Baltimore: Work began to remove debris from the collapsed bridge

Cranes arrived at her to remove debris from Francis Scott Key’s fall, which collapsed after impacting a cargo ship on her. Authorities state that the process of removing debris from the bridge in Baltimore, U.S.A., will be too time-consuming to delay the reopening of the port. The cranes arriving yesterday Thursday (28.03.2024) are to haul up the pieces of the Francis Scott Key bridge, which thousands of vehicles were using daily and which collapsed on Tuesday after impacting on the container ship. Maryland governor Wes Moore explained last night to reporters that at the port of Baltimore he would be transferred “the largest crane on the east coast to help us.” “Before we begin lifting (the tracks), we need to find a way to cut the bridge into pieces of such size that can be hauled out of the water with the help of a crane,” said the vice admiral of the port Shannon Gillrith. The bodies of two of the six missing workers were spotted Wednesday. Operations to identify the bodies of the remaining four have been discontinued because the authorities considered it too dangerous to send divers to the site of the accident. “Water is so dark and debris so dense that in most cases divers don’t see more than 30 to 60 cm away,” Moore explained. $60 million Four men, all immigrants from Latin America, are thought to have been killed when the Dali, a 300-metre-long cargo ship and 48-meter wide, collided on one of the bridge’s pillars due to mechanical failure. A total of eight workers were on the bridge at the time of the accident performing roadwork. Two of them were rescued shortly after the collapse. Residents of the area participated yesterday morning in a ceremony in memory of the dead held in a nearby park, they broadcast local media, while Baltimore’s mayorship began raising money to support their families. As regards the restoration of the bridge, the Governor of Maryland warned that “a long way must be taken.” The state asked the federal state for an initial amount of $60 million and the US Ministry of Transport announced “the immediate release” of the amount. This amount “will help Maryland start the most immediate work”, while additional money will follow “as the restoration progresses” of the bridge, Transport Minister Pete Buttijaj assured. “No one will ever forget the shocking images of a container ship attacking the Francis Scott Key bridge causing its collapse and the tragic death of six people,” the White House said in an announcement. Following the tragic incident President Joe Biden pledged that the federal government would bear the full cost of restoring the bridge. Due to the accident the port of Baltimore – the ninth largest in the US in terms of activity – has suspended its operation.