Heart-pounding audio reveals scramble to stop cars on Baltimore bridge moments before collapse

Heart-pounding audio reveals scramble to stop cars on Baltimore bridge moments before collapse

I need one of you guys on the South Side one of you guys on the North side hold on traffic on the Key Bridge uh there’s a ship approaching it just lost their steering so until you get that under control we got to stop all traffic see

Through team dis match the whole Bridge just fell down start start whoever everybody the whole Bridge just collapsed dispatch is Direct that’s correct first time give we know traffic or St I can’t get to the the side so the bridge is down yo what the what dude what the happened no shot no

Shot gosh Pati are you advising there’s 13 people in the water possibly 13 people in the water at this time the construction crew let go ahead special call Baltimore County Marine unit 269 and Marine unit 26 notify an County to also stand by for their vote Communications Cy 144 six0 Communications awesome uh

Dispatch the dive unit on this call to alert the dive team and start one more additional transport unit Communications captain act 695 East be advised 13 persons possibly in the water there was a 13 person construction crew operating on the bridge possibly in the water at this time 146 Chief

Communications TI six engine 13 you’re responding with one diver is that right G6 has affir 13 has one Di copy I 695 headed towards Bing Highway here with the police they are reporting that the middle section of the bridge collapsed into the water and there are unknown amounts of people Andor vehicles

In the water we are committed to 695 in a traffic jam that’s as much information I have right now I’ll be command at this point as the Admiral said we’re going away from the search and rescue portion to recovery operation the changing conditions out there have made it

Dangerous for the First Responders the divers in the water we will still have surface ships out overnight at 0600 hours tomorrow we are hoping to put divers in the water and begin a more detailed search to do our very best to recover those six missing people we are

Doing our very best and some very difficult times and difficult conditions which is why we’re making that transition now the last thing we want to do is put divers in the water with changing currents low temperatures very poor visibility visibility and so much metal and other unknown objects in the

Water all it takes is one object to strike an individual and all of a sudden we have a first responder trying to recover another first responder I think at 0600 we’ll find oursel in a better position to understand the Dynamics of what we’re dealing with and to address

The issue in a much safer manner here’s what we know about the Baltimore Maryland Francis Scott Key bridge collapse on Tuesday March 26th at approximately 1:30 a.m. a cargo ship crashed into one of the Bridge’s supports causing its immediate partial collapse multiple people including an 8ers construction crew were on the

Bridge at the time of the crash a level one mass casualty event has been declared and a search and rescue operation was immediately launched as of 10:00 a.m. two people have been recovered while six others remain missing one person has been taken to a local hospital while the other refused

Treatment the six missing are believed to be members of the construction crew approximately 1:30 a.m. a cargo ship leaving the Port of Baltimore struck the Francis Scot Key Bridge this calls the catastrophic collapse of the bridge First Responders from the Maryland Transportation Authority the Toll Authority and our federal state

Local Partners immediately responded to the scene at this time this is an active search and rescue mission we know there were we know there were individuals on the bridge at the time of the collapse working on the bridge contractors for us the crew that was out there working was

Basically repairing potholes so you understand that had nothing to do with a structural issue at all on the facility um at this time one person has been uh rescued and so far and our continue our efforts continue in terms of that um Engineers are on site right now

Determining both some of the structural issues obviously some of the debris field and we’ll start to work that but we’ll work hand in hand with the NTSB before we take any further action in that area the cargo ship known as the dolly is owned and operated by Synergy Marine

Group the 948 ft vessel was headed for Sri Lanka Synergy confirmed that all crew members including two pilots on board were accounted for and no injuries to that group had been reported the cargo ship had been chartered by Danish shipping giant MK Maryland governor Wes Moore said that

A Mayday call was issued from the ship ahead of the crash the cargo ship reported losing power moments before striking the bridge and warned of a possible Collision video footage from the scene showed the vessel’s lights flickering on and off in the moments before a giant plume of black smoke

Could be seen coming from the ship seconds before impact For All that’s

HEART-STOPPING audio reveals cops’ rush to stop cars on Baltimore bridge before collapse and emergency crews race to get divers into the water…as ship crew face 2 WEEKS stranded onboard.

Six construction workers are presumed dead after plunging into icy water when a cargo ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The ship lost power and rammed into the major bridge early on Tuesday.

In less than 40 seconds, the entire crossing collapsed into the river and at least six workers filling potholes on the bridge plummeted into the Patapsco River.

Read more:
Haunting video shows wreckage of Baltimore bridge collapse as six missing construction workers presumed dead
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26933811/video-wreckage-baltimore-bridge-collapse-missing-dead/

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse updates — Hunt for 6 workers in Baltimore river resumes as info about victims emerges
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26919053/francis-scott-key-bridge-baltimore-collapse-updates/

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