Inside the effort to clear the Baltimore bridge wreckage

Crews are working to clear the wreckage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge after it collapsed early Tuesday morning when a cargo ship struck a support column. CBS News' Kris Van Cleave and Nicole Sganga have more.
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[@annemiekvandorp4457]

What an enormous disaster! People have lost their lives, people missing, a massive mess which will be a nightmare to clean up etc.. From The Netherlands I wish Baltimore strength and sufficient resources in equipment and manpower to solve this hughe problem.

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

KZbin hides my comments, crazy how everyone involved allowed a ship to run into a bridge, again, in 2024... because they wanted to save money by not using tugboats. Even a small child knows about tugboats. I personally, in all my years have never crash my boat into objects catastrophically, it's actually extremely difficult to be this incompetent. But when Baltimore is involved I'm not surprised.

[@markymarkvancity]

The loss of life is tragic but could have been so so much worse if not for those responsible for stopping traffic to the bridge. So far it's estimated the loss of life is 6 people which is very minimal for how large of an accident this could have been.

[@noelbgood8845]

How exactly do they remove all that?

[@broaj1453]

I worked in Baltimore 13 years ago. When I saw the ship hit the bridge my hands just grasped my abdomen. Wooooo, my Lord and my God 😱😱😖😖🤯🤯😢. I drove across this bridge before. My prayers go out to every family. I pray for the shipping and supply chain industry, I pray for all the investigators for fortitude and mental clarity as they piece together how this happened and drafting their reports. And I thank God that many were spared.

[@ValleyoftheKings64]

​@markymarkvancity that and the fact that it happened at 1:30 in the morning helped kept the death toll as low as it is. Can you imagine how much worse it this had occured in rush hour?

[@MrSakamotothecat]

My condolences to the families who lost their family members from El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. True workers true Americans who worked hard to support their families.

[@Sheistyscorpion]

🙏🏽

[@chargermaster586]

Cheap Labor

[@kingohighlight1867]

​@@chargermaster586exactly

[@naguszek5706]

They took people born in the states jobs to send money back to the countries you mentioned.

[@dushsh4857]

where are you sending those hazardous material may be its gods will

[@kohlashot4208]

RIP to all the victims and their families. This is truly a disastrous nightmare. God bless the Army Core of Engineers and the NTSB, as well as all the emergency staff that has helped in the search, hopefully they can resolve this issue thoroughly and quickly.

[@1stPrinciples455]

Why did god not stop it?

[@FaceFcuk]

Seek h

[@tom5051666]

the dead were sacrificed for the sake of money to fix a corroded old bridge and money to install ship strike protection around the legs.

[@geegeeandlulu]

My heart goes out to the victims families also the captain of the ship. He must feel devastated after what happened. I hope everyone gets looked after with care and respect.

[@Why_is_everything_taken.]

The captain did everything he could. Sad he is getting blamed.

[@majorkong1678]

Kapitän, der sollte sich mal andere Job suchen, wenn der Kahn nicht funktioniert dann hält man an und fährt nicht gegen brückenpfeiler

[@noahsprott889]

@@Why_is_everything_taken.it’s crazy too on camera you see him lose power regain power then lose it again I mean there’s isn’t that much he could do at that weight in the first place

[@Mr69BlackDragon]

​@@majorkong1678 please explain how he was going to stop the ship. It weighs millions of tons and was going at 19 knots when it lost power, when it hit the bridge it was going around 15 knots. The amount of energy in a ship moving that big at those speeds is enormous NO bridge is designed and built to handle an impact like that.

[@terranceaddison4599]

Hearing about the victims is tearing me up inside 🥺😢😞

[@GardenGuy1943]

I’ve fallen from boardwalk, which is quite similar to this. They are being dramatic. Best, Dean

[@probegt75]

Why? You don't know them.

[@mervinprone]

Why hasn’t anybody bothered to ask why the construction crew weren’t notified? Anybody working on the bridge should have direct communication with the coast guard, who can issue an immediate evacuation. If this had happened then, in 90 seconds, probably they could’ve driven off that bridge and they’d be alive. Something very very wrong here. The coast guard waits for the ship to issue a mayday? Why is nobody watching to take preemptive action? There was no need for anybody for die.

[@carltonp420]

You don't care about the 62 million who die a year

[@elenadevour8423]

@@probegt75 sorry your parents raised you without empathy

[@ShellyBomb]

P.S. In addition to the heartbreaking loss of life ~ the logistics of getting this ship out of the harbor, dismantling the Francis Key Scott bridge - and - ALL that goes with this massive clean-up to simply allow the channel to re-open is absolutely mind-boggling!!! 😢

[@dannydaw59]

The ship's insurance should pay for ALL of the costs of rebuilding. Not a single cent should come from taxpayers.

[@Sacred_Fire]

​​​@@dannydaw59I agree. However, right away, Biden and the Governor in MD already made the decision to have taxpayers foot the bill.

[@kingjames4886]

how is it mind boggling? they just chop up the bridge into manageable pieces and haul the prices away with salvage barges... then the ship can be towed away.

[@owbeer]

@@dannydaw59 you must be worried losing 1 dollar.

[@ryanstandrew3769]

@@dannydaw59 Biden said the Federal Government will clean this up, while they (we) had nothing to do with this mess.... The Fed is funded 100% by our TAXES... This is a great way for Biden to laundery more of our money.

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

The removal of the destroyed portion of the bridge will be a nightmare... with sheared jagged edges and torches dismantling those sections into smaller pieces.😮

[@Etatdesiege1979]

Absolutely. I don’t know how people can be saying it will take a few weeks. Cutting or lifting that structure is going to take at least 8 months.

[@fan4every1lol89]

2 months id say

[@SamC992]

@@Etatdesiege1979it’s going to be military personal not contractors working by the hour

[@AndyCutright]

It will be mostly contractors@@SamC992 This is a specialized field. Several experienced firms have already been hired, including Resolve Marine. The navy and coast guard will help certainly, but it will absolutely involve a lot of contractors.

[@Doesitmatter113]

I'm from this area orginally, crossed that bridge numerous times and a certified diver. Good luck. Until that bridge is cleared, ship traffic will pile up just miles down the bay towards another bridge...

[@jamesfrench7299]

This has been making the major news stories in Australia. We had an incident similar to this in Hobart Tasmania in 1975 where a section of bridge got knocked into the river at night and people were driving off the edge unawares with others trying to warn them. It will be interesting to see how the reconstruction goes. My condolences for the dead.

[@viv8976]

God bless the man to swim when he didnt know how. The will to survive. Bless that guy RIP to the lost lives

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

What's up with adults not knowing how to swim? It's ridiculous.

[@TRaiiN420]

😂

[@Raul-jk6lc]

Not everyone has the opportunity or resources to learn how to swim as a child. As they grow up, their main focus isn't necessarily learning to swim, but rather working to survive. It's important to recognize that not everyone has the same opportunities as you might have had.

[@MrBibi86]

especially when you are a construction worker on a bridge. @@Snarf_Le_Wombat

[@MrBibi86]

the paramedics saved that man. "God" had nothing to do with it

[@QueenD75172]

This is simply terrible. My heart goes out to the victims and their families but one person nobody is mentioning.... My heart also goes out to the captain/pilot of the cargo ship! He must be devastated too 😢

[@ameliawilder28]

The new bridge should have a plaque to remember the 6 victims.

[@MissRory662]

Nobody wants to be reminded of that every day

[@chargermaster586]

​@MissRory662 9/11 memorial

[@whitneywilson6680]

@@MissRory662 OKC bombing

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

This is a devastating moment. Those construction 🚧 workers 👷 🙏🏼 My heart goes out to their families. I can't imagine the horror of the bridge 🌉 coming down beneath me.

[@lorettaprater7256]

So sorry for the families and friends who lost their loved ones in this wreckage. My prayers go out to you all

[@PurpleDragonWorld]

Thank you ARMY Core of Engineering 🎉❤ for cleaning up ❤🎉

[@sdesmtl]

It's "Corps", it's french for body. So basically the Army body of engineering.

[@PurpleDragonWorld]

Oh wow that makes sense! Very cool 😎

[@joomomma9463]

Hasn't even started yet.

[@GAMEOVER-yy6zj]

At last our 700 billion tax payers money being useful!

[@joomomma9463]

@@GAMEOVER-yy6zj useful this is a massive waste money that should have been avoided

[@charb6821]

It is so true. They seem to be focusing more on the bridge and ship damage not the loss of the people that died on the bridge😢 rest in peace. And prayers go out to the family. 🙏

[@Cyko..]

Some people are more worried about their Temu order getting to them on time than some random people who died a slow horrible death tragically.

[@markloroff]

They have to be realistic and focus on what's important, while the loss of life is terrible, the collapsed bridge cleanup will take years and has currently put a stop to any shipping in or out which will affect in some way millions of people. IMO its more respectful not to focus on life's lost and let the people grieve without shoving a camera in their face to talk about the tragedy they are facing.

[@tristanmartinez2667]

That blip in the video was a PR stunt by corporate garbage to try and score “social credit” points to help their esg score. They don’t gaf about minority’s, they’re using them.

[@SeanyBoy589]

I'm sure the appropriate people are doing what they can for the families. The loss of life is tragic of course, but the closure of the channel is going to be a major blow to shipping, the economy, work which is also going to affect a lot of families as well. Also think of the conditions the divers have to go through to recover the bodies, it's a mix of sharp metal girders, unstable structure and concrete, not the safest conditions to dive even for a recovery operation for the bodies, and I bet that is jarring for the them knowing they can't do more safely.

[@BBAKER22]

​@@Cyko..- WTF is WRONG with you? SMH

[@yaw3629]

Even as an adult, learning to swim is very important. This is important all parts the world, no matter age. Save lives, yourself included by learning to swim.

[@daboiikev6955]

Yea but nothing prepares you being squashed by thousands of pounds of pavement

[@roudyman777]

Even if you know how to swim nobody would be able to survive a significant amount of time with the currents of the river and the freezing temperatures.

[@drumitar]

you aint swimming out of this one.

[@London755]

You're aware the bridge deck was 185 ft above the water?

[@KailuaChick]

Swim to where? There wasn’t anywhere to go. You don’t know if those people were injured or crushed by debris. You can’t swim if you’re unconscious. Jesus. Have a little common sense.

[@lblough9881]

Prayers for this poor lady, this terrible tragedy which has impacted her, and her four children. I pray she will be treated fair, right and with justice.

[@anthonydoyle7370]

Like the people of Palestine, Ohio and those in Lahaina?

[@rwhclo]

@@anthonydoyle7370 Yes, they were treated and looked after immediately as well.

[@thomastaylor6699]

To all the workers who will spend hundreds of hours cleaning up a huge mess- thank you!😊

[@Poo-zg8ot]

That cargo ship that hit the bridge has been rejected from entering Australia's Ports for the last 6 Months, due to its lack of safety maintenance, the Australian Maritime Union said on Australian T.V. the other day.

[@KarenRodriguez-lf4bj]

All Hispanic hard working people that put there life out on the line.

[@Pitt-ny8cj]

Stereotyping are we?

[@mwhite4764]

if they're so hard working, why are they running away from themselves in their own countries and that they can't build and maintain on their own? They're hard working at being 3rd worlders.

[@UltimateCARNUT]

Condolences and prayers to the families of our hard working Americans who lost theirs lives trying to feed their families in this tragedy.

[@DreamingWhileAwakeMusic]

Great information and video, thanks for posting , my deepest respects to the families of those who lost their lives or were injured in this event.

[@elenadevour8423]

Peace to the familys of the lost. May you find strength to go on and may your loved ones rest in power

[@Christopher-ij5zr]

Godspeed to the victims and all involved in the recovery and clean up efforts 🙏🏽

[@propertyforsaleph9868]

Prayers and support to the victims and their families.

[@loliwemoyo5680]

Spend less money on war and more on infrastructure. Rest in love to those lost.

[@user-yn1pz1qq1j]

Hearing about the victims is tearing me up inside

[@jamesplymire5342]

😢 Prayers for the victims and their families. 🙏

[@bensmith7536]

Yeah that doesnt do anything. Literally useless effort. How do so many people still believe in this fairy tale nonsense.

[@MrBibi86]

What are prayers going to do? people need to grow up and stop believing in this god nonsense. do you still believe in Santa or the easter bunny?

[@MrBibi86]

I agree. it's like believing in Santa or the easter bunny @@bensmith7536

[@user-zz8tl2pt9y]

Hello

[@SecondPlaceMusic]

@@bensmith7536some of us can’t do anything to help this situation apart from prayer. Faith in God is essential to many people around the world and can save people in their darkest moments, speaking from personal experience :) try to be a little more open minded/understanding.

[@Noneya5241]

So sad for the victims families and friends 💔💔

[@user-ct8dn2dv1q]

This is a devastating moment. Those construction workers My heart goes out to their families. I can't imagine the horror of the bridge coming down beneath me.

[@Strangernightg]

I was 10 years old and didn't know how to swim when a family friend was drowning me but I'm only alive because of me kicking and punching at him when he let me go I was smiwwing for my life and from that day forward I could fly . So that survivor who didn't know how to swim better learn and learn fast how to swim if he's gonna work anywhere there's water . Thank God he's alive and my prayers go out to anyone affected by this accident 💯❤️🙏😇

[@See6H12O6]

Get Kiewit Infrastructure and Macquarie Infrastructure to rebuild the bridge, they did an amazing job with the new Goethals Bridge the spans Staten Island to NJ.

[@TJMelrose]

Great reporting from the scene of a tragedy!

[@usergodcandy777]

This really is a good piece.

[@user-xt6sh9wc8x]

My condolences to the construction workers🙏

[@martysquires1291]

Seeing this tragedy is sad n upsetting mad God be with these families that list a love one n help heal any that were injured

[@cadebecker2486]

Reminds me of the I-35 bridge that collapsed

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

It should remind you of the sunshine skyway bridge collapse in Florida because the same thing happened, a ship running into a bridge support.

[@camarojai6832]

My goodness. Schedule gets changed so you were not there, however your comrades were. Keeping everyone in prayer, from the victims to all those affected

[@richardvandb6558]

And the insurance company went OUCH!

[@markfryer9880]

Lots of insurance companies and brokers will be going ouch! The larger the item(s) being insured, the more that the product is broken up into smaller reinsurance parcels by insurance brokers to help spread out the risk as well as the profits. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@wendigo53]

We all be going ouch - insurance companies insure each other, I expect our pet insurance is going up to cover this.

[@twentyfold288]

Look up “Titanic Law” - interesting read

[@cudendo]

They should build a suspension bridge like as Golden Gate bridge here.

[@jeremyc6054]

most likely, for a span of this width, it would be a cable-stayed bridge (like the new Tappan Zee Bridge, or the new portion of the Oakland Bay Bridge). Classic suspension bridges (like the Golden Gate) are indicated for much longer unsupported spans in which the stiffness of the road deck is insufficient to support the horizontal loading of the diagonal cables on a cable-stayed bridge.

[@mikewillett5076]

Hear that. Ever been on or seen the Chesapeake Bay Bridge that goes from Annapolis to Kent Island (the Eastern Shore)? It's 4.3 miles long. Other than the ends it's a combo of cantilever and suspension sections. A lot of people are terrified of it. And now I'm more nervous about it. (Not to be confused with the Bay Bridge/Tunnel in VA but that's scary too. Much longer but not nearly as high).

[@mikewillett5076]

​@@jeremyc6054. It's nearly the same length of the Golden Gate, 1.6 miles. Just that each end is plain flat concrete bridge on pilings a good way out on each side. They're still standing, would be considerably quicker to reuse them but they probably won't.

[@jeremyc6054]

@@mikewillett5076in this case, the relevant "length" is the length of the longest unsupported span (i.e. with no other vertical supports between them). The approach viaducts on either side (supported by a series of pilings) would be in addition to that, and can be quite long (as in the case of the Francis Scott Key Bridge). The Golden Gate Bridge has an unsupported center span of 4200 feet. The Francis Scott Key Bridge had an unsupported span of 1200 feet. Generally, cable-stayed bridges are the most economical choice for main spans up to about 2000 feet, although a few very new ones (built since 2010 or so) are in the 3000' range. Conventional suspension bridges are the only game in town for main spans longer than that, with the longest ones currently a little over 6000 feet. Another point to keep in mind is that conventional suspension bridges require very large abutments at either end in order to anchor the main suspension cables to the bedrock, these would have to be built from scratch (if it's even possible, depending on the local geography). Cable-stayed bridges do not require this, as all loads are transferred to the vertical pier(s). The main advantage to going with a conventional suspension design here would be the ability to have a wider open channel, although this would come at massively increased cost (and probably longer duration to completion), and may not result in any additional navigability depending on the water depth outside of the existing channel.

[@alukuhito]

Or a tunnel

[@Pwj579]

USACE - The US Army Corps of Engineers maintains all US waterways including major ship channels . They completed a channel deepening and widening project in the last decade to allow larger cargo ships to the Port of Baltimore as part of Nationwide strategic program to increase cargo volumes at major US ports.

[@denelson83]

I already know what two of the NTSB's recommendations in the wake of this disaster will be. One is that ships of that size need tighter handling, such as using tugboats, when navigating in tight ports like Baltimore. The tugs assisting the Dali that night should not have left the Dali's side so soon, and if they were needed elsewhere at the time, it would mean that such ports need more tugboats on standby to handle all those massive ships at once. Two is that bridges of that calibre over heavily-used shipping channels need proper protection to be able to take the force of such crashes. Bridges all over North America and probably around the world may already be in the process of being reassessed in terms of such protection.

[@xr6lad]

They be no such recommendation because it’s a stupid expectation. Having tugs in such a wide harbour. What next. Tugs pulling planes all the way to the runway threshold?

[@drej1714]

You do realize that the bridge was built in 1972 and opened in 1977. It's built to 70s codes, not 2024 codes.

[@sjdtmv]

Saving on Tug costs?, I don't know the cost of running a couple of Tugs compared to the cost of clearing the waterways, loss of lives, legal costs, bridge replacement cost, the cost lost of income to the port, it has to add up to something?@@xr6lad

[@denelson83]

@@drej1714 Then you reap what you sow.

[@denelson83]

@@xr6lad Apples vs. oranges. Planes are not ships.

[@Zyeins]

People have lost their lives, people missing

[@ninoellison7793]

As is always the case, the captain, and he alone takes full responsibility for hitting anything. One person causing so much pain and chaos…unbelievable & unacceptable!

[@dannylengyel5830]

Why should he? The ship lost power rendering it uncontrollable. I don't see how the captain can be held responsible for that.

[@markm1630]

RIP to those who lost their lives, hopefully the families can grieve in private. Good luck to the people of Baltimore and hopefully the military can get the wreckage cleared quick

[@rudigerhasselmann3601]

What I'm wondering is why don't the bridge piers in the USA have pile-driving protection in rivers? In Germany and Europe there is a wide concrete base around every pier on bridges over rivers, sometimes even streams. This is to minimize the damage to the structures caused by ships, floating debris and other things.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Most do.

[@cliveocnacuwenga4615]

WHY WOULD a massive ship not have AUXILARY power?? THEY must all be retrofitted to prevent a RECURrence

[@sjdtmv]

Or use of Tugs until in open water and away from bridge overpasses

[@tom5051666]

they do, and 3 generators

[@petergriffiths1011]

Yes is so sad my condolences goes out to the family

[@mackmads714]

This s heartbreaking and terrifying ❤❤😢

[@Shackleton71]

Bless those men ❤

[@Bluepath16]

Why are the citizens of the U.S. footing the bill for a rebuild? The owners of the boat , along with the insurance company, should be held accountable.

[@Xunxunism]

Law suits for compensation certainly will come. And that takes a long process. You can't wait until then.

[@blairguinea6811]

God Bless all and their families involved in this terrible disaster , God bless the boys under the the wreck RIP................... ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@vldazzman5625]

That guy will never want to cross a bridge again . He's very lucky !! Rip to the ones that weren't so lucky 😢

[@FabledGentleman]

According to a news article written a few hours after this accident, both lanes are closed for traffic. Good to know.

[@alukuhito]

They closed lanes to a collapsed bridge?

[@jeremyc6054]

I guess if you go fast enough you could try to jump it... 🙂

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

​@@jeremyc6054😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@rwhclo]

@@jeremyc6054Bo and Luke could do it.

[@kendrabarbie6909]

WHY NO AIR HORNS TO WARN ANY BODY ON THE BRIDGE

[@Rimrock300]

Systems onboard the ship where out for a while, nothing working.

[@barryguerrero6480]

From watching this and other detailed reports, I think the big 'take-away' is that modern, ultra-heavy ships, and old bridges with inadequate protection around their piers, don't mix. I worry about the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge, just north of San Francisco. It looks more rickety than the F.S. Key Bridge ever did. Oil tankers and a few freighters frequently go under that particular bridge.

[@hatcher2262]

I wish there was some way to they could alert the workers in time to escape that disaster. I am grateful the authorities were able prevent anymore lives lost.

[@HoLeeChit-ee4vp]

Dang what a mess.

[@mikexcarter594]

MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVE ONES…🙏🏽

[@tobys_transport_videos]

Don't yell!!!! 😨

[@mikexcarter594]

@@tobys_transport_videos JUST WAY I TYPE..

[@tobys_transport_videos]

@@mikexcarter594 Well don't! It is the internet version of yelling. Please have some manners and turn your Caps Lock off. Look around you and tell me how many other users type in all Caps?

[@mikexcarter594]

@@tobys_transport_videos C’MON MAN I AM WHOLE GROWN A$$ MAN…I LIVE BY MY OWN RULES…

[@tom5051666]

the bridge has significant corrosion issues, most of the failures are at the riveted joints. The ship slashed through the concrete legs like a knife, the bridge was doomed from that point.

[@drwn1791]

The events of life are so uncertain!!!

[@lubetime-autorepair7078]

I’m not from Baltimore, but I want to thank these construction workers for what they have sacrifice. Too much we vilify people, its time we come together.

[@forrestgmedia5062]

It's capitalism. Never gonna happen

[@SCHRANZ3040]

I think you should pay towards the workers funerals

[@lubetime-autorepair7078]

@@SCHRANZ3040 ok. Your point. Also, you can think whatever you want, you get to make you decisions and so do I.

[@jesusreyes4787]

God had those people rest I. Great peace it yes painful lost their life yes try do their job in the rigth thing in life 😒

[@eleniv7512]

Prayers for the victims and their families. Hopefully, Maersk (Danish shipping giant) should pay for all the damages and the rebuilding and help the families that lost loved ones

[@MrBibi86]

What will prayers do?

[@joalchin]

Why? Maersk doesn't own the ship, nor is the cargo theirs. There's plenty of ZIM branded containers there too, but ZIM doesn't own the ship either.

[@Einherjar-DK]

It isn't Maersk's ship or crew, they only chartered it. Kind of like, it isn't your car when you order an uber or take a taxi.

[@eleniv7512]

Whoever insured the ship and whoever insured the cargo should help pay for the damages and reconstruction

[@eleniv7512]

@@MrBibi86 not only prayers but financial help for the victims and their families from whoever insured the ship and insured the cargo. This will take a long time which is frustrating. Yes, prayers do help if you are a believer. Have a blessed day. 🙏

[@user-eq6vz2zt6n]

About the bridge collaspe: I wondered how many people suggested having concrete dolphins installed when the bridge was being built. Have the following responses surfaced at that time: "OH--we don't need that", "Maybe someday", "It's too expensive", "We don't have time for that"--and so on?

[@fredfrond6148]

For the record someone left a comment that in China they use tugs to move ships around so I went looking for answers. I could not find proof that the Chinese use tugs outside of their ports. But what the port of Shanghai does is require a declaration that the ship is mechanically sound and the ship is subject to an inspection of the mechanical soundness of the ship. This might have prevented having a boat subject to engine power loss docking in your harbour. Everybody give me your thoughts.

[@lubanskigornik282]

Can someone explain why ships sailing through such a narrow place did not have pilots and tugboats to insure the passage.

[@Piertides]

2 pilots on board and tugs are released after the ship leaves the harbor. It’s a straight through channel, according to the NTSB. With the expense of rebuilding I believe the NTSB recommendations will include tugs in the straight channel at least past the new bridge

[@mikeprice4103]

Doubt you could understand mam

[@tom5051666]

to save money. that is why

[@dgatsf]

This is very scary because you can see that the ship is damaged on the bow but it looks like maybe even the side is damaged and containers of hazardous materials I believe there’s bad weather this weekend. I can’t even think what would happen, if that ship’s cargo shifted.

[@brianbowman5262]

Seems crazy that section is more than 2 million pounds. They are saying 8-10 million pounds is wild. They’ll have to bring in several cranes or cut it into smaller ones. Crazy situation

[@jenniferneylon8991]

The shipping company should pay for this repair

[@raterus]

Should they? The crew wasn't even piloting the boat, they had turned over the controls to the Port Authority pilots for navigation.

[@twotribes9919]

There should be some liability there, but frankly the cost of rebuilding would be more burden than any one company could carry. There will be lawsuits, oh yes. Still, we're talking about federal budget levels of money to fix this in a reasonable span of time.

[@rustyshackleford5509]

@@raterus I'm pretty sure the pilots are not at fault, it looks like the ship lost power, navigation computers, and controls were dead.

[@DavidAbyssal]

Was it a failure on the ship itself...?

[@jgordon165]

You know they won't

[@Blackxs93]

Very Sad

[@chrisbelos2834]

Step 1 will be to clear a path to the harbor Step 2 will be to resume freight traffic asap Step 3 is clean-up, collecting evidence and clearing the way Step 4 is rebuilding a bridge that can stand a boat hit

[@mrlee9213]

This is crazy. Rip to all who lost their lives

[@Rip889]

so many uninformed comments here, do you realize when this bridge was built in the 70's the largest cargo was more than 4 times smaller than today. Do you also realize the bridge fell the way it did due to how bridges are engineered and constructed. If you are not informed don't comment on it. god bless the victims and their family's. A bit more information: The largest cargo ship in the 70s was the Panamax class with 3000+ TEU capacity. The MV Dali is in the Mega Max class with 24,000+ TEU capacity. So my initial statement about it being 4 times bigger looks to be incorrect, it looks like as far as TEU's go the cargo ships in the 70s could carry 8 times less containers than today's container ships can carry. You also need to look at displacement as well when comparing ships but i could not find any solid information as to what the largest cargo ships displacement was in the US in the 70s. But as you can see what they designed the bridge to handle in case of incident is no where close to what ships are today so its no suprise with the ship only traveling at about 7-8 knots was able to crush the protection the bridge column had.

[@uv_scratchers9252]

A comment does equal speech 😅​@@hia5235

[@markstevens1729]

I don’t know what your nationality is, but as a Canadian, I feel your frustration. Our friend with the weaponized “free” speech is a perfect example of why humans can’t have nice things.

[@therealthreadkilla]

I understand your frustration but it doesn't help when the news stations are having "professors" chime in with nonsense. There's more mass in the ship and the containers than that whole bridge structure and there's not much that would have saved any bridge with a ship of that size and mass hitting it right at the support.

[@phillipjoesten5731]

Don't no why it lost power huh. AI hellofa thing.

[@SuperApplefan1]

is everything racist?

[@rudigerhasselmann3601]

Mein Beileid gilt den Angehörigen und Freunden. My condolences go out to the family and friends.

[@Donjasoni]

Can cbs news please report about the hazardous materials spilled. And don’t pretend this isn’t an issue. Why isn’t this being reported. I can literally smell it.

[@Turboy65]

All cargo ships can be expected to carry hazardous materials...such as the hairspray, perfume, shaving cream, soaps, and all kinds of other products that you as a consumer use on a daily basis. This is NOT a hazmat disaster, it's just a matter of respecting the fact that there are some hazardous materials that will be encountered during salvage and cleanup operations. Don't get focused on what's NOT the major problem.

[@BingBongFairy]

​@@Turboy65The local ecosystem is effectively trashed now though, god you're shortsighted

[@42luke93]

This makes me realize that the sea in the bay is not that deep since the bridge is still visible. From that rectangle height

[@Andy-ty6gv]

Money first before health of people

[@Swalker20659]

Some of the hazardous materials were perfumes so yeah…

[@ninoellison7793]

⁠ Evidence now shows that electrical issues plagued the boat prior to departure. The captain made a call to depart, probably whilst praying all wouid hopefully be okay, and we can now see how ill advised that was. Again, everything falls back on the captain. One man takes full responsibility. It’s that simple.

[@kingjames4886]

did they actually determine that containers containing hazardous material were broken? think they said there were only like 17 such containers on the entire ship of thousands of containers and only the ones on the bow look damaged.

[@abraham1997]

I believe strongly every human must learn how to swim cars should have tools to brake glass if this ever happens.

[@Turk_2023]

I imagine the dead 6 are trapped under debris

[@ChimeExpress]

Those workers should have equipped with being dialed in to hear that first MayDay call somehow. They just weren’t protected like the back and forth traffic was. So sad that they were so vulnerable. RIP 😢 Where is OSHA when you need them?

[@brenttesterman3171]

In Spanish, right?

[@playwme3]

It’s not a regular workplace hazard. There are only so many procedures you can have in place. Probably just as likely to get struck by a meteor. How many ships have gone under that bridge without having a mechanical issue that caused them to veer into it?

[@kitasofia]

I think that’s the kind of guys you find behind a Home Depot looking for work. I bet they were paid poorly and regulations were lacking.

[@brokentombot]

I'm glad the Army Corps of Engineers exists.

[@josephgooch1451]

They confirmed there is no hazardous material in any of the containers that were affected. really no reason to lead on otherwise

[@paulphotios3920]

Until all 60 odd containers are identified and removed on shore there is a problem.

[@josephgooch1451]

@@paulphotios3920 they have the manifest. They already identified them. Any hazardous materials are closer to the pilot house which is unaffected.

[@johna1160]

Unnerved by that last aerial shot of an oil slick escaping the immediate area. Why are there no booms corralling it? Heard bow deck was laded with highly toxic cargo.

[@mikewillett5076]

If it's just oil that isn't much. You don't want to know the chemicals and pollutants that plants around Sparrows Point and Curtis Creek (both right near there) dumped 24/7 before it became regulated. It's much better now but I still don't want steamed crabs from waters that close to the city!

[@lawrenceleverton7426]

Its Baltimore everything within 100 miles of that joint is toxic. Now it has a wrecked economy to boot. But the illegals are thriving on the taxpayer dime. While legal citizens are even worse off than they were the other day.

[@larchman4327]

I don't think a "boat" is quite that big.

[@lawrenceleverton7426]

Bottom line Baltimore wasn't prepared for this eventuality. It was more important to house and feed the illegals. The reduction on important critical harbor services was apparent. Now because of their ineptness they have bigger issues but will still support the illegals while the citizens get even less. Grief will eventually turn into anger over their politicians spending their tax dollars in the wrong place. A few dollars spent on Tug Boats would have solved this entire debacle. God Bless the Families involved.

[@uscbeckham]

In light of the time required to cut portions of the debris, the Army and Navy might opt to use cutting charges similar to what's used in building implosions.

[@josef5319]

I live near the Panama Canal and have to constantly go over the bridge and while the pillars have some protection, theres just too much ship traffic and I know one will crash against one someday, its just probabilities. Theres no way to control yourself when you lose power, like they did (thres a good video not on youtube ) for a while. Not in these massive ships.

[@puirYorick]

Step 1. Start removing those waiting ships that are blocking the inland waterway. They won't be completing their port call so get them rerouted before they start running out of fuel and need supplies. Use tugs! Step 2. Hire floating cranes and barges for ferrying debris to a marshalling point to investigate later. Step 3. Engage tug boats to control the Dali in the current. This should have been a standing policy for large ships. Step 0. Recover the remains of the deceased whenever it's safe to do so. Step X. Assign some entity to redesign the bridge replacement. Set out better safety rules for large shipping in inland waterways. (These are tasks apart from the recovery itself. Their timing can run concurrently.) Step Xb. Smooth the logistics of rerouting all the cruise passengers and cargo that can't get back into that port. Step Y. Look at WHY (one of) America's major container ports on the eastern seaboard is at such a vulnerable pinch point. Think about strategic contingencies.

[@wojtas-4]

Crimean Bridge, Kerch Bridge, ask Putin, he will help you build a bridge that will withstand a LOT

[@eagle25311]

Go work there you seem to know more than the experts

[@puirYorick]

@@eagle25311I'm retired and not resident the U.S.A. or likely to visit again in the near future.

[@eagle25311]

@@puirYorick Good job you are doing your part.

[@puirYorick]

@@eagle25311Cheers.

[@MWO101]

The real question is in a world full of redundant safety measures why were there no precautions made for a disaster like this

[@donedwards1956]

Because it was deliberate

[@boarattackboar]

She's pretty big job

[@Deepimpactocean]

Maybe this tragedy will change harbor practices. Maybe the use of tugs anywhere in harbors within drifting distance of structure should become mandatory.

[@KILLKING110]

paranoia will get you no where bud

[@thwales2520]

Maybe they might build a suspension bridge, way safer when you got ships going under them as they usually only have 2-3 pillars with massive clearance between them

[@lifeofbrandon_]

We definitely need an underwater bridge for this or at least a separate ship route

[@vshazam]

That would be a tunnel and there is one a few miles from this bridge

[@Turk_2023]

Its an underwater bridge right now

[@rensinclair4218]

They call those "tunnels"

[@kimjones5783]

This certainty is an awful disaster. We're hearing all about it here in Australia.

[@Imp5011]

I’d be worried about fire. A few damaged batteries and it could spread to the rest of the ship.

[@rhubarbmontana1054]

I don't understand why they didn't blare.The fog horn continuously to warn the workers on the bridge to get out of there ?

[@alukuhito]

On the other hand, why weren't the workers aware that the cargo ship was slowly headed right towards the bridge?

[@Xanthopteryx]

So unbelievable bad that there are no protections against boats hitting the bridge. Especially in an area with so much heavy boat traffic.

[@christianurrutia6000]

RIP mi gente ❤😢

[@camf7522]

There were no tug boats escorting the ship down the channel?

[@sjdtmv]

Probably take 2 years to work that out let alone the cost of the investigation into the $million$

[@rensinclair4218]

Because you don't know why we use tugboats

[@camf7522]

@@rensinclair4218 actually I do, and some ports mandate the attendance of tug boats for just this sort of situation. It doesn’t mean the tug boats have to be used, but they are there in case to prevent channels being blocked, collision with other vessels and collision with bridges etc.

[@Dwaynelrs.x]

This reminds me of when I crashed my johnboat into a dock it knocked my glasses off my face.

[@sjdtmv]

Like most busy ports around the world, they use tug boats until they get in open waters, where were the tug boats?, or has this been a cost savings over the years on tug boats?

[@user-br3ms1rm5s]

Oml I can't imagine the moment they realize they were gonna be stuck under tons of metal 😢

[@EdwardWilliams-ri8yv]

"Familiarity breeds contempt," there should have always been two tug boats both from & rear near by for such a behemoth ship😢

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

Tugboats are only used to maneuver a giant ship next to a dock... not as escorts under a bridge.

[@effenwolf]

Where did you learn to speak English?

[@EdwardWilliams-ri8yv]

@SpockvsMcCoy Mr smart pants you are wrong. During the mayday alert the tug boats were the first thing these idiots were calling for.

[@zachmoyer1849]

that will probably be one of the changes to come out of this. Ships with no form of backup propulsion systems will need to be escorted past bridges. But they said the investigation will take two years lol.