U.S. Army Corps of Engineers working to clear bridge debris

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is leading the cleanup effort following the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. Kris Van Cleave got an inside look at the operation.
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[@CH-qy5sn]

That ships insurance company is literally fleeing the country and going into hiding right now 😂

[@idkman1740]

prob a limit on what they cover lol

[@guynumber3100]

Source?

[@ashho313]

We going be paying.

[@bobnewhart4318]

Why would they go into hiding when you're dumb President says that the federal government will pay to fix the bridge

[@user-yr3yh9ll8o]

Daddy Biden is paying for their mistakes.

[@Grayson950815]

Love when they talk over the interviewee as soon as they start to get into detail… great interviewing guys.

[@zwparchman]

Showing Lt.Gen Scott Spellmon's actual interview with good questions would be far better than what we got.

[@jsharp3165]

The reporter summarizes what the general told him. But feel free to fit everything they had to cram into this segment into a 3:40 clip. I'll wait.

[@EmperorSanz]

It’s almost as if it’s a show with limited time and multiple news segments.

[@BigstickNick]

@@EmperorSanzbecause the programming manager can’t make a determination that this is serious news, and things might need to be restructured. This is why podcasts are killing news. They don’t have a schedule to maintain with advertisers

[@bl8388]

@@jsharp3165 I think that's the point. Its' a major issue of concern, a rare newsworthy topic that isn't 90% propaganda. Maybe spend more time on it instead of rushing it, and cutting off the speaker.

[@eugenepruitt4369]

Give it to the people appreciation of the hard work.

[@thefuzzyone3283]

Why are us tax payers paying for this? The company who owns the ship or there insurance company should be the ones paying for this not tax payer

[@Mjplezia]

Maybe they will. That can take years. The port needs to get opened up again

[@MrsRitchieBlackmore]

That's what they told East Palestine!

[@joes3534]

I don't mind my taxes go to this instead going to Israel.

[@user-dc5ql3jf7j]

​@@joes3534Why are we giving Isreal money i personally know 10 americans in my town living in their car...... NOBODY in Isreal is living in their car........

[@ddebenedictis]

The cleanup alone is expected to be a staggering $60 million, which comes to a whopping 35 cents per taxpayer. To rebuild it might take another $2 per taxpayer.

[@bonnieknoll8684]

These workers risking their lives deserve our highest level of appreciation!

[@toddbolton936]

HOW IN THE HELL could this investigation by NTSB take 2 years??? What will they have to investigate that takes that long???

[@PTSDwithME]

paperwork, depositions, multi-agency collaboration, continuous communication and funding acquisition, safety protocols, bad weather, labor and logistics management and Intergration. the governments a machine that's good at alot of things, but best at getting in its own way

[@tetchuma]

Defunding the oversight. (Thank a lot, GOP!) 🙄

[@C0bbler_J0nes]

So would you put this on the same level as a car crash?

[@osvaldorubalcava9721]

They get paid by the hour

[@user-zk1zy1fy7o]

​@@tetchumageeze don't you know that the whole system is rigged both sides fight against the American people

[@BrokenSkull2187]

😮😮😮, hope all the workers, everyone involved with this clean up stays safe and can get the remaining people from the bottom out.....

[@user-rh3yl6yl6w]

Why isn't there Bollards around the supports like the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate

[@MC-yt1uv]

Because no one wants to pay for infrastructure until it is too late. Putting bollards around it would have cost millions of dollars and people would have complained about wasted tax dollars. Plus, the bollards may not have eve help, cargo ships have an incredible amount of momentum behind them and may have just crashed through anyway.

[@man_on_wheelz]

@@MC-yt1uvThe bollards would’ve been placed several feet behind the pillars on either side and capable of taking the impact of such a cargo ship and if it doesn’t stop the ship, it would’ve at least diverted it. But you’re right, would’ve cost millions of dollars, but perhaps if it were constructed with the bridge no tax payer would’ve noticed.

[@A38]

All my homies respect the USACE. Get it done boys!

[@SAINTxSZN]

No

[@mewinthedark2351]

Hard not to their the ones who get vital resources built and deployed. but yes big ups!

[@whodatn4l948]

​@@SAINTxSZNrespect them or not, your tax dollars still pay their salary and will fix the bridge

[@SLP_713]

hmmm

[@MichelleRomero-lf1nu]

​@@whodatn4l948 No!! Really!?

[@clawhammerinc]

go ARMY USA prayers for our divers and the crew to stay safe on this.

[@skipdegraff6547]

Every bridge needing protection pylon to avoid any problems with collision

[@etalon1956]

Your right stores have them to keep those non drivers going into the front doors

[@ronaldstokes4841]

GO ARMY ENGINEERS! Jus' the people to do it right the first time. Hell, our unit motto was: 'Mountain Movers'. Co 'C' 589th Combat Engineers Song Pha Republic of Vietnam 1970

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

As shocking as how badly the bridge was designed, it's also shocking how well the ship took a bridge falling on it - the ship barely looks damaged.

[@JS-zb1vv]

It wasn’t a bad design. It’s been used for a very long time. Where were all of the tugboats at ?

[@Fazzel]

In another video it shows a chunk of the starboard side of the ship's bow is completely ripped away almost to the waterline. No way is that ship ocean worthy anymore. Ship is going to need massive repairs, it it can even be repaired.

[@user-eh4kv6vl8n]

Yes go to redacted news.why were there three explosions on the top of that bridge

[@Fazzel]

@@JS-zb1vv -- Helping other ships get underway or dock. It isn't the purpose of a tugboats to escort a fully operational ship all the way into open ocean. Which the ship was until just a few minutes before the collision. When they realized they were in trouble they called for tugboats but the tugboats didn't get there in time.

[@MC-yt1uv]

It is (was) a single truss bridge. They have basically one supporting cable running through the whole bridge. Single trusses are much cheaper to build but if any part of the cable breaks the whole bridge goes down. Imagine a clothes line, no matter what part of the line you cut all of your clothes are going to end up on the ground.

[@miriamkling3346]

Oh my! Thank God for people willing to fix it.

[@Frani-cx2eo]

Why are there no tugs on the river? Poor guys who passed.

[@Fazzel]

Because normally once a a ship clears the pier it doesn't need them anymore.

[@desirae5583]

Piercing or piecing ..….. that is the question tonight as investigators continue to have many questions. 😮😮😮

[@johnargires504]

Why is it when the Costa Concordia crashed we knew the captains name the next day?

[@Gingerrrrsnapps]

Cause the captain wasn’t driving this ship, port pilots were.

[@congerthomas1812]

Right,but the public record of this company has the controllers info. Was online within 1 day. Not the pilots.

[@Ccarnage8]

Cyber attack, government covering it up

[@lakeangel100]

I still think it was planned

[@Ahahahhaaah]

@@lakeangel100absolutely

[@evangelineward9980]

Thank God for unity ❤

[@ronalddecesaris6115]

Wondering why tug boats dont escort a ship that huge at least to east side of the key bridge?

[@Fazzel]

For one thing too many ships and not enough tugboats.

[@Redslayer86]

Is there a full interview with the army corp of engineers commander?

[@bryanitza-chulopez1658]

They’ll probably publish an article about it in the Army times by tomorrow or this following week!

[@gamesponge7176]

It amazes me how overloaded those ships are! And all hazardous materials. How many do they loose in our waters back and forth?

[@NcCreeker]

They prob designed it and built it...

[@Buy.Youtub.Views.54]

Love this video, I think I’ve watched it four times.

[@Luisr777]

Lol to get the port up and running again is more important than finding the missing works has to be put to a hold. Smh

[@alexmiller499]

Glad the whitehouse is sending money but what about the shipping company's responsibility

[@MC-yt1uv]

Until the investigation happens and we have a thorough documentation of the shipping companies failings the government won't be able to collect money. So it is better to get construction started now with government funding and then sue the shipping company later to recover the money spent.

[@avgjayevryday667]

10% for the Big Guy

[@Rimrock300]

Fake news. it's 7.5%

[@AG-ok7no]

The footage is grainy but at 2:39 look to the left of the ship on top part of the bridge. Are the two points of steel where the first snap appears not glowing? You can see it at other snap points too. Not making any claims, maybe there's a good explanation.

[@rachelannsmart3710]

Scott is mighty excited. Not about the the fact that the bridge is down, and definitely not about the poor people that died. He is excited because he is going to find those people and move that bridge. It’s what the Army Corp of Engineers created for. They are bringing in the big cranes, underwater demolitionists, C4 explosives - He was made for this job.

[@SLAutoRepair]

Why can’t they pop up one of those nifty floating bridges the military has temporarily

[@Rimrock300]

There are other bridges in the area. Number one is clearing the passage for ship traffic to go ahead. The harbour directly and indirectly employes 100K people

[@deantebritton]

Where do you even begin with something like this

[@stevenlennaman2073]

Where was the Tug that dropped off the pilot?

[@bradrosset2353]

what a tragedy

[@user-bf1rj2cz3v]

The first Tacoma Bridge was flapped to destruction in 1940 by a violent windstorm. It was nicknamed the “Galloping Gertie” because it used weak girders when it was first constructed. However the ongoing World War II at that time has caused the delay of rebuilding the bridge.

[@tinetannies4637]

Not quite. It flapped because the engineers didn't account for wind loads.

[@peacejy1221]

They couldn't see the ship coming😱⁉️

[@Fazzel]

They were on break. Probably busy eating so were looking at their food.

[@killerbski9412]

How do you pierce something together? 😂

[@aaronritzenthaler]

Where was the harbor master? Don’t these things have back up steering in them?

[@ianbelanger7459]

There are back up steering systems, but they are not usually as capable as the primary and a loss of power can degrade a bunch of systems all at once. Ships simply don't drive like passenger cars. Sometimes a small failure can be unrecoverable due to the lag times and the simple physics of large objects with very small steering surfaces.

[@jasonwade9160]

How do they how many bodies there are to recover already??

[@HighlandVer4573]

The owner, charterer, technical, manning agency, etc, must have long negligence issues mostly about cost cutting that affected the seaworthiness of the ship...

[@aroomermardoo6502]

Its a nightmare to remove these heavy metal pieces...will the containers be remove from the ship to ease the operation

[@teddybears4life240]

Omg❗️❗️❗️ GOD PLZ KEEP EVERYONE SAFE in this re building effort...✝️✝️✝️

[@SierraRomeo2000]

Why is the recent bridge disaster recovery being federally funded instead by the shipping company’s insurance? Any ideas??? 🧐

[@godofhalo3]

Why do they only say they're recovering the bodies of workers and not the drivers?

[@Mjplezia]

There were no drivers

[@MrsRitchieBlackmore]

​@@MjpleziaIncorrect. They actually did recover a truck with two people in it...not workers.

[@lindaadelwerth8042]

​@@MrsRitchieBlackmoreWrong the 2 people found in the truck were workers on the bridge

[@quin3578]

Because it was all workers, people don't know what they're talking about.

[@lindaadelwerth8042]

@@quin3578 No they Sure don't!

[@rosemarechanging9805]

excellent

[@mr.pizzamarlon]

I wish I could block these news stations. I get tired of the same news repeated hundred million times a day.

[@juanbait9670]

Thats because they all repeat the same approved message.

[@MC-yt1uv]

KZbin will recommend things if you comment on them. Commenting on these videos will cause KZbin to show you more of them.

[@mr.pizzamarlon]

@@MC-yt1uv thank you. I do appreciate that insight. I will focus on just giving the good news and not bother ever again with commenting on any news clips. Thank you for your help! 🙏🏼

[@tinetannies4637]

Whaaaa I clicked on a video and now I want to blame someone for my clicking

[@MusicSam63]

One more thought if we the taxpayers have to pay for the bridge, do we get the ship?

[@tetchuma]

What we are seeing is an example of the downside of deregulation. Who knew that one poorly maintained ship could disrupt so much of the U.S.’ trade and commerce… (That’s probably why safety & maintenance regulations for ships [used to be] so stringent… so they don’t damage the global economy when they inevitably take out a bridge)

[@zf9903]

Finally, an intelligent comment

[@nickmenza2671]

Yeah especially when you watch the ship take a quick turn right into the area that would do most damage. Stop being a tator

[@tetchuma]

@@nickmenza2671 You strike me of the type of person who is grateful that only immigrants were lost in this disaster. (They were only doing the jobs that American refused to do) Ironic, huh? Shame on you.

[@whollymary7406]

The navy has to start cutting the bridge up and loading it onto barges to clear a path for the other container ships but first they need to find those workers, if they had floatation devices on they might have been rescued already and checked into a hospital

[@samhampton9139]

Who gets the contracts for salvage and rebuild? And who's paying for rebuild? Tax payers or insurance? (Providing there is a full investigation)

[@eugenepruitt4369]

God bless the ones. Thank God for the hard workers. This is all hands-on Bored. Be safe.

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Maybe get off your knees and help.

[@SteveOfTheDead]

"These things don't leak do they? Leak? Hell no these things were made by the US Army Corp of Engineers!" 😂

[@theanonymousprepperchannel]

So how long till more price hikes?

[@Fazzel]

Beginning yesterday. Eggs already went up 50 cents.

[@scottfors1450]

It should not take more than a year to fix that bridge!

[@blnunya6689]

It will take multiple years and billions of dollars. You ever built ANYTHING?

[@Curtis-ev3tz]

In defference to those that lost their lives in this tragedy it's only appropriate that the old bridge sections be set aside close by and utilized in the next generation of accident prevention barriers that will be necessarily part of the state of the art redesign. Think twice before disposal of the old structures entirely! Thanks!

[@bobsilver3983]

Why did the driver turn the ship and slam into the bridge support???

[@YoBaby444]

The bridge was sighted in 2015 My question is what’s on the ship

[@DaDarknessXIII]

$60 mil!!! That’s an insult to the amount of stress that’s going to be put on their way of life!

[@luismvilla1]

Why are tax payers paying for this when the ship was at fault 🤔

[@redneckhippiefreak]

Because -1; there are limits to liability insurance and 2; it will take Years to get the money out of them.. Welcome to the real world kid.

[@luismvilla1]

@redneckhippiefreak so then the company or owner of the ship can pay the rest. Don't you think it's ridiculous you and I have to chip in for someone else's mistake? Yeah it may take a while to get the money but that was a state owned bridge right? I'm sure the years can come down to a few months of court hearings

[@redneckhippiefreak]

@@luismvilla1 Again.. How long are you willing to allow the port to remain closed while waiting for litigations and investigation that would then release the needed funds? 1 year? 5? No. We open back up ASAP..Just like another owner of a business, We pay for the needed upkeep or damage of our Own shop so we can stay open and continue to make profits. Knowing this is a temporary set back then we focus on suing the ones that tossed the brick through the window. Relax kid. Adults have Adult things to do.

[@HAMMER_2.2]

A 2 year long investigation and 60 million dollars to remove the debris? Damn, seems excessive. But maybe im just that ignorant of the facts!

[@victorduny9842]

Moving all that steel quickly and safely will cost a lot. Specialized equipment and divers aren’t cheap. It will take years to clawback the cost from the insurance companies.

[@Hinkle3]

That’s the government for you, now they will pay huge bids to their donors to clean this up, and spend millions dragging out an investigation that could be done in 6 months at the most.

[@blnunya6689]

​@@Hinkle3 Well, get down there and show them how it's done.

[@Perich29]

remember to wear your life jacket when driving across the bridge, there no telling me what going to happen on the bridge.

[@eugenepruitt4369]

Makes you wonder where the tug boats were. That was supposed to guide these big ships. Little suspicious, do you think?

[@jdanon203]

The harbormaster has local pilots board the ships to steer them in and out of the ports. They don't need to use tugs.

[@Jarochito-]

power on the boat powered off.

[@dustindubbo2892]

They use tugs to pull them out of berth but after that it’s a local guide to take them out of the bay.

[@Aperson156]

Every port does things differently. Some use tugs, some use harbor pilots. They had harbor pilots on the boat, at the helm. There is nothing suspicious.

[@sandpiperr]

In modern shipping navigation out of a harbor is done by a harbor pilot, not by tug boats as if this were still 1912. Tug boats are only used as backup these days. And the crew did call in a mayday with request for tug boat assistance before it collided with the bridge. It was right in the report in this video.

[@lulee1891]

Look for the "EVERGREEN" container.

[@ronaldwijnands5159]

why not built a temperory army bridge.

[@tommycurr8747]

Whats happening to our policies right now while this is all over the news????

[@aaronritzenthaler]

Policies? We are nearing the end of capitalism if that’s what you’re asking? Capitalism is gotten to the point we’re almost intersecting with communism. Mark one up for Marx!

[@AG-ok7no]

Yur one of them thinkers ain't ye?

[@gdp512]

The ntsb still using phantoms…

[@mukamuka0]

2:16 Saw that is just sad...

[@sakasatyaprasad7874]

Till that time Boat ferry may be used to ferry cars and trucks across the river. Does not coat much.

[@tynettelima4434]

I mean, is someone listening just in case? Like Challenger deep, maybe no cell text but in an airpocket an email on a phone? I just think never, ever, ever give up 😢🙏

[@povertyspec9651]

Taxpayers should not be paying for toll bridges!

[@cliffhamilton2857]

I've been wondering what happened to my shipment from Wish.

[@Rimrock300]

Air freight

[@mewinthedark2351]

that amount of steel that has to get recovered will take months even a year or so

[@sebfettel]

Meanwhile the army corps of engineers Are definitely Removing it..

[@dukeford8893]

Actually, they will be awarding contracts to private companies to do all the work.

[@sebfettel]

@@dukeford8893 They already have, the bridge and boat are being salvaged by different companies. 3 separate companies if I remember correctly

[@richardjohnson8009]

I like money.

[@ssfc117]

Watch, they’re gonna change the name of the bridge and it’ll come in “costing” way more than any reasonable estimate by billions. More washing money at the expense of peoples lives

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Just watch.. a bunch of losers are going to create unsubstantiated narratives.

[@user-fl8tn3ki4n]

😂okay then.Trump 2024

[@WhateverHappenedToGaryCooper]

Yes part of the reason Biden admin doesn’t want to put blame on the shipping company is because making them pay for it would put checks and balances on the project. If Biden can force American taxpayers to pay for it, it becomes much easier to inflate the cost and hire firms they are friendly with (donors) Just like what’s going on with the migrant ‘crisis’

[@nickmenza2671]

Yup, that's CBS, NBC and the legacy media. ​@Look_What_You_Did

[@mikusoxlongius]

@@Look_What_You_Did We have questions. We need answers. Is the captain from Ukraine? Why are illegals working there? Are they voting now, too? Lots more questions and allegations to come.

[@maxbell6237]

Wait, what’s getting pierced together?? Gotta be honest that sounds way more interesting than the ship and the bridge, just saying. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TruCunt]

24/7? And getting paid like it’s 1955 😂😂😂😂 good luck to those E1-E4.

[@TomZart]

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

[@vladparygin8309]

Слезы Москвы тоже важны.

[@user-jv7zp9sc8q]

How not to happen again to other bridges and killing innocent victims?

[@urmillavibart7881]

Lord help all those who involved

[@Sarge-at-Large]

I think she meant “piecing together” 😅

[@povertyspec9651]

Where does MDTA toll money go?

[@patrickrush9069]

Do Not use the Navy for this salvage! Hire a Commercial Diving Salvage Contractor. more experience and more efficient

[@mikusoxlongius]

Stop showing the multiple videos, people are starting to notice things...

[@joeycrooker1282]

One day with a sky crane and you would have a shipping lane opened up .....

[@jamesphilip6737]

Two years to figure out what happened. That sounds like government alright.

[@LJ542]

I keep waiting to hear about the vehicles with people that were traveling over the bridge when it collapsed. The workers that went down are known and we all grieve their fate. But there were vehicles on the bridge as it went down, right? None? I hope so.

[@Mjplezia]

No. Just construction vehicles

[@danathomas7870]

They had time to close the roads so no cars were lost.... there was one big rig that I hoped made it accross right before the impact... I would love to hear from him.

[@Fazzel]

@@danathomas7870 - Imagine being the trucker looking in his rear view mirror and seeing the bridge disappear.

[@dougkratz5269]

​@@Fazzel long as it's in the mirror,all good! Roll on!

[@lokesh303101]

Divert the Cargoes to the other Ports on East Coast for go on Freight Services.

[@patrickmurray9409]

It got hit by a ship. Nuff said

[@ardiffley-zipkin9539]

No excuses. Get busy.

[@TheJohnnyjackflash]

The number one question Did the ship have an anchor, and if so, why was it deployed? ….OK I answered my question. It did deploy that’s the reason why they ship veered into the column at the last minute, the anchor the anchor caught hold.

[@incoherentthinker]

Yes and yes. Port anchor.

[@TheJohnnyjackflash]

@@incoherentthinker yeah, I heard expert and the anchor was deployed about 30 seconds too late

[@nancymarshall6014]

Where was the harbor master?

[@JohnDoe-gi1vr]

Harbor master!???Who was steering that ship? Boeing diversity hires?

[@Katiebug2279]

Have they recovered any bodies yet?

[@lh2988]

2 people.

[@suredude5291]

WHYYYYY is the investigation going to take up to 2 years?

[@GH-oi2jf]

An NTSB report usually takes about a year, because they are thorough. This one will take longer because of the complexity of the event.

[@PowaFuuWOOMAN]

Boltimore love thing - 50 cent

[@victorduny9842]

It will take years to get the money from the shipping insurance companies which I why the US has to pay for this upfront.

[@sakasatyaprasad7874]

Baltimore Will not have a new bridge till investigation gets over. Then a plan for new bridge and then execute. So clearly 6 years by the time a new bridge gets laid .

[@muckfoot-4093]

will i still get my package?

[@Rimrock300]

Usually air freight, if one have ordered directly abroad, and it's not a full size car or something

[@sakasatyaprasad7874]

It might take about 5 years to rebuld a Bridge. And how much wull Dali give

[@Deltawhiskeymike]

Yet another reason why tunnels are better than bridges...

[@jayhuang7747]

really? it's an accident, tunnels are more deathly after decades or so.

[@blnunya6689]

And cost substantially more and take far longer to construct.

[@wasatchrangerailway6921]

When a ship of this size loses power, the rudder automatically goes to a neutral position!!! With a loss of power, no commands are sent to the rudder power, and it goes to neutral. When power is restored, the rudder will NOT get a command to do anything but remain at neutral until told to do so by the man at the wheel!!!!!!!! He was headed right for "the keyhole", and out to sea. This ship supposedly loses power and makes a "hard to port" turn, which means to turn to the opposite: a right hand turn!!! THIS SIMPLY DOES NOT ADD UP!!!! That ship intentionally steered right into the pylon!!!!! ACCIDENT MY A$$!!!

[@derrickbailey9821]

60 million should be 600 million.

[@turdferguson2839]

Just more government incompetence, the company that owns that ship needs to pay for this, not the government and theres no reason for an investigation to take 2 years... what a joke.

[@budtackett8347]

singapore needs set up re pay plan

[@budtackett8347]

i just wanted to see picks,didnt need any of the news coverage