Search resuming for 6 missing and presumed dead after Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore
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Six people were missing and presumed dead after Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge crumbled when a large container ship hit a support column, authorities said.
  • pigup@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Luckily, Baltimore is such an affluent economic powerhouse. It can easily take the hit with minimal consequence. Go ravens!/s

  • MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Holy shit I can’t imagine the sheer terror. One second you’re just doing your normal work commute, the next you just fell a hundred feet into freezing water. Without reacting immediately you’re probably trapped in your car from the water pressure. Shit shit shit

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Luckily this happened around 1:30 in the morning, because at rush hour that bridge is bumper to bumper and the death toll would be in the hundreds or even thousands.

      • BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social
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        5 months ago

        This is what I’m thinking.

        Its a genuine miracle that this is such a small death toll in a major city like this.

        One can hope this raises awareness to fracture critical (iirc the term?) bridges that are vulnerable to catastrophic failures

        • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          I wonder if the death toll from having emergency services having to take a longer, more congested route will be higher than the actual accident. That bridge is the only way to cross the Patapsco south of Baltimore.