Inside look at massive salvaging effort at Baltimore bridge collapse site

Officials are sharing drone footage of the Baltimore bridge collapse site, demonstrating the massive salvaging effort underway to reopen the Port of Baltimore - one of the largest export points in the country.
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[@marymurphy9613]

Saluting the dispatchers and police who stopped traffic within minutes before impact. All are heroes.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

I would be surprised it was much of police doing. They probably just flipped the switch and put red lights at all lanes on toll controls

[@9ZERO6]

​@@dmitripogosian5084this bridge did not have traditional toll booths anymore. And yes the police were involved.

[@jasonlacroix6083]

​@@9ZERO6I heard officers were seen taking several drivers into custody for stopping on the bridge, backing up and unsafe driving.

[@9ZERO6]

@@jasonlacroix6083 I was not aware of that. There do not seem to be enough officers that were there, but I do not know the whole story of course.

[@powertechnical]

I feel sorry for those construction workers. They had now idea something like this would ever happen in the middle of the night.

[@zip7806]

The "Construction works" were a Navy Seal Demolition team. Real reports show bridge employees were all home safe. There no evidence of First Responders looking for any survivors.

[@jlv3x]

Once the bridge was closed to traffic for the mayday the construction company should have had the workers evacuate the bridge. There is no reason why they should have been left on that bridge after it was closed to traffic.

[@mikeh2006]

​​@jlv3x evidently they didn't get the message. We have to consider the fact this happened in the early hours. Very likely the company office was closed. Think about it. Your ship is minutes away from disaster. What's your plan for getting those workers off thr bridge? If you even know they are there. On a 1 mile long bridge in the dark.

[@KIKI_LOVES_KIMCHI]

@@jlv3xthis right here has been driving me crazy. Why were they not removed?

[@dmitripogosian5084]

@@jlv3x It was all matter of minutes

[@brunocoppola9681]

Thoughts & Prayers for the recovery of the 4 still missing so families can have closer!

[@phyllisthompson4207]

I am really sorry to hear about the lives lost ! We know accidents and disasters does happen , but someone loses loved ones in these incidents , it’s just not easy… My condolences to all who knew and loved them .. May they RIP!!

[@loiswisler5269]

So horrible. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased men. 🙏🏻 May they RIP 💙

[@1wwtom]

I retired at the end of 2022 after working 50 years at most terminals of the Port of Baltimore. When the Key Bridge was built in the mid 70's ships were nowhere near the size of some of these ships today. These newer container ships are Massive! No one could Dream of ships this size back then. What are we supposed to do? Tear down every bridge 50 years old and put up new ones for them to get thru?

[@Drottninggatan2017]

Yes. That appears to be the plan.

[@user-rh9mh5kh3p]

Or make a new route

[@vaccumsealed]

As the world populates more and more, it creates more and more problems. Obviously the demand for items have increased and the time to process those container units is timed, so perhaps that ship was overloaded??

[@breakinghues2751]

Yes! Absolutely! Or you restrict ships of a certain size. Infrastructure need to be upgraded.

[@meleasepolete7509]

There way too too many containers on that ship.COMING FROM A TRUCKING COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATE WE CANNOT RUN OVER WEIGHT WHY SHOULD THEY BE ABLE TO .

[@eric2500]

Those workers are everyday heroes.

[@Lifeline13216]

What makes them heroes

[@henryairconcepts2999]

@@Lifeline13216 Heroes for their family. They came all the way from their home country to better their family life doing crappy jobs that hardly any Americans are willing to do

[@Lifeline13216]

@henryairconcepts2999 you mean those people who were hired to do a Job? They're business men not heroes.

[@TheRibsta420]

man i live 5 miles from there this totally BLOWS my mind!! everybody who lives in baltimore Co. uses 695 everyday luckly it only happened in the early morning an only a few had to parish

[@embracegrace723]

??? Seriously. How is this lucky at all. A few people dying it’s too many. You sound so insensitive really. Think before you speak.

[@TheRibsta420]

Ok??

[@TheRibsta420]

@@embracegrace723???

[@stevehiggerson7328]

​@embracegrace723 sounds like you're the one who needs to think before you speak

[@TheRibsta420]

@@stevehiggerson7328i wanted her to realize that, prob to dense!

[@lazyjaney28]

May God bless the victims and their families, and all responders in this tragic incident

[@winniewin236]

The ship had elecrical problems while in the dock... It shouldn't have been allowed to leave

[@kellen6321]

You’d be shocked if you saw just how many faults there are in most cargo ships. Unfortunately repairs take time and money that a lot of companies don’t have or don’t want to spend

[@jjMcCartan9686]

Shocking indeed ⚡️⚡️

[@Gary-fc5tk]

The barriers were planed a long time ago but nobody wanted to be accountable for the added expense,, get the records from 26 years ago, they explain everything, A friend, pray for the ones who passed, and there families...

[@rangerst_870]

Also, I saw a video talking about "what about the stranded crew on board?" Do they SERIOUSLY expect them to remain onboard NON-STOP? It's not like they werent prepared to be onboard anyways for 4 weeks while they made their trip with the cargo. SHEESH..

[@zcam1969]

Tough Task . thanks ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS for your service

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

The sharp edges of the bridge girders sliced through the hull of the ship like a knife through butter...😮

[@MonkeyJedi99]

This is the first footage I am seeing that really impressed upon me the scale of the bridge. All of the distant shots make the bridge look like a delicate gossamer construct, but closer up, with the cargo containers and humans in frame for scale really show how big the steel is. That impresses even more how much kinetic energy was involved in the collision.

[@C.Surrette]

I feel terrible saying this - I cannot listen to the robotic voice of this anchor. It was a relief every time he went to a local reporter.

[@JeanneGehron]

Where is the sound ?

[@kreiseltower]

by the low number of complaints in this regard you realize that barely anyone watches such a video past a couple of minutes in.

[@Virgo53100]

KEEP ALL THE MEN AND WOMAN THAT WILL TO THE CLEAN UP JOB, SAFE!🙏🙏

[@kenw.1112]

AMAZING WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET THINGS BACK ON TRACK . THE REBUILD OF BRIDGE IS A BIG HUGE JOB. AMERICAN KNOW HOW WILL COME TOGETHER .

[@acheybrenda]

The sound stops at 5:10.

[@cruisinguy6024]

Wow they can’t get anything past you!

[@tbo2341]

Yeah I noticed the sound stopped I wonder why something we ain't supposed to hear or something.

[@SeersantLoom]

I see no problem with that. No need to add annoying music that forces one to cross out loudspeaker icon anyway.

[@MrsRubens]

The NTSB footage has no sound.

[@joeyc7024]

Def a conspiracy lmao calm down@@tbo2341

[@Quan1993]

It’s something strange about how it just fell like Jenga. RIP to the souls loss.

[@monchiabbad]

Why are they not using floating dry-docks to lift up the bridge sections and towing the dry-docks with sections and all away. They could also be used to secure the container ship.

[@michellemead4006]

My heart goes out to the families that lost loved ones...it must be such a difficult time for all of them. They left home for a night of work and expecting the same sorta of night ....and now...its just sad. They said that the cargo that went into the water wasn't hazardous to humans...but I wonder how safe it is to our sea life....what could happen to them and the ocean.

[@russelldimmelow8682]

What a sorry sight can't believe the size of the ship

[@Alloyman6419]

Believe it or not, the Dali is considered a medium sized container ship... The Dali is 984 feet long, 95000 tons and holds up to 9971 containers; the largest container ships are 1312 feet long, 235000 tons and hold 24000 containers... Unbelievable

[@warmpuppynoses216]

Wow!!! 2 year investigation!!!!

[@hisartisticalmajesty3374]

Why not get an underwater welder ,or an under water torches used for welding.,Get you a sea crane mounted to the land , it'll be like fishing.I bet there's no such thing as an underwater welder

[@renemadrid6094]

I’m ready for this Netflix documentary

[@rupe53]

it will be on Discovery Channel by the end of the year.

[@user-pe6zn9om8r]

Just wondering why anchors weren't deployed beforehand ?

[@wessebaggers]

One was

[@Yash-Gaikwad]

I heard they did drop anchor, which unfortunately turned the ship exactly to the pillar.

[@blnunya6689]

They still won't stop the ship instantly.

[@jeraleewood5969]

It is amazing that the cargo ship did not capsize with ALL of that weight from the bridge. Sending prayers from Oregon.

[@Goldenself]

I heard the bow is actually resting on the ground because it's relatively shallow there and possibly the weight of the bridge is holding it down

[@CanCobb]

He said the ship weighs 95,000 tons, and the pieces of the bridge on top of the ship weigh 3000-4000 tons. Those pieces basically fell straight down, and those parts of the ship were crushed. I would say it kind of worked like a crumple zone of a modern car compared to how wrecks were with older cars. Idk that they "designed" the ship to crumple like this, but it worked. Add to that what the other commenter said about the ship being grounded against the pier. The salvage company has a lot of work ahead of them to make sure the ship can be floated away.

[@wally7856]

@@CanCobb 95,000 tons is the empty dry weight of the ship. It's about 160,000 tons as it sits right now with cargo.

[@monchiabbad]

Attention at 5:05 the sound stops please re-upload.

[@jeffreyhusack2400]

Looking at those bow pictures is hard to imagine that the crew was up there to drop anchor just before that crashed down where they were

[@toweri_li]

No they weren't. The anchor machinery is operated remotely from the dridge.

[@jeffreyhusack2400]

@@toweri_li the brake had to be released manually being said there was no power. well that can't be done remotely now can it? That's why it had to be dropped in the first place. remember there was no power.

[@gregorysmith7736]

Yes, things don't add up there. Some other issues will come out in their report. Why deploy an anchor if operational control was still viable? The pilots (2) seemed to not realize how the ship would behave after control was recovered after a very suspicious electrical blackout occurred! While terrorism was ruled out, no one has ruled out sabotage or failures by crew... we will learn a lot this week!

[@jeffreyhusack2400]

@@gregorysmith7736 from my understanding the ship dropped anchor but it had to be released manually because the loss of power

[@jeffreyhusack2400]

@@gregorysmith7736 there was also reports that the ship had lost power while it was still at the doc a few times where they had total power loss there and it seemed like they said it was worked on but was it ever completely fixed that is the question there were reports that they might have had too many refrigerators on the circuits that was blowing the circuits but if they didn't have the power or the problem fixed at the dock I don't think they should have left

[@user-oo5ol6ve6z]

This is so very sad 😭

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Maybe one more Sacrificial pier, as seen in the background, might have alleviated this Disaster? NTSB should look into reassessing all these older vulnerable spanned bridges following the Baltimore Bridge collapse 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@lcrazy8l]

The core thing to look at, scrutinize and change, is more what led to a ship out of control. Harbor SOP and ship inspection lapsed unacceptably. It's not build a better bridge, it's overhaul harbor and ship operating standards. Clearly they are lacking.

[@jeffdragna316]

3 months to get concrete asphalt of floor of channel what a nightmare 6 months for cleanup

[@wucherer]

Between 5:05 to the end of this video clip, everyone else hears no audio? And reminded of East Palestine Ohio's train wreck of toxic wreck....already forgotten even when they are still experiencing deaths and future possible deaths from the toxicities in the water, soil and local effects?

[@tankthelord1178]

You can't park there mate.

[@bartbarton3082]

Good old American Know how will build a better bridge, but the price of this tragedy was sadly too high. Condolences.

[@idiomasentusiasticos7954]

5:41 somewhere under there there’s 4 bodies. They might never get recovered. They’ll be sent down stream unless pinned underneath something. And even then, they’re fish food.

[@oxyfee6486]

Put a Free sign on it, it will be gone in a hour.

[@drippy_pics9086]

calling maryland recycle right now

[@oxyfee6486]

@@drippy_pics9086 😂🤣 Local crackheads will have that bridge and boat out of there by sundown.😂

[@Catnado5000]

Wrong! You have to say $500 OBO, then it will disappear by morning 😂

[@BigEd1017]

God Speed all you first responders. Piece be with you all. God Bless All The construction workers family's. Our hearts go out to you all. Keep your head and spirits up and you all will be rewarded. HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL For What Ever It's Worth. GOOD SPEED 😥😂

[@kathleenaustin327]

All divers on deck!! OMG!! This is epic!!

[@xonx209]

Consider the cost of lost productivity, cleanup and rebuild it seems more effort should have been put in prevention. Who were the people to decide how much prevention was enough and how did they make the decision? I hope to hear this in follow up news report.

[@Bugdriver49]

You jus' gotta know there's a guy thinking " Damn, I just finished painting that thing!"

[@rosshardy6223]

a dangerous job ahead for the frogmen.

[@user-qw1ho1be4u]

Anyone remember the Mianus Bridge collapse in Conn over 40 years ago. On I-95

[@TheRibsta420]

no but thats how we baltimore peeps gotta get around the city now is I-95 or 895

[@arkwill14]

Pepperidge farm remembers

[@LUVUTV]

Great news video thanks

[@patricklewis7636]

I appreciate the general's enthusiasm.

[@CanCobb]

It will be interesting to see what they decide to do with the wreckage. Easiest thing to do would be to dump it back in the water outside of the shipping channel, but I can't imagine from an environmental standpoint that they would do that. Someone called me crazy yesterday for saying they have to cut this all apart. Straight from the mouth of the commander of the corps of engineers: it has to be cut. Just to move they ship he said they have to cut the above water section into at least four pieces. Can't move the ship until they do that. And the vertical space below the waterline will have to be cleared in at least the shipping channel to make sure they have room for their displacement.

[@JeffDeWitt]

I expect a fair amount of the asphalt and concrete will stay on the bottom, it will just be cleared out from the channel.

[@norman7179]

The steel will be recycled

[@Mountinedew]

95,000 tons when empty and WAY WAY MORE when it is fully loaded.

[@lugnuts7800]

Did they really need to specify that "soap and perfume pose no threat to the public"?

[@cardboardboification]

it's to the low informed voter who think biden is doing a great job as president , Got to be politically correct can't hurt their feelings

[@JeffDeWitt]

I think it was listed as hazmat so they clarified just what it was to show there was no real threat.

[@delontesmith]

Something doesn’t feel right about this whole situation

[@jeffmilroy9345]

Ship size. That bridge was built in the 70s when godzilla container ships were not a thing. Now they are a thing since our manufacturing has been sent overseas. Gross tonnage is the rule of the high seas. The bridge will always lose.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

The feeling that "something isn't right"? That's the conspiracy theorists shouting their BS all across social media and the worst of news outlets.

[@ThePackman2323]

We stand with you crane

[@blakebortles6098]

1:39 reason why it was done in the 1st place

[@eric2500]

Barrier islands - we should build some more for storm mitigation anyhow - as places for these massive ships to unload...?

[@dennisjohnson6371]

I hope our agencies hold the container ship company liable for the expenses of cleanup and repair/rebuild also to the families of the poor souls who died in accident

[@1972Ray]

They are already citing an old law that limits responsibility.

[@Fastcarsdriveslow]

Danm & the bridge lines up with the eclipse

[@eric2500]

Um tugboats? They serve us well here in the Port of NY and NJ.

[@1972Ray]

The difference here is that once out of the dock, it's a straight shot to the bay. Tugboats have never been required here. 47 years and thousands of ships made it thru no problem. We'll see, maybe that gets changed.

[@akshonclip]

I guarantee you that there will be no more self guided voyage out of harbors. Tugs will be mandatory.

[@Don_ECHOguy]

Not likely.

[@akshonclip]

@@Don_ECHOguy Lets meet back here in a year. I guarantee you Trump won’t be in jail and tugs will be escorting ships out of harbor. 🤣

[@1972Ray]

@@akshonclip Maybe. The reason tugs aren't required here is that it's a straight shot to the bay. 47 years and thousands of ships going thru here, it's hasn't been needed. But, over reaction should maybe be the course.

[@jasonbrink4237]

Just really curious why it altered course directly toward the piling right before the lights went out ? Very curious

[@1972Ray]

Well, if you read the transcripts, the harbor pilot says "We just lost steering". Thats a big red flag. Just about every comment here has already been dealt with. Go to WBAL, they have all the info.

[@jasonbrink4237]

@1972Ray something still isn't right. I don't need anyone to tell me what I saw. I saw a massive course correction as though the target would be missed. The vessel was on a none collision course just before that huge correction then lights out. Good way to perpetuate this elitist agenda to bring America to its knees. Games

[@jasonbrink4237]

@@1972Ray they have all the standard answers.

[@papa-dt1cv]

Not sure what solutions to be deploy 1.24x7 robotic plasma cutters? 2. Use more top global super heavy duty crane vessel to aid? 3. Tied giant air floats on broken brigde parts and tow them out of the busy shipping lane? 4. Make large air beds/containers to collect debris Road materials? 5. Use Explosives? 6. 7...?

[@tankthelord1178]

The Scutters from Red Dwarf.

[@Thaumazzar]

4. Death Star laser

[@Crudeoil794]

@pa... obviously you have experience in this field.How many years of experience do you have?

[@norman7179]

Mini Tonka at the ready SIR !!!

[@DougGrinbergs]

Wondering if NTSB using 3D laser imaging to generate point clouds for later review, inspection

[@RileyNagle]

2 year investigation? Cmon

[@haribo836]

With proper maintenance and improvements to old infrastructure object, such an accident is easily avoidable. But they never learn, in the last 50 years, half of the major bridge collapses world wide were in the States. That's not because one ship lost control, it's simply the lack of funding for decades to keep infrastructure up to date and save.

[@mariolamadrid9370]

IN allmajor bridges accross the U.S ports,U.S PORT AUTHORITIES should established TUGBOATS/PILOT EMERGENCY STATION near or close to the bridge,and could respond immediately in an event of emergency.

[@paullong3036]

Be best if the large ships had a tug escort when transiting these bridges.

[@jeffmilroy9345]

If you were a tug skipper watching this cluster f about to take place - would you get involved?

[@mariolamadrid9370]

@@jeffmilroy9345 With regards to your question,well naturaly of course i will promtly respond and will use all available means apprpriate to the prevalining situation and condition since HUMAN LIVE is at stake.

[@jeffmilroy9345]

@@mariolamadrid9370 RIP Frank Quirk and Charley Bucko and the rest of the crew of the Pilot Boat "Can Do". They answered the call and paid with their lives. And a whole lot more. And that did not even involve a bridge maybe falling on them. You can read the true story in "Ten Hours Until Dawn".

[@mariolamadrid9370]

@@jeffmilroy9345 I'm so sorry for the lost of both men and the other victims,our condolence to all the family.

[@S-I-was-Saying-]

If there were a few Tug Boats as They're supposed to Be!!.. To help guide them thu & under pass the Bridge 🌉.. This would of been avoided!! ..This used to be mandatory!.. My step-dad was a pipe/ steamfitter at the Ship yard (which is no more) sparrows pt. & He said Even though these big ships now have Bow Thrusters in the Front to help the ship turn/ steer quickly..if these ships get caught in too much current/ & wake/winds etc .. that's even more trouble. It should be mandatory Law to Have Tug boat support guides anywhere near any Bridge!

[@1972Ray]

No tugs required here, never have been.

[@bradohiox]

Can they call in the " Justice League" ?

[@patrickhowell5382]

Why the USA don't get one of the world's largest ship cranes equipped to lift the broken pieces of the bridge rather than the tedious task of cutting it into pieces. This job would have been completed days ago. The USA could use Heavy duty Lifting Vessels like the HLV Svanen(8700 tonnes), the SSCV Thialf Dutch Vessel with a lifting capacity of 14,200 metric tons, or the Chinese Zhen Hua 30 with a lifting capacity of 7,700 metric tons. There are cranes that can fit the scope of this job and complete the job in a short time.

[@russellfox5862]

What about the other people that was going across the bridge there is a semi down there with two people in it

[@Nefville]

What I wonder is how exactly they determined it will be a 2 year long investigation. Not one year, not three? It took 4 years to build the thing, half that to interview a few dozen people and read the data recorders. Just super odd to put a timeline on any investigation much less one that's expected to take so damn long. Must be a lot of vacation time over there at the NTSB. LOTS.

[@norman7179]

Similar accidents in the past probably give an estimated timeline for length of investigation give or take a few weeks/months.

[@blnunya6689]

They will be looking at reams of information. The agencies involved (this is government after all) will grow far beyond the NTSB and having worked in government for 10 years now I can assure you this will take longer than 2 years.

[@sookie.isoskall]

We're so poor in American culture that they can't even play sound on this video

[@Spid4rsw3bz]

I actually laughed at this 💀

[@eaglewings8206]

… and some complain when there is sound!

[@sk8r4life92188]

Stop playing the same footage. Nothing new here.

[@ptupy]

It’s easy to say you just cut this stuff, but how do you do that? And a lot of it is underwater.

[@paullong3036]

Explosive charge would cut the steelwork underwater,provided it doesnt further damage the box boat.

[@wally7856]

@@paullong3036 Underwater cutting torches are a thing

[@TKyCoss]

Explosives, chain cutting, underwater torches. Although I would guess the last one would only be used for tidy up tasks before and after the 'big' cuts.

[@basiliorivera4192]

Believe me it’s going to be on other inmigrante’s effort.

[@pm1104]

Lovely…..get it sorted ! 😊

[@krshmrthy]

Are all the now unemployed dock workers going to help?

[@willemloevesijn6634]

Het was een onstabiele construction en het bewijs is tezien nu.

[@pauline_raabe]

That is one heck of a math problem to figure out.

[@user-yi5yd1yj3y]

Why where there 3 explosions at different locations on the bridge just after the impact? Check the real night footage.

[@1972Ray]

It's the massive electrical conduit under the road bed being ripped apart.

[@josephmay6454]

the baltimore water is so murky. There are few worse places to go look for something underwater

[@jlschliebener4658]

Holy crap

[@roberthenderson4466]

Nice reply.........

[@patchmack4469]

while it is sad for the few lost and my thoughts go to those effected i have to say it is amazing to live in an age where we can see so much coverage of the operation to salvage both the ship and bridge, really is a case of where to start, a precarious operation, with so many staggering things to visualise like at 14:32 above where they were filming the ROV, there is a joint in the bridge structure, a plate that must be several feet across where a box section has been pulled out, the front face must of had around 50 plus bolts that we can see just gone, and there must be others on the other three faces at the joint, done the same, must of popped like bullets in an instant, scary stuff the forces imposed - and yet looking at the ship, it must have been so close to being a near miss - that heavens the ship was able to get the bridge closed as soon as it did - i saw in the film that a white lorry just managed to pass before the collision, i hope it got clear in time, that driver will have a story having been so close to disaster

[@darrylcraig4200]

2 YEAR INVESTIGATION HOW IS THAT 😢😢.

[@forestsprite5914]

Whats gonna happen with all the cargo? Cant help but wonder😳

[@salem99099]

I feel sorry for all deaths happened. But the incident its easy for US to do it

[@haniismayil2000]

God bless America.

[@BlackshacksBushcraft]

For some reason I had no sound on the last 2/3rds of this video. 😢

[@user-xi7lr6oe6q]

um...a moment of silence ?

[@kiandrah8517]

Australia would still allow traffic over it while we build a new bridge. Straya - the country with only one bridge

[@karenjones1897]

wow

[@concretechrissantoro2323]

The army needs to hire everyone who lives in Baltimore and has 20 or more years of legitimate heavy wrecking experience with every excavator and shear and concrete crusher’s ect including the many legitimate burner’s this city has to help with the recovery and total removal of our Keybridge

[@johnreed8111]

Wow

[@dorisr2832]

How did the ship not sink???

[@mwwhited]

it is sitting on the piling for the bridge

[@millmiller1216]

Looking at the structure of the lost bridge, a thought appeared. The ship hit right into the support, which is elegant but fragile. What if the triangular pillars of the bridge in the past, which did not exist, would have been filled with concrete and formed a single prismatic concrete rock? In this case, only the ship would have been in trouble, and the bridge might have stood. Seriously, why didn't they do this during construction?

[@Simon-ho6ly]

because you add weight to the bridge and steel filled with cement has its own problems with thermal expansion and contraction... what you have to realise is just how big and how much mass this ship has

[@millmiller1216]

In this case, the weight would have been added to the supports, not to the main structure of the bridge. Although it is really important here what kind of soil is from below, for obvious reasons, but probably so close to land limestone is not hundreds of meters deep under precipitation. As a last resort, if you do not make caissons as it was at the Brooklyn Bridge, the foundation can be obtained by a pile field. It is clear that the bridge of fifty years ago was designed taking into account collisions with ships of fifty years ago, and not modern giant container ships. Nevertheless, with full-fledged concrete supports, the bridge would have a chance to stand, and even if it had to be restored for a long time later, people would not have suffered.

[@Maxtyur]

In Texas we would have that bridge up in six weeks.

[@Yulweii]

5 mins into the video and theyve already talked about bringing in the largest crane on the eastern seaboard almost half a dozen times. Why does the video need to be 15 mins? Do better.

[@mikemadden6322]

Wow what a waste of time and money...2 years for an investigation that yakes less than half that time to see what went wrong...they can have it all cleared out and the dam bridge rebuilt in less than a year...good job!

[@vulcan4d]

This is going to cost someone.

[@Quan1993]

All of us in the long run.

[@norman7179]

TAXPAYERS ! That's always the bottom line.

[@zapszapper9105]

1.25GJ of kinetic energy, in the right place, ( 95,000 tones at ten 10 knots). That did it.

[@bingobaz6402]

The cargo has hazardous materials..soap and perfumes 😂 they do like to exaggerate even when it's already bad enough.

[@randy1203]

The sound stopped when the drone went air borne....

[@norman7179]

Drone probably doesn't have sound equipment on board. Humming sound of the props would be all you hear anyway.

[@onezapmariner.9943]

It wasent sailing. It was motoring.

[@jbone6969]

A 2 YEAR INVESTIGATION ? It shouldn't take more then a week or 2 at the most... 🙄 its not like the ship sank ...this should be a quick investigation ..