How the Baltimore bridge collapsed after the cargo ship collision

Demolition crews have started removing the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge as the families of six construction workers grieve and investigators question how the fully-loaded cargo ship tragically lost control. NBC’s Tom Costello reports in this week’s Sunday Focus.
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#Baltimore #Bridge #BridgeCollapse

[@christinanevils3376]

awe im so sorry for the families who lost loved ones!!!

[@1wwtom]

I retired at the end of 2022 after working for 50 years at most every port facility in Baltimore. Back in the mid 70's when the bridge was built no one imagined that container ships would become so large. In those 50 years there has never been a problem with them till now. Maybe some of these behemoths are too large to safely come in here.

[@my3dviews]

I'm sure that the new bridge, when built will take that into account. As was done with the bridge in Tampa Bay when rebuilt.

[@restoreamerica1558]

Bottom line we pay people huge salaries to deal with these safety issues, but most of these jobs are given as handouts anymore. If this was so easy to do, they should have built barriers or did whatever to make it safer. This could have been so much worse if that bridge was full! We used to hold people accountable, now we are just reacting to tragedies like Maui when government people are not doing what their payed to do! We have agencies and spend billions of tax payer dollars and huge benefits for people to be on top of these risks.

[@micro9142]

Bridge supports were made too weak to lower construction costs. They should be massive reinfoced concrete structures like in Europe.

[@nicovandermerwe2747]

Reminds me of the Ever given blocking the Suez Canal. I don't think anyone catered for the possibility of these ships becoming this large. We really are pushing the boundaries of the available routes and infrastructure.

[@paulwrite1405]

Because of the bridge supports being vulnerable to an impact from an out of control ship etc there should have been a tug escort until these massive ships passed the bridge. Now tally the cost of a tug and a man's wage and fuel against the cost of lives ,the cleaning up and the cost for building a new bridge, it took me literally 1 second to work out the cheapest option, but what do I know, I'm just a simple carpenter/joiner

[@Clementinewoofwoof]

I’m going to be honest here, it’s extremely concerning how quickly that bridge fell apart

[@leifjohnson617]

I am not surprised about how quickly the bridge came down. I am NOT an architect but I think that bridges like the one in Baltimore are not designed to withstand a blow from a large AND heavy ship.

[@user-of2sw8jh1x]

@@leifjohnson617 pssst architects only design something that is estatic, us engineers calculate the construction and try to make the design work, not unneccasary expensive, yet strong/safe enough. but you are right the ship would demolish anything in its path. as for the quick falling apart. the pillars are there to withstand several directional forces. the location is not random, it is vital. taking it out is like taking out a card from a cardhouse.

[@Bigwingrider1800]

And have the boat insurance pay for this disaster. NOT US.

[@bradleymunoz8274]

God bless the family’s

[@Bigwingrider1800]

It shouldn't take 12-24 months to figure out what REALLY happened.

[@KappaKiller108]

In your professional opinion. How long should it take to remove the ship, reinforce the kneel, then get it up in drydock, before a total disassembly and inspection of every part of the electrical and drive systems?

[@jasonjulian6436]

It doesn't. It takes 12-24 months before they decide who should know what really happened.

[@Bigwingrider1800]

@@jasonjulian6436 I know this...

[@zeenaabdura5686]

What happened to the live camera of the ship? We all want to watch the workers remove the bridge pieces. Give up the live camera

[@Shades_of_Resilience333]

That’s so sad 😢

[@khrystalkhoury62]

Im sure he meant to say, "Our prayers are with the families....".

[@cathyt144]

That bridge fell like dominoes.such a tragedy. Support beams should have been protected and the ship was too large and traveling too fast.

[@Clementinewoofwoof]

Exactly

[@thegreypath1777]

The ship never should have left dock with those electrical issues.

[@morromk7538]

Hey it’s the reporter from curb your enthusiasm “ Disgruntled”

[@user-ng4nn4zw6r]

Since there were no billowing oceanic waves present in the water that night, where did the force(s) come from to knock the ship off its initial trajectory towards the open waters and redirect it towards the bridge pillar?

[@KappaKiller108]

You dint understand how waterways are. Smooth surfaces don't mean no current. The Cape cod canal is famous for having almost glass smooth surfaces, yet still having 60mph undercurrents. People get sucked out to sea every year, thinking it's safe to swim

[@user-ng4nn4zw6r]

@@KappaKiller108 Yes, I definitely understand that currents are present in these types of waterways and what currents can do. My comment was to what degree would it be necessary to turn such a heavy laden ship 90+ degrees, or more, in such a short span of distance. Would it take the usual anticipated current or billowing waves? We must ask these questions. Question everything, not just me. Go back and re-read my comment. That is why I mentioned Newton's First Law. Were the undercurrents, alone, enough to turn the ship so abruptly and to such a degree? I don't know. I understand the issue about the position of the rudder, but does the physics make sense in this situation? Never be naive or gullible. Again, question everything! On the other hand, thanks for your response. It is all good commentary. Way back when I was in corporate America, we would have "Blue Sky" Monday meetings. That was a meeting where all ifnthe engineers in my group would come together and throw out ideas without the concern of any idea being over the top or stupid. That way we got practically every possibility on the table. Next, we would review every idea for its benefits, if any, then discard what was left. Oftentimes the so-called dumbest ideas had some of the best hidden gems. Keep the conversation and inquiry going. Yet a surprise fact may turn up that changes the narrative from benign to sinister. Accept the truth, even if it hurts.

[@user-ng4nn4zw6r]

​@@KappaKiller108 Yes, I understand undercurrents. My response was to what degree would it be necessary to turn such a heavy-laden ship greater than 90 degrees and in such a short span of distance. That is why I mentioned Newton's First Law - taking into consideration the rudder's position in maintaining a particular trajectory, what quantity of force would be necessary to redirect an unpowered ship to that degree in such a short time and over such a short distance - the usual undercurrents or billowing waves? With what has been going on in our nation over the past year regarding suspect mass shootings, and even scientifically valid questions about September 11, 2001 events, as patriots, we must always seek the truth. Even if the truth hurts in the short run, it may save us from much greater sorrows in the long run. Never let anyone deny you the right to use that inquisitive device that is stored within your cranium. The life you save may be your own.

[@uncleshawnofthejungle29]

I'm going to Monday morning quarterback this but if it was such a critical port with so many ships in an out and so many vehicles traveling across the bridge and employees billions of dollars etc. why were the embankments never expanded to a more suitable standard? You don't have to rebuild the entire bridge to make the bridge embankment larger. A little forethought to the potential of a ship running into a pillar?

[@uncleshawnofthejungle29]

Oh and trains. Apparently trains go across that bridge as well. Who knew

[@williamt1579]

It’s suspicious that the ship was working fine until it got within a certain distance of the bridge… then it “lost power”. It makes me think some crew member may have intentionally sabotaged the ship.

[@muratti72muc]

or maybe the 2 US pilots sabotaged it. Or maybe Trump, the Pope, Mickey Mouse, etc. If you don't know anything, you should just be quiet.

[@verdebusterAP]

Its poor ship design and even poorer decision making by the crew The ship had no back up to the propulsion so even though electrical power was restored, it was still out of control The bridge should have been made the decision to turn the ship around using what limited control they had The fact is that the captain did not want to pay the extra money involved with returning to port to resolve the issue instead , he opted to chance it The last bit showing the ship veering shows that bow thruster was still operational so bad ship design and even worst decision making by the crew You are correct, they are going to grill the crew extra crispy to find why

[@DoggosAndJiuJitsu]

Look at the corruption we’ve seen for the last four years. Then all of a sudden an accident happens that negatively impacts a significant portion of the country’s infrastructure.

[@AdaptEdgeInstatute]

RIGHT! Why di it turn directly into the support when it was going to miss it?

[@vade137]

yes

[@traida111]

wasnt there something dodgy on that ship? like trafficked kids in containers?

[@uncleshawnofthejungle29]

Makes sense why Biden is in such a hurry to get there....

[@DavidKen878]

What?

[@stro3277]

America: Why can't we build bridges... Mark Rober: Let me have a crack at it... The future: Its the most advanced ever built in all of history.

[@reggieseel5106]

Now thats stupid. You have never worked on a ship ,have you ?

[@mtio2807]

@0:56 you see a person be thrown up and fall on the bridge

[@Twinacuity]

I feel like Magneto could have prevented this

[@DavidKen878]

Grow up

[@Pixelkip]

Gross

[@Musclecarera69]

So since 1980 and updated bridge design parameters, they never installed barriers to prevent this from occurring. Wonder how many other bridges are vulnerable like this bridge was.

[@jayasmrmore3687]

Did you see the size of the ship? No bridge can be hit by such a large ship without at least losing some structural integrity.

[@4Sunflower]

There was significant piling in place to protect the supports. This has nothing to do with the bridge, but everything to do with the ship. It lost power, lost its steering, while the 100,000 ton barge veered straight for a support. It was a very well constructed bridge and was in great shape, but not built to resist that force and weight. It is the barge sizes that need to be reevaluated.

[@Musclecarera69]

@@4Sunflower there were no barriers in place, did you even watch the video? And I’m quite aware that the bridge wasn’t designed for a lateral impact of that size. My point is it would’ve been cheaper to build install barriers over the last 44 years than now clean up and build an entire new structure.

[@bfa-xi1py]

@@jayasmrmore3687 BS, even a ship of the 80s could have destroyed bridge. In 1980 a ship did "chip" pillar, bit different angel and perhaps bridge would already have collapsed in the 80s. This time a ship did hit pillar again, pillar of bridge was not designed to handle a collision with a ship.

[@bfa-xi1py]

@@4Sunflower " It was a very well constructed bridge and was in great shape, but not built to resist that force and weight. " BS, bridge had nop protection, in 1980 another bridge did collapse thanks to a ship of those days. A ship could have dstroyed bridge in 1980 as well, in fact a ship did "chip" pillar of this bridge in 1980, so it was already known bridge had serious problem in 1980.

[@paratrooperlane7022]

Was this wreck intentional?

[@tezzasbigbuz3933]

Wow the lives lost mentioned last

[@kwokpunchan7954]

船到橋頭自然直錯了

[@benjaminmunoz49]

London bridge is falling down falling sown falling down.

[@MWOOD11291970]

Come on people !! Accidents happen. They stopped traffic in time. Unfortunately the bridge workers didn’t have time to get off the bridge. I’m sure some will want barriers installed on all bridge supports now. Simple solution. Require tugs to assist all vessels leaving ports until they have cleared any bridges

[@oneshortgamer2540]

It could have been preventable but it's not because someone wanted to save money

[@Zboarts1990]

​@oneshortgamer2540 please explain

[@oneshortgamer2540]

@@Zboarts1990 what, that they didn't use dolphins like all other bridges?

[@fighterz763]

Accidents like this shouldn't happen in a first world country. Hundreds of people could have been on the bridge and drowned if it happened during the day. We pay the government trillions of dollar in taxes a year and they do nothing with it like caring for our safety and preventing catastrophes like this. This bridge will cost $400 million to rebuild with tax payer money. People need to get fired and go to jail for this.

[@MWOOD11291970]

@@fighterz763 Why would the tax payers have to foot this bill?? If you’re gonna take that stance. We should ground every aircraft, close all the highways , stop all trains and so on. We live in a man made world and accidents do and will happen. All you can do is learn from them and do better next time

[@missinlokko8151]

Who was the captain of the ship

[@thegreypath1777]

The captain wasn't the person steering the boat at the time of the incident.

[@MsPinkCrusader]

America's mistake, they knew large cargo ships routinely pass under the bridge. Why they never build reinforcement? It was not a "terrorist" attack.

[@riddlesjackstorm9003]

Yeah its just a big coincidence right?

[@originalchildclown]

Did it run using an Xbox controller?

[@DavidKen878]

Seriously. Please grow up

[@user-kd9vo8dh7o]

You didn’t help poor Palestinians… now you lost Millions in water

[@nathanfortun5768]

How many times have engineers repeatedly told us and the GOVERNMENT that bridges were designed over 30+ years ago and need to be either completely renovated or demolished and rebuilt entirely. We knew this after the I35W bridge collapse in Minnesota. When is the government going to listen to engineers and inspectors to fix old bridges and other infrastructure.

[@barbiek3987]

comparing baltimore to minneapolis is like comparing apples to oranges. The Minneapolis bridge collapse was because the bridge collapsed ON ITS OWN. In Baltimore, the truss bridge came down because a very heavy object hit it just right.

[@nathanfortun5768]

@@barbiek3987 the point is that bridges in this nation need to be updated? What part of that do people not understand. The Minneapolis bridge was neglected, this bridge was ignored. Different situations same result. All bridges in America that were built 30+ years ago to a different standard need to be updated to meet today’s regulations. If they had built buffer systems in front of the beams the bridge could be still standing. Yes no one expected it to happen but that’s why those new safety features are there. You hope you never need to use them but they are there just in case.

[@lesterpace5625]

So now the large bridge sunk to the bottom and it got larger? Oh yes the steel aborsorbed water on the bottom. Don't forget the mudd stuck to the steel also. They can reuse and have some left. Profit for sure!

[@mike02272007]

Very suspicious

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

Exactly

[@onedaycloser8888]

This is so sad. My thoughts and prayers are with the families involved. Revelation 21:3,4 💔🙏🏾

[@danbailey2964]

Pray to who? Your god who knew this would happen thousands of years ago and chose not to do a. Thing about it?

[@thegreypath1777]

@@danbailey2964 - God didn't cause this bridge to fall, but He will help with the recovery efforts, and He will help with the rebuilding of the bridge.

[@danbailey2964]

@@thegreypath1777 I didn't say your god caused it, I said it knew it was going to happen and did nothing. Some god you've got there...let horrible things happen and show up late to fix what it could have avoided. Religion makes people believe and say stupid things.

[@TwahaRobert-rq9tl]

😢😢😢

[@johndooh1709]

LAY.

[@OwenAlekos-mh7yw]

Country music festival not christian church. But the logic of nonprofit and contactless payments. Regarding how it is a type of insurance and the way the event seems, seems like a religious meetup. Thus, they are people who are using a lot of unionizing and event organizing and using audio engineering and using scams. Therefore, the context of the plans they have for fairness for the people attacked by them or who didn't go or are stalked and so forth. Regarding how the country music festival viewed as christian services could be the Maersk and the Frances key bridge... Like, the example would be a full 'country' country music festival license ticket payment each year like a subscription; and be returned to the people like a nonprofit. It's paid by a credit union because it's a nonprofit and later the people pay/ contribute (which is decided by attendance). Same could be said with schools, public and private. And libraries. All of it with the credit union could imply work. Therefore, having a profile and insurance could be solving homelessness through outreach nonprofit organizations as well as mental health issues and behavioral issues, etc. like it's able to be a government internet investments of social organizations through a nonprofit organization. Which would mean that it's like a type of peace corps stipend payment associated with subscriptions and memberships through nonprofits (like, as an internet provider employee and so forth, the free websites aren't free but appear to be.). Like, Google's apps and search and websites as well as other things like free phones are all relying on the contributions. Thus, without a full portfolio for it like it is a country wide government nonprofit including the full fediverse, it's like always spending money on things not being used without being reimbursed but with the insurance, it's like always having a lower quality version considered free due to it being a free recreational service for the yearly contribution (despite not being public.). Thus, peace corps and how festivals could be a type of social services using the businesses as nonprofits for organizing social media technologies and profiles (data collections) for the conflict resolution of community services costs... Complicated but with a plan... Potentially populations are unionizing like confiscations of property that is already nonprofit while acting against peace corps while denying correct social services and community insurance; and it makes automated systems of Bitcoin and safepal and dapp systems have book keeping financial aid social media and agreements made automatically like the persons are employees with default payment plans for conflict resolution (like bankers assistance helps them pay for the circumstances like one-time donations). As though Churches are country music festivals. Google Fi is festival insurance? "Fi" is festival insurance? Scientology basically is it, so it solves the case. Therefore they force people to be homeless and charge them for everything claimed as free and make them pay rent and deny their insurance and deny their finance while making stories about having to pay security and so forth. Like, later they still follow and stalk the people but it's like "you probably get paid unemployment financial aid services from a school union educating about nonprofits" while supporting capitalism (classifying the people as prisoners; it could be the same reason why safepal dapp system is about geopolitical systems of finance and division/ diverse finance rather than being in personal pocket as well as avoidance of credit unions and so forth). Thus, it's like "when did those people ever live differently? Because it's always an excuse and their intellectual property work and legal work was always like fake nonprofits while doing fake community service." Like, they modified costs and made charges and relations that were starting fights and imprisoning people who were employees. Like they use no business formality nor use proper business programs instead it's like identity fraud and theft. The true costs of KZbin and deepfake insurance when the people wouldn't believe that they are paying but will never pay more than the minimum while accumulating media against them (like a profile network they would want to put into collections and do an employment credit payment plan for resolving; which would look like holding a fulcrum against theirself while paying the people who used it to attack them like they are meeting the employment Insurance needs and apologizing (financial prison)). Financial prisoners always ask for free lawyers like they can't use their own didactic reasoning because they already tied up their didactic reasoning legal work with conflicts (as though they are bitcoins held in fulcrum-wallets-against them). Thus, the addressing would be the context of conflict between the different groups and cultures and their employment records and relations and insurance. Similar to "what's right and true for one person isn't right nor true for another." Thus, using christian services/ church/ festival insurance to organize public schools and make social business contracts like a migration division of worker employment (a dependency program contract (could be an ultimatum presupposed by claims that they did more work than others cared to recognize was needing to be important and relevant towards the diction of their Bitcoins and value of contribution and insurance (similar to not conforming to the issues of identity related circumstances of finance relations through safepal dapp))). Safepal dapp could be really old and be much more global in it's roots now than before, regarding the content of negotiations having expanded into a full fediverse of dapp. In fact, safepal and dapp could be, SNAP benefits programs (like the more torrents and seeds and so forth, the more they have geopolitical debit options like a meritocracy insurance profile). Denying education in courts when the formality of situation defines the arrangement as an only ultimatum of the judge for a choice between two unions of option for their geopolitical finance means that safepal dapp (snap) has a solution already pre-planned (since it's all preplanned and repositories, the libraries or organizing is like real insurance employment work). Was doing ordz (bitboy and bitgirl) not orders? (Native instruments is them?) Find my device/network when it could be like the ultimate property management negotiations technologies of assets and liabilities claims. (Find your, find our, find theirs, etc.). Find my passport. Find my records. Find my DOL find my bank account. The con artists. Find my Intel, like how would you know? Just screen looking. Roth IRA, IRS taxes when making over the limit. It's conversion finance and the taxes are like union insurance deposits; it's not a warlord tax system (supportive business, educated business). It's like an educators insurance tax collections and uses (public health, etc).

[@fly-9262]

I think your Amazon order will be late.

[@stevenklinkhamer9069]

Not having protective berms around those support columns was a costly oversight it now appears.

[@gretavanfleetarmy]

We'll never find out what really happened...this smells fishy AF just like all the train explosions!

[@CraigBaughan-mg3hf]

Warning sirens not required for ships.

[@brannenmarcure9368]

Rocky and bullwinkle my lovely sheeple

[@thegreypath1777]

What?

[@armyant6187]

To be continued.

[@donnalittle5453]

Here my question is that a CHINA BARGE?

[@paulmiles6012]

It was 'the mothman'

[@bobf1174]

1600’ between the cement pillars. Why so close to the one pillar? Why at night, pitch black? Who approved departure?

[@barbiek3987]

Are you seriously asking those questions? The channel is two-way, like a road. Why do you drive on one side of the road and not in the middle? That port is open 24/7. Like airports. They don't stop just because it gets dark. What reason would there have been to NOT allow the Dali to leave?

[@bobf1174]

@@barbiek3987 crew wasn’t prepared

[@barbiek3987]

@@bobf1174 What crew wasn't prepared for what?

[@thegreypath1777]

@@barbiek3987 - That ship was having electrical problems at port; it never should have been allowed to leave port.

[@samuelhomer8885]

The high cost of low prices we need to bring back jobs to the USA what do you think

[@Swelake]

Psy Ops. 100%

[@user-sl8pv9sy9e]

Windows running boat??

[@bobf1174]

Commodore 64

[@user-sl8pv9sy9e]

@@bobf1174 ya ms pushed stupid windows then rest of world got it through usa bs safety systems that can be hacked. Look at released transcripts. What kinda safety bs is that.

[@Glau-T-900]

Mac 🖥️

[@johnq.8889]

The previous shipwreck is too dissimilar a comparison. Weather is a factor that can be beyond any operator's control. Regardless of protective barriers, bridges are not engineered to withstand direct collisions from enormous ships, nor should they be.

[@bfa-xi1py]

"Regardless of protective barriers, bridges are not engineered to withstand direct collisions from enormous ships, nor should they be." Ohhh, that is why they spend a lot of money on protection? Google "bridge 1980 florida" and do see new bridge.

[@JadaCole8]

Why they cant go get then rest of the people out the water, and the bridge was too old

[@daro1586]

Remember Speed 2 movie? Well...think about it.

[@patriciamartin1349]

I send my prayers and condolences to the deceased's Family and Friends. No vehicles or trucks should be allowed to cross any Bridges that cargo ships, etc. We do it for railroad crossings. It's that simple. Human lives come first.

[@danbailey2964]

Pray to who, the god that knew it was going to happen for thousands of years and sat by idly while men died? Some god you've got there.

[@Saturni88]

....... the dumbest title I've seen for a youtube video in awhile....

[@wildcat4478]

The bright is old. Yes, 0:55 but the question is the pilot have license? Look at the way he hit the bridge…omg

[@barbiek3987]

Well ask that question to the local authorities who hired him/her. Oh, and btw, that Pilot was TRAINING another Pilot.

[@kyawsithu5033]

Check minimum safe manning is safe or not

[@ahmadqureshi9376]

😮

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

What are the chances of US collecting any monies from the Ships Ins co ? 😂

[@rogerthat4545]

What makes you think we won't??

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

@@rogerthat4545 The current administration ?

[@roxy85797]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂

[@mikepoor6397]

What a grand distraction from the whistleblower who got suicided just recently

[@thegreypath1777]

What?

[@rnp1785]

All cargo ships have back up emergency generators that kick on if regular power disconnects.

[@oneshortgamer2540]

They tried to restore it twice it didn't work

[@thegreypath1777]

That ship should have never been allowed to leave port, with the electrical issues that it was having.

[@22lilacsky]

The masses need to wake up already....it's getting redundant now

[@rogerthat4545]

Huh??

[@ReikiHealingLA]

“All evil is planned ahead…”

[@scottwade3904]

There must be a bunch of empty containers on that ship if it's travelling at 1/4 capacity.

[@scottwade3904]

8 knots, 200 million pounds (looks like a better number) is roughly 84 million pounds of force

[@verdebusterAP]

The issue is that the bow thruster was still operational so they could have turned around far earlier The fact is that the captain did not what to return to port due the extra money that would have been involved so he decided to chance it and try to resolve the issue at sea and that poor decision is why we are here now

[@scottwade3904]

@@verdebusterAP wut?

[@loftiestsea7202]

So basically. They are tryna say that the bridge could have taken the hit if it was upgraded properly. Gotta love the deflection of blame 😂

[@user-sl8pv9sy9e]

Need to review ship cpu for safety system. Default state should not have allowed collision

[@oneshortgamer2540]

It didn't have power

[@woody5109]

🤔

[@restoreamerica1558]

My issue with the whole mess is if traffic frequently goes by, why didn’t they do something to protect those supports. If it was so easy to knock down, they should have been thinking ahead, not just reacting to a tragedy. It seems too many of those are happening. We employ and pay large salaries too people and a functioning government should be on top of things like this. We have too many people in these positions that just collect their charity and are not doing their job. Back just a few years ago, people would be held accountable for the negligence at some point. That bridge could have easily been filled with cars on it! Our Government is too concerned with pronouns vs. what their real responsibility is.

[@KappaKiller108]

You are describing a 250 ton battering ram going 40mph as an "easy" hit It's not

[@craiggill4816]

Blew up

[@rogerthat4545]

Huh???

[@Rawfish_lowercase]

That was funny💀

[@larryneville1811]

But Joeys train is still ok, right.

[@jeroldeddins1209]

This tragedy was preventable. I'm sure the Transportation Secretary & Biden Administration were busy not properly handling other things as well.

[@muratti72muc]

why Biden? They have done nothing for the last 40+ years after the Sunshine Skyway Bridge accident. There were many different presidents at that time, none of whom did anything. If I am a city that has a port that is extremely important economically for the city, I should take care of the security of the port myself. Especially if there is only one access route to the port. Once again, money was saved on the wrong thing. Now you have the result of false saving. It was only a matter of time before something like that had to happen again. Outdated bridge with no protection hits modern ship.

[@jeroldeddins1209]

@@muratti72muc And when the team loses they blame the coach. Not the last coach, the current coach.

[@ctwatcher]

Name it The Star Spangled Banner Bridge. Better yet, don't rebuild it and use ferries instead. Or make the terrorists that did this pay for it all.

[@danrose9289]

unreal be safe all take a break

[@AayDee]

Americas mistake? Biden Harris allocated 2.6 billion to democrat mayor Brandon Scott in 2022-2023 specifically to roads and bridges. The issues with this bridge not having protection around the support beams was a well known issue and risk due to the amount of cargo traffic. Not to mention this was a toll bridge. Where was all this money allocated? This is a democrat issue.

[@bfa-xi1py]

It was a bridge of the state.

[@lindakazsals8858]

The ship did not crash into the bridge. FOUR different tv stations have twisted the bridge story!

[@anthonyedgar3000]

lol wut

[@22lilacsky]

what were those so called workers really doing on the bridge? No horn blown, last minute mayday, ....no tugboats. ship was off it's course WAY BEFORE loss of power...yah sure.

[@heartsmyfaceforever8140]

Workers work bridges at night as a general rule. Fixing lights, inspecting, repairing the road…. It’s completely normal they were there.

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

You already know it's a false flag "accident"

[@barbiek3987]

They were working when traffic was lightest. Only luck that a mayday was sent. Usually they're not. Tugs had done what they were supposed to do and had handed off to the PILOT. And you know the Dali was off course, how?

[@KappaKiller108]

​@@SOLIDSNAKE. You're using words you don't know. If you're calling something an accident it's not a false flag operation

[@tlcp53b49]

Have to wonder what would have happened to the cargo ship if it had made it under the bridge successfully???

[@rogerthat4545]

You wouldn't be able to leave a stupid comment.

[@barbiek3987]

probably continued on to Sri Lanka. SMDH at some comments.

[@AdaptEdgeInstatute]

Anything but a terrorist attack...lol...Look at the video the ship changed course and took a direct aim at the support and why did the data black box lose the last 2 minutes of the incident? Im calling BS

[@TrainedSniper12]

We had another bar collapse on the Arkansas river

[@Lena-so2lq]

When was that?

[@johnjunior9156]

Aquatic 9/11 😢

[@angusmackaskill3035]

it was built with toothpicks

[@barbiek3987]

That style of bridge is notorious for coming down like a house of cards, if hit just 'right'. Toothpicks had nothing to do with it.

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

So another "accident", how convient this one little ship is gonna affect the whole economy, yea right

[@e.t.preppin7084]

The economy was already doomed. Don’t even try and blame the inevitable crash on this. This is but a little icing on the cake.

[@rogerthat4545]

Huh??

[@BiffsEquipment]

@@rogerthat4545what do you mean “huh?” Have you not noticed that our economy is trash the last 2+ years and getting worse by the day? He’s saying our government is now going to blame the crashing economy on this bridge accident which in reality it has little to do with it. Our economy sucks because of our terrible president.. now he just has another way to point their finger and say “this isn’t my fault!”

[@rogerthat4545]

@@BiffsEquipment record stick markets? Record jobs numbers? 3.9% GDP growth?? You're not American, are you?

[@commandershepard9920]

@@BiffsEquipment Let us know when you catch Biden "blaming the economy on the bridge collapse." I've got a feeling we'll be waiting forever.

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

Lol you're so silly they're saying this ship is what's go a ruin the economy, not us rich people In power, keep believing the lies

[@NotJackAlderson]

Another bridge was hit by a cargo ship in Oklahoma 🤨

[@barbiek3987]

A barge came loose and bumped into the bridge. No biggie quite a common occurrence. The bridge was closed for a few hours then reopened. No biggie.

[@aislinnkeilah7361]

Inadequate barriers and no tug support thru the bridge. Port Authority appears negligent.

[@barbiek3987]

The tugs never take any ships under the bridge, the PILOT does that. As it's been done thousands of times before, without incident.

[@gojirajenkins8528]

Hey remember when Herbert didn’t clear the entire bridge and let 6 people die ? I sure do and we have the radio transmission proving the entire detachment on duty knew construction workers were still on the bridge. The fact the toll cops on duty are being honored as heroes for voluntarily not clearing the bridge is sick joke. I wonder if the toll cops will give up their pay checks and send them to the family every year until retirement ? Oh wait no they will cash their checks and pretend to be heroes ! Jeremy Herbert killed 6 people and got an award…. Sick joke

[@KappaKiller108]

The two cops on scene were both blocking traffic Literally 20 seconds before the impact, you hear the officer in the southbound lane saying "Get someone here to block so we can go get the crew" You are either dumb or being intentionally spiteful

[@robbymedina11]

U sure it wasn't racism pete. You dolt 😢

[@larryneville1811]

On todays episode of as our toilet swirls.

[@mikeprice4103]

Are you a crapper cleaner?

[@djaa7]

What do you mean how? It got trucked. It took a hit from the office linebacker. Welcome to the NFL bridge

[@patrick_lee]

I don't understand how China has zero accountability for this incident!

[@KappaKiller108]

Then it seems you don't really understand the incident at all

[@patrick_lee]

@@KappaKiller108you tell me...why nobody talk China now?

[@rickraybourn7456]

Who was the Captain of the ship, was he from Ukraine?

[@Zboarts1990]

I don't think you can ask that question

[@KappaKiller108]

The Captain was an American citizen. But that's totally moot, because if you had the ability to understand what they're telling you you'd know that the harbor pilot was the one controlling the ship And if you don't know what a harbor pilot is you probably don't know anything about shipping and your theories are baseless

[@leifjohnson617]

I am not an expert in marine law but I suspect that the owners of the ship will be 100% liable for the damages.

[@Jetmab04]

I find it more than "interesting" the specific ship is a Maersk ship... Very same company who's crew killed innocent indegenious people in Canada just a few years ago.... Exactly what is in the cargo of this ship? Let me guess - weapons and maybe more innocent bodies 😰😰😰

[@barbiek3987]

very very wrong. Maersk only HIRED a shipping company. they do NOT own the Dali, they did NOT hire the Dali.

[@Jetmab04]

@@barbiek3987 Probably cotrect... What I find extremely "interesting" is the fact, that something owned/leased etc by the Danish weapon dealer MAERSK is always present where humans are hurt/destroyed/enslaved or killed.... Probably "just for the fun of it" and, there have to be someone ready everywhere where children can be exploded or "just" trafficed I guess... 😰

[@Volker109]

controlled demolition

[@BuddyMoles-gl7rn]

Baltimore’s cheap Put little islands around the bridge legs

[@Flying_Fetus]

Happy make believe holiday for a make believe dude!

[@corinaalvarado2649]

it is suspicious that the ship lost it's power right before it reached closer to the bridge. This was intentionally done to have innocent people and destroy the bridge. They need to investigate why it hit the concrete bar, what were they thinking. Who are the crew men on that ship any how?

[@obamabigears734]

Female black captain?

[@gordonadams4793]

Old story. Get current

[@EmelyPhan]

It happened a few days ago so it is still current unless you want everything within and around 24 hr

[@benhunter8551]

Why did Trump do this! Lock him up!

[@Abaddon231]

Because Biden was too busy making Easter a trans holiday

[@JDOG1974yes]

This has terror attack written all over it !