Crews begin cutting Baltimore bridge collapse debris into smaller pieces

[@robertpearson8546]

When you are cutting the metal, you do not know the forces on that steel and do not know how it will move when cut. That is what makes it so dangerous.

[@rociollamasvalle8414]

You right. It's not known what direction it going to take on the time It's cutting 😮🙏🏻🙏🏻 plays for God protect and gives wisdom ❤🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@lovevideos1699]

I thought about that! Hope they have something in place for that.

[@chromatic9180]

Don't they hold it with a crane to prevent it from falling randomly after cut?

[@tfrock5877]

@@chromatic9180They do, but they have no idea which way that steel will swing based on torque/tension on it from the collapse. Got some potential widow-makers in that rubble.

[@antoap3999]

They are professionals

[@craigkeller]

I’m praying my construction brothers stay safe. Few people can imagine how dangerous this situation is.

[@portnuefflyer]

I've heard the term 'unprecedented" being used by knowledgable heavy marine salvage experts, you are correct sir, this is a one off situation, I was puckered up just watching, waiting for that load to shift, the fact that it didn't says a lot.

[@tyler4088]

I don't even know how dangerous this could be but I couldn't imagine. Just watching it looks scary and dangerous.

[@a.randolph8112]

I can't even imagine doing that job. Balls of steel!

[@abubakariabdulai9505]

I fear seeing big and long water

[@drumcircler]

Let’s hope that nobody gets hurt doing this EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS task!

[@anthny45]

I’m super impressed at them using that particular process above water as much as they are these days.

[@JeffreyWindley-n4i]

Very dangerous because the metal has alot of stored engery .

[@thatguy5801]

many pieces can be under tension for sure

[@thomascacioppo3785]

I feel for the burners and crane operators. Greblav above comments everything is safe.

[@piquat1]

Ya, I imagine a room full of... structural engineers? trying to figure out where to cut it without it falling into a pile like a giant game of pickup sticks.

[@chrischupp9760]

I’m sure they looked at it and know where to cut.

[@ratataran]

​@@chrischupp9760sure, but knowing where to cut doesn't mean shit isn't going to go wrong after the cut

[@ThreeLittleBirds111]

Is the blue crane on the spud scow the 1,000 ton crane ?? At 1:36 . and is it a Manitowoc crane?? I'm a Bridgeman with LU 2404 in BC Canada...Thank You With Respect.

[@leonardcollings7389]

Howard Hughs built it. I believe it is a Hughs drill rig converted.

[@donaldhipple4921]

I can't imagine dealing with this much weight and tension while lifting and cutting the collapsed bridge. To all the workers, thank you and be careful.

[@fw1421]

That’s one serious cutting torch! Still going to take quite a while to clear from the shipping channel.

[@andrewgray1949]

I think they are using a torch because it is slow enough to see if there is tension or compression on the beam - If the cut starts to open up or close, they'll stop and re-assess

[@stuboyd1194]

On the bright side, it's heading towards summer with longer daylight hours and probably better weather to do this work.

[@JohnnyGonzalez-q6g]

Wow this gonna be a big process GOD Bless guys and thank u happy Easter guys

[@skylinecreations.1634]

Such a heavy and hard work. Hope the debris is clean sooner. Hats off to engineers, navy, sailors, divers, workers ....etc working out there.

[@leokimvideo]

Most dangerous job in the world, like playing kerplunk with 400.000 tonnes of steel

[@Deckman-oi3df]

Thank you

[@Tiny-one-o6n]

These men are brave!!! This is a very risky and scary situation!!! ❤❤❤ amazing!!!

[@Greblav]

No it isn’t. Every thing is checked to know where to start.

[@whooaaapppp]

once specific sections are cut, could they be towed on the side? just wondering

[@rogersmith5159]

Get on with it ... less talk and more action ... find the missing workers .

[@paanne1013]

They don't say much about the missing workers, which I find disgusting.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Baltimore is sweating bullets right now. I'm assuming that some of these port customers will never return??

[@ratataran]

I'm positive they will come back

[@ReckerFidelWOLF]

Bmore and sweating bullets sure it aint blood😂😂

[@kenyonbissett3512]

No where else to go at this point. Many ports have been shut down or are too small to handle everything the Baltimore port handles. The channel will be cleared quickly. The bridge will be a longer process.

[@MidnightWarrior1976]

all cutting torches are exothermic.

[@carolynbrightfield8911]

Stay safe people. Courageous.

[@portnuefflyer]

I've picked many loaded shipping containers with my 30 ton crane over the years. ONE at a time, and usually from as close as possible. To see the number of containers on the ship (and many more we can't see) gives me a pretty good idea of the weight involved, throw in the weight of the ship itself, and my mind boggles. Working with a torch from a man basket, with a water borne crane, with twisted masses of steel, they will be taking a while, as they should, damn dangerous.

[@JohnnyGonzalez-q6g]

Wow this gonna be a big process

[@rickymeadows5176]

Prayers that God keeps all these Men & Women safe & free from harm🙏 Just the stress that the contorted steel is under is hazardous when each individual pc. is cut & snaps free. UNBELIEVABLE BRAVERY ! With all the modern tech. I envisioned they would have used some means of robotic arms & plasma cutting not a couple guys suspended over the ocean with an oxy-acetylene torch !😱

[@drumcircler]

Nothing fails like prayer. Nothing succeeds like hard work. Keep it real.

[@andrewgray1949]

Skill and experience - Doing it manually means they can tell if the steel gap is opening or closing - any doubt and they'll step back and check things

[@the_lost_navigator7266]

The brifge sections are either square or H section. Square has four walls and H section has three. Will they cut leaving one wall in place, then use demolition charge to instantly cut the lsst wall?

[@sinbadsilvius5644]

now I know what people feel like in Godzilla movies

[@JohnnyGonzalez-q6g]

That's the truth everybody help each other out and lets keep the trouble makers away together

[@halon7476]

Thos beams could be in tension. Dangerous

[@bobwalker7531]

Not live keep showing same clips.

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Brave tradesmen!!!!

[@Deckman-oi3df]

Amazing

[@mscottlawrence2037]

Imagine having to work underwater doing this

[@kevinmoore9524]

Good Content.

[@HawaiiJetboat]

Demolition is one of the most dangerous jobs you can perform. Surprised that one of the platforms is not fully caged and the guy in the orange hard hat doesn't look like he has a harness on (maybe it's under the jacket?). Will there be any eco-mentalists screaming about spark containment or dust control?

[@fonhollohan2908]

Then you realize how incompetent the city officials have been for refusing to put safety first, on a key Bridge that is use to move most of America's Cargo by not having dolphins installed as safety barriers in front of those main structural pylons which would've easily prevented that ship from crashing into the Bridge. That's what dolphins are designed for and built for in the first place, they knew this was a problem to stop tragedies from happening. They should've learn their lesson from the SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE in Florida when a container ship crashed into the bridge and killed 35 people. but they failed to follow through with such safety measures. Sad situation if you ask me. Bridges in the US need to be seriously looked into to make sure their all up to par on safety concerns.

[@abubakariabdulai9505]

The city officials are not incompetent, they didn't design the bridge. Even the engineers who designed it weren't incompetent. That was the knowledge at that time. The key bridge is just one of those bridges without protective pillars to to be main pillars. No new bridge will be built like that in these days.

[@Tlu2000]

Just think, if those workers that died didn't come over to the US illegally, they would still be alive

[@darktoadone5068]

I wonder how long it takes for the torch to cut through one piece?

[@gokmachine]

at least 20 minutes. but it's a risky job

[@tomparth3398]

Probably a plasma cutter.

[@Psycandy]

there's nothing to assess, only one way to do it - a-yup... giant magnets. MRI machine 12-Tesla time-bending sortof magnets.

[@Deckman-oi3df]

Is there another ship that they will put the steel to take it to shore ?

[@ratataran]

No, they're gonna just cut it and drop it right into the channel bro... what do you think?

[@the_lost_navigator7266]

There are barges ready to take the material to a nearby dock that has been allocated for the work

[@MISSCOOKIE41]

Baltimore, MD. 🌹💔#KeyBridge Francis Scott Key Bridge R.I.P. 🕊🕊🕊🕊 Lord have mercy MASSIVE JOB being done I respect thee efforts of the men and women providing their expertise to the Key Bridge Salvage Recovery stages Thank you Reporter; Mike Hellgren/ WJZ for sharing. 🙏

[@chuckhunter77]

Well it's a good thing they didn't just try lifting it all out in one piece then, huh? Of course they're cutting into little pieces.

[@patrickmccrann991]

Do you realize how heavy those pieces are? There is no crane in the world that has the capacity to lift that much weight in a single lift!

[@chuckhunter77]

@@patrickmccrann991 You missed the sarcasm.

[@danielpullum1907]

There are plasma units now that could do the job but those require electrical power and compressed air. The exothermic are somewhat simpler "as I remember". Somebody is "creating" information that is not accurate. ie., "not many container ships use Baltimore" stated on an early Saturday morning blip".

[@mbwell]

This is going to be a loonnnggg project

[@Prekkersaurus]

I am just a layman I honestly don't know the reason can someone tell me why do you have one person doing the cutting and the other stand behind doing nothing much? Is this the safety protocol? Would the job speed up when you have 2 persons cutting the same time?

[@mattharper588]

I have done this kind of work and that is not practical.one person is cutting and his partner is watching out for any hazards that might occur while he is cutting.they will take turns cutting because it is a physical job.Also if they are working out of a man basket suspended from a crane the guy not cutting is communicating with the crane operator with a radio

[@GL-bh3ob]

So using a torch is faster and safer than unbolting the sections?

[@mtnviper1963]

Most bridges are riveted together.

[@iblesbosuok]

Perhaps they keep bolted sections intact for investigation and research. Just perhaps.

[@jeffreyatvars148]

Beams are under tension

[@GL-bh3ob]

@@mtnviper1963 stop the video and you'll see nuts

[@mattbauckman9907]

Yes. One tool instead of several.

[@timothybuchanan5373]

Conveniently the black box recorder missing the two critical minutes that would convict the perpetrator.

[@tank4922]

Why only have one guy working? If I w ere in charge of this I would have hundreds of people working.

[@awaiting...His...return]

Have the migrants do it .... earning the $ thrown at them for doing nothing.

[@patrickmccrann991]

And you would have hundreds of people dead! Leave it to the professionals!

[@JohnStark-j3d]

Wow crazy comments,no the steel cannot be put back together,stored energy(very important)a straw in between 2 fingers,and you cut it the long side springs back to form,accept with those steel beems thay will cut you in half.i am sure every cut has to be looked at 1st an engineer,then the crane operator has to put enough tension to make it somewhat safer,then the cutters can cut.

[@portnuefflyer]

The unseen crane ops are also at risk, shock loading can take down even the biggest rigs, it is good to see real pros at work.

[@John-Ontario]

Horrible camera operation.

[@BG-bj1mf]

How does one get all the information and workers needed to started on the job?

[@trollon-u2124]

You can only imagine the crooked behind scenes sh!+ that goes into giving out these contracts

[@28704joe]

Army Corps of Engineers have been around for an awful long time, this is one of the many missions they are asked to complete. And complete they will. No other countries equivalent will get the job done as well.

[@williamperry4684]

@@28704joe I don'tknow about that, they are still working on the damage from Hurricane Katrina which was many years ago . They are civilian government employees and they do not move to fast actaually they are milking it

[@kenyonbissett3512]

Specialized workers from around the country and world.

[@sailormanoyster1849]

Boscalis in the 🇳🇱 are marine slvage experts👍

[@Greblav]

One to look and one to work? 😂

[@mikeprice4103]

Do you even work at all? No

[@dnoginizr4]

government contracts they're short staffed

[@mattharper588]

In heavy construction you always have a partner with you for safety.I’ve done this kind of work and they will take turns cutting,one guy is not going to cut all day while his partner leans back and does nothing

[@Greblav]

@@mattharper588 What kind of safety can the guy behind him provide?

[@mattharper588]

@@Greblav I’m a retired Union Boilermaker and we always had a partner in case of an accident and I was on a job where two hands were doing exactly what these Ironworkers are doing,working from a articulated lift when one of them had a massive aneurism and collapsed,his partner was able to call for first responders and get the lift to the ground.Edit they also take turns cutting,you can’t expect your partner to do all of the work

[@harrybenson9983]

Prayers for the safety of the salvage crews. If fossil fuel production is eventually stopped altogether the acetylene used to cut this bridge up will disappear also. Another reminder of how integrated fossil fuels are in our societies, even steel will become very scarce and very expensive.

[@abubakariabdulai9505]

We pray for thier safety🙏

[@BOBANDERSON5150]

Shape Charges will bring it down faster.

[@john.norris]

another bridge was attacked by out of control barges and they say nothing THIS IS A CYBER ATTACK.... that ship was guided into the bridge black box circumvented

[@lowellfreeman4955]

If they are in such a hurry to get the port open why are they working on a bypass channel for small boats instead of opening the deep channel?

[@waynesmith9408]

Cause it might be EZer...than Waiting to Clear the Main Channel .

[@ratataran]

That's the fastest way to get at least some of the ships moving while they clear the main way

[@shinyjohn6568]

I had a bit of a sweat on watching the guys cutting through the steel, the tension release in some of those beams when cut through must be incredible...be careful fellas🙏

[@TKO67]

God Speed.

[@TomZart]

BALTIMORE'S - TEARS OF LOVE = 2024 !! Tears are the raindrops of the soul And there's one for all who die. They are the silent words of grief As they fall free from the eye. The shortest verse in the Bible Is the one where Jesus wept So, if you hold back tears, shed them When your pain is too harsh to accept. Tears are lovelier than a smile When they come from those you love As they seek relief from sadness When you're summoned from above. Tears are a love-mates humble gift When it's time to say goodbye Though the eyes are wet and swollen With time and patience they dry. By Tom Zart!

[@waynesmith9408]

EXCELLENT REPORT VIDEO

[@JohnStark-j3d]

Real men,gen xers.

[@rodtaylor7102]

Will create alot of work .stay safe all workers gas axe working overtime..shame poor souls lost there lives awful 😢

[@MdHasan-ry9gm]

আমি এক জন দক্ষ গ্যাস কাটার ম্যান এখন এখানে তো আমার যাওয়া দরকার

[@liquidplumbr1029]

"Exothermic cutting torch" So 'plasma cutter' wasn't a cool enough sounding term?

[@briansmith8967]

They tried the endothermic non-cutting torch, but that didn't work.....

[@Elo-hv3fw]

A plasma cutter would be an arc cutter that produces plasma. Acetylene- Oxygen cutting does not produce plasma. Please stop pissing into the internet.

[@rudepeoplestink]

different thing

[@28704joe]

Exothermic uses as its "gas" 60 PSI oxygen It's primary benefit is it cuts very thick metals like butter

[@abcd60528]

All the tax dollars should be spent on our infrastructure, not wars and wars around the globe 😢

[@ThorOdinson-s8m]

3 phases yet no mention of the 4 workers still trapped? Man how easily you’re forgotten about when money is involved.

[@kenyonbissett3512]

They haven’t forgotten. Parts of the bridge are resting on the vehicles blocking entry into the vehicles to retrieve the bodies.

[@dwnmddl]

There are much bigger torches. I’m sure they are on there way but little things will take years to remove the debris.

[@dogcreek8547]

Let the milking begin, never let a catastrophe go to waste right! especially when the swamp created it.

[@njorogegatui5291]

It's just a matter of time for them to put everything back like nothing ever happened.

[@RobertClolery]

Can they save the pieces and put it back together?

[@stilllake4716]

not really man that's dangerous and can leave allot of Fractured points on the bridge with weak stressed beams

[@V.E.R.O.]

Would you really want to drive over a recycled bridge?

[@pokermel]

​@V.E.R.O. I live a couple miles from the bridge and I sure as hell don't want to drive over a recycled bridge.

[@RobertClolery]

Aren't wields stronger than steel?@@pokermel

[@harleyb.birdwhisperer]

The Humpty Dumpty Reconstruction Company will be taking that task on. 😊

[@blitzroehre1807]

" Exothermic cutting device" interesting new name for a plasma cutting torch...

[@georgevanaken925]

Cutting it into smaller pieces, huh? Golly. We’re wondering, what are they gonna do next?

[@ratataran]

Who knows, they may even ship those smaller cut pieces to a scrap yard of sorts.

[@sagradamoly4234]

​@@ratataran Wow! That's so mind-blowing!

[@georgevanaken925]

@@ratataran Well, we can only hope. I guess we’ll stay tuned for further updates?

[@sg8888888]

Who'll designing the new bridge to replace the damaged one? 🎉🎉🎉

[@cedarxeda2665]

The American spirit!!! This country is too blessed

[@stephengebo2181]

"Hey boss how much you pay the new guy?" 😮😂😅🎉

[@janhappydk]

Guys, there are never any real accidents or coincidenses in this world. Everything is orchestrated with a specific purpose, both good and bad. This is not a physical universe, its a spiritual universe where everything is energy and mind. Everything that happens is to bring you back home to divine love. Your beliefs makes it real, but its all an illusion. Enjoy the show. Remember to buy popcorn and coke. 😃

[@mrhyde2484]

Bet theses guys are getting more than minimum wage.

[@Giversum]

They are doing hazardous work. They are not asking if 'you wants fries with that'.

[@jesussavesjesusgodlove7042]

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[@mikeundereood1071]

GOD 👑👑👑 AWAKE

[@stephenbarnes9196]

We every bridge in the US need to be updated and repair if we don't learn from this incident than we are going to be in trouble

[@nelioma9242]

What would happen to this world if all men leave

[@mike02272007]

Very very suspicious

[@_Imaginethis_]

🤡

[@melchezi8818]

Are they using solar energy for this?

[@helthuismartin]

Why no help from foreign countries????

[@jason1217346]

you recovered the missing people yet?

[@pokermel]

No. There are still four people missing.

[@ratataran]

​@@pokermelno, there are 4 bodies missing.

[@timerickson8895]

They were located but have to move the debri before they can fecover them

[@kiandrah8517]

Did it blow the ship horn and would the construction workers have been able to get off the bridge in time if it did?

[@stilllake4716]

they blow there horn all the times nothing about them blaring there horn is much of a warning more to let other ships or smaller ones know it's approaching in waters

[@ALNAEEMchannel]

free Palestine

[@sbrunner69]

Please don’t.

[@Giversum]

Wrong comment section, fool.

[@jameswarfield613]

Thay will have to keep the tugs on the boat till it's get past the bridge 😊

[@5150life]

What’s the hurry here. They gambled with this unprotected bridge for decades. F em

[@sbrunner69]

Who’s “they?”

[@ratataran]

​@@sbrunner69the Baltimore city planners, the bridge was unprotected from construction,

[@sbrunner69]

@@ratataran Baltimore city had nothing to do with his bridge. It was built and managed by the state of Maryland. Anyways “F em” tells us all we need to know about you.

[@toddodge9244]

CIA didn't destroy Kerch bridge and Francis Scott Key bridge wasn't retaliation so no need to hide name and photo of your hero Captain Crunch Happy April Fool's Day CIA.

[@MichelProchnau]

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

[@rebelfighter5249]

Yeah, this wasn't an accident. The truth will come out.

[@sbrunner69]

India is hostile to the west?

[@Giversum]

Dumb. Simply dumb comment.

[@MichelProchnau]

@@sbrunner69 yes it is. look it up.