-tax income? Canada should reduce taxes to fight inflation and high housing prices.
Heart breaking 💔
So heartbreaking 😢
Something isn’t right... how was the warning given so close to impact?
The crew was trying to regain control and issuing a warning, simultaneously... bad timing, indeed.
How about you make the company that owns the ship pay for the bridge instead of the American taxpayer...
They will. Don't panic. The insurer's lawyers will be on it already
Because the person piloting the boat was a local person not part of their crew.
@@muraismybby4617 So make whatever company he works for pay for it...
Check all bridges. Prayers for all the victims.
The quick response to shut the bridge down
I pray my cousin is alive still last ik is she was on the bridge at 1:28am
I think this is all BS
So very sad, may they rest in peace 🌷🌷🌷
Prayers offered for all affected. So very sad.
Why did they say sonar was finding cars, but then report that everyone involved were maintenance crew? Obviously no citizens cars went plunging off the bridge when it collapsed, only the maintenance vehicles. Hate what "News" has become, misleading and sensationalized.
may be cars from other accidents or everyone didn’t make it across before accident, or the crew had multiple vehicles?
It's possible that the construction road crews had vehicles & were in them trying to escape in the work trucks & construction vehicles they had. But unfortunately these journalists today are morons who don't provide any valid info. Good questions for a reporter to ask the Maryland Dept of Trans. is "how many work vehicles were assigned to the bridge?" "How long did it take bridge authorities to notify the workers from when they got the distress call?" Etc, etc. Nah we get some d bags & bubble headed broads more concerned with how good their hair looks for the camera. The only questions they asking is to the camera man "how's my face look in this lighting"-- TV reporter's make high 6 figs. Driving lambos & Ferraris to work. I know this because I did construction work at a major news station in a Phila & were working in the employee parking garage. All the casters were driving Porche GT's, Lambos & Ferraris. They all so fake too. I asked the one very popular news caster about his rare 40th anniversary edition lambo which is like 1 of 50 cars in the world & he didn't even look at me while saying "It's alot better than your POS" Then they go on camera & smile all chummy like they your friends. I know other people who worked at other stations & they say the same thing. All snobs. All incompetent. All round bad people who only care about collecting that paycheck. So wether it local or national or cable TV news. They all aholes driving rare exotic sport cars laughing all the way to the bank.
Right. 😂😂🫠
Because the workers had vehicles parked on the bridge while they were working. Those vehicles fell in when the bridge collapsed.
@AirForceFamily their small brain won't understand 😂
Deeply saddened by this horrific incident. My Sincerest Condolences to the Entire Families and Friends of ALL the individuals involved. I would like to say may they R.I.P…but how can they?? Their bodies aren’t even recovered! 🙏🏾❤️😢😢😢
This is miracle that it was 1:30 am. And not traffic time
My Condolences and Prayers to all the family's involved. Now Does Biden understand that money does not grow on trees and the shipping company has insurance as well as they make billions they can afford to replace that bridge themselves if their insurance skips out? Why is it the American Tax Payers have to keep flipping the Bills??
How does losing power cause a ship to hit the bridge? Why was it even next to the bridge? Where were they headed in the first place? Why haven't the press interviewed the Captain? Don't they use tugs and pilot boats to tow and guide these ships? Who owns the bridge? Who owns the ship? Why does the government have to pay? Doesn't the shipping company have insurance? Doesn't the bridge have insurance? Who profits from such a disaster? Follow the money! None of these questions have been answered. Do your job journalists!!!
someone didn't watch the video
@@Tornnaeto then answer the questions. None of my questions are answered in the video. Watch it again. I did.
@@andrewwhite9739 you just might be intellectually challenged if you couldn’t infer what happened in the video after watching it multiple times
Condolences to the families
very sad and heart breaking moment.
God bless
Those poor people. FJB! Didn't even mention the workers. He only knows how to spend money that we don't have.
The Gov stated in a brief that no vehicles went into the water yet you are reporting that cars being located by sonar!
There were construction vehicles on the bridge. They stopped normal traffic.
That’s sad man 😢
Why is not the ship company paying for it versus tax payers?
My guess is because the infrastructure bill’s Bridge Investment Program seriously failed.
Only 6 thumbs up?? That is fn ridiculous. Yes, the shipping company needs to pay for a new bridge. Not US, the tax payers.
If you spend a cent of federal money on a highway or bridge then it is illegal to collect tolls. That's a plus!
because it is critical infrastructure and needs to be rebuild soon. it would take ages in court to allocate the funds
Why didn't your public ally owned bridge have sufficient protection & anti-collision measures to prevent a bridge strike...???
Where is the ship registered? Which country.
Russia
Singapore registered ship piloted by Americans with 22 Indian crew!
@@rm_alfaro let's hope it's not DEI employees
CHINA of course. Something REALLY fishy here.
@@keithmorrison3520The ship is registered to Singapore not China.
My deepest condolences to the families 😢
God bless these people!
Under water drones, able to search for still warm, car shaped, metallic objects, could have peered into the vehicle and magnetically tagged a buoyed line to guide divers. The cars would have trapped air pockets, and the cold may have slowed the metabolism of surviving passengers in the cars; extending the time for the search.
It's a state of Emergency for the entire state for six people lost in an accident, Thousands lost their homes in Lahaina, thousands more drinking water supply was chemically tainted in E. Palestine, this is what Biden is willing to finally willing to do!? This is Bidens big ol contribution to America!? This is sad and pathetic by comparison, no offense to the very small handful of people who were directly effected, you deserve help absolutely, but so did thousands upon thousands of others that were completely ignored and in worse shape!
Lmaoo
almost everything is about optics
Man them workers going to get compensated so much