Baltimore: “Heroes” those who interrupted traffic on the collapsed bridge

No hope of being spotted alive have the six missing persons found in the river waters Patapsko following the collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge in . The six missing reportedly being workers located on the top Francis Scott Key Bridge bridge in Baltimore and making potholes. Missing workers were all employees of the Brawner Builders company, with their colleague Zesus Campos pointing out that they were of origin from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. As US media reports, one of the dead workers is 49-year-old Miguel Luna from El Salvador. “On the basis of research carried out (…), water temperature, we now estimate that we will not find these people alive,” said Coast Guard vice admiral Shannon Gilrith during a press conference. After the Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed at the port of Baltimore, in the U.S. state of Maryland, authorities began air, sea, even underwater investigations, and managed to locate two survivors, one of whom is seriously injured. But last night due to the difficult conditions, “tide and currents make the work of divers dangerous”, consequently “we will suspend the active phase of investigations,” Gilrith added. “We are just going into a new phase” of operations, he explained, with another official clarifying that divers will return to the point of the accident this morning. Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott spoke of a “unspeakable tragedy”, with police ruling out the possibility of a terrorist act. Divers are due to return today at dawn to the Patapsko River to the point where last Tuesday a large bridge collapsed in Baltimore, after impacting a cargo ship on it, although the six missing workers found in the water are now considered dead. ‘Heroes who interrupted traffic’ The account of this “horrible accident”, as American President Joe Biden described it, would have been even greater if the cargo ship which ” temporarily lost the propulsion system” had not been able to transmit a distress signal. Thanks to this distress signal, the authorities were able to stop vehicle traffic on the bridge. The 300-metre-long cargo ship Dali had just begun a 27-day voyage from the port of Baltimore bound for Sri Lanka. Shortly after his departure, in the middle of Monday to Tuesday night, the power was discontinued. The ship’s electronic systems and engine stopped operating. Dali’s crew couldn’t control the giant ship. Crew members tried in vain to restore the damage, while the one navigator on it instructed the crew to return the Dali to the harbor and throw anchor. Although it seems that a generator at some point began operating, the ship did not recover its engines. The navigators had no choice until 01:30 (local time, 07:30 Greek time) Tuesday mornings sent a distress warning authorities that an impact was imminent. Here’s a longer and higher quality video of the Baltimore bridge collapse. Crash and collapse Happens at 2:34 — BNO News Live (@BNODesk) “A ship which has lost the navigation system is approaching,” he sounds to say a Maryland Transport Service executive on the radio. “Until it gets under control, we need to stop traffic”. Two police officers were even near the bridge and were the first to respond to this update and stopped the traffic of vehicles in Francis Scott Key thereby preventing a greater tragedy. As the New York Post writes, the police first saw that on the bridge there was a crew of workers acting at the time to take a lunch break. But before they had time to inform these workers, the ship flying the flag of Singapore fell over the pillar resulting in the collapse of the bridge. “The bridge is down. Run, run. Anyone who can, everyone. The whole bridge collapsed” the police officer is heard on the radio seconds before one of the officers made known to proceed to the bridge to inform workers working there. “The bridge collapsed” shouted another official on radios. Maryland Wes Moore’s governor described Dali’s crew as “heroes” and added that their immediate reaction “saved lives” because the authorities had time to stop vehicle traffic on the bridge, which has four lanes of traffic, the two minutes passed after the distress signal and impact broadcast. Important road axis The port of Baltimore is the most important in the US in terms of car loads. Only in 2022 did more than 750,000 vehicles pass through there, according to data from the port authority. It is also one of the largest in terms of coal exports. The closure of this large port on the East Coast of the United States could disrupt the supply chain of products – from cars to coal or sugar, which means that their delays and costs will increase.Dali belongs to Grace Ocean Pt Ltd, its management has been undertaken by Synergy Marine Corp and was chartered by the Danish company Maersk. The 22 members of his crew are safe. Singapore’s port authorities announced yesterday that Dali passed two controls successfully in 2023 and that in June a fuel pressure control instrument was repaired that had a problem. The port authorities of Chile for their part pointed out in 2023 that Dali had a problem in its engines, but it was also repaired.