Baltimore bridge collapses after ship strike

[Dave P.]

With the amount of money involved they'll be picking up Mexicans in the Home Depot parking
lot, supplying them with shovels and scuba gear.

 

[outlaw_dogboy]

They have already opened temporary channels for essential traffic to get in and out of the harbor.

Temporary alternate channel to pass commercially essential vessels around Key Bridge cleanup

A temporary alternate channel around the Key Bridge cleanup site in Baltimore is being set up for commercially essential vessels.

www.baltimoresun.com

Well THAT didn't take long.

 

[Laserbait]

Well THAT didn't take long.

Almost like they were expecting this, and had a plan ready to go?

 

[hittman]

Proof positive ….. damned if you do and damned if you don't!
If it stayed closed, there'd be outrage.
If it gets opened quickly there's a conspiracy. SMH

 

[dannyd]

Almost like they were expecting this, and had a plan ready to go?

I hope they had a plan because it is a main port and things do happen.

I would not want my ship stuck in there, unless the Two O'clock Club was still open, then I could be stuck there for a long time.

 

[bobski]

kudos to the engineers and workers............
G-d bless american know how.

 

[blume357]

Wait for high tide and make a run for it.... who's gonna stop you?

 

[Fox Mike]

Just heard that they now have two alternate channels open. Not as deep as the main approach but some commence can now come and go.

 

[hittman]

Baltimore Harbour Reopen By End of April, Says Army

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers put out a "tentative timeline" for getting commercial shipping in and out of Baltimore by the end of the month.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Mobuck]

"Almost like they were expecting this, and had a plan ready to go?"
ANYTHING as important as this harbor should most certainly have contingency plans.

 

[Fox Mike]

They have now recovered another the body of one of the workers. Three still unaccounted for.

 

[golferboy426]

The media keeps saying the workers were "immigrants" so I'm guessing illegals....I see a major wrongful death lawsuit against the company and probably the State of Maryland

 

[hpman66]

VIDEO -- Close Call: 89K-Ton Ship Loses Propulsion Near NYC Bridge

An 89,000-ton container ship lost propulsion Friday evening near a bridge in the waters around New York City.

www.breitbart.com

 

[hittman]

Be prepared that the new bridge will have to get a new name too.

No way on Gods green earth politicians will show up to re-open it still named after a guy who wrote that racist oppressive song.

Yep ….. I called it

African American groups call for ditching 'racist' Francis Scott Key, naming new bridge after late congressman

A coalition of African American groups is pushing Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and the state's General Assembly on renaming the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

www.foxnews.com

 

[GunnyGene]

FBI has opened a criminal investigation. Maybe something to it or maybe just covering all the bases.

FBI opens criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse, AP source says

The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge that is focused on the circumstances leading up to it and whether all federal laws were followed, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person was not authorized to...

www.yahoo.com

The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge that is focused on the circumstances leading up to it and whether all federal laws were followed, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The person was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.

The FBI was present aboard the cargo ship Dali conducting court authorized law enforcement activity, the agency said in a statement Monday.


The investigation was first reported by The Washington Post.

And on Monday, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced a partnership with two law firms to "launch legal action to hold the wrongdoers responsible" and mitigate harm to city residents.

The container ship Dali left Baltimore's port in the early hours of March 26, laden with cargo and headed for Sri Lanka, when it struck one of the bridge's supporting columns, causing the span to collapse into the Patapsco River and sending six members of a roadwork crew plunging to their deaths.

Divers have recovered three bodies from the underwater wreckage, while the remaining three victims are still unaccounted for.

 

[Fox Mike]

I wouldn't bet that the FBI could find their collective butts with a handful of fishhooks.

 

[JackBull]

Proof positive ….. damned if you do and damned if you don't!
If it stayed closed, there'd be outrage.
If it gets opened quickly there's a conspiracy. SMH

Don't forget we are talking about Biden here. The man and his party is allowing the criminal trial of a former POTUS on false charges. This man and his party will do anything to win. The events leading up to November will shake the country.

 

[XUSNORDIE]

Stuck around after work to watch the charges go off......meh.... I was expecting a bit more. They placed warnings all over the area and advised anyone within 2000 yards to remain inside and if outside wear hearing protection....LOL......a little flash, a little smoke and a little teeny tiny boom....thats all.....and I was very much so within 2000 yds lol...I was a parking lot away.

I miss the BOOMS we made in the Navy....IYAOYAS!!!!!

 

[Fox Mike]

It was a little disappointing but it got the big pieces off. I noticed that an entire four lane section of the asphalt roadway was laying across the bow. Supposedly that will be removed after it is moved.

 

[RC44Mag]

That vessel should be brought out to sea and scuttled.