Major Bridge Collapse in Baltimore

[Caroline13]

The Francis Scott Key Bridge was rammed by Huge Cargo ship. talk about a sea disaster.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03...ridge-collapse

[Dead2009]

The Key Bridge was about 30 minutes away give or take from me and I knew nothing about it until I saw it on the news yesterday morning.

[Dead2009]

If you've never been to Baltimore, this is what it was like driving over the Key Bridge heading into the county

[Caroline13]

So is this a major disaster as we're being told here in CA news? Or a lot of AI work???????

[ge]

Caroline - have you officially lost your mind? I live in Baltimore - have gone over that Bridge countless times.

It is gone. Horrific accident. The admins should delete your account. People lost their lives doing their jobs on that Bridge. Your account should be deleted and you should be ashamed.

[Caroline13]

Originally Posted by ge

Caroline - have you officially lost your mind? I live in Baltimore - have gone over that Bridge countless times.

It is gone. Horrific accident. The admins should delete your account. People lost their lives doing their jobs on that Bridge. Your account should be deleted and you should be ashamed.

Duh.. I reported this horrible disaster and I live no where near Baltimore

, but a member here made it sound like it didn't happen or am I


blind? Wonder IF someone on East Coast would have posted this if I had not????????

Yes it's horrible and lost lives and I hear about lost lives everyday all over t he U.S. and I'm not discounting the Key Bridge losses and the loss from not being able to use that bridge for carrying on with life,,,,,everyone will be affected from this tragedy....

[Dead2009]

Lol what are you on about? Nobody said it never happened. The only other things posted were a video of going over the bridge, which isn't even recent.

[Dead2009]

Originally Posted by ge

Caroline - have you officially lost your mind? I live in Baltimore - have gone over that Bridge countless times.

It is gone. Horrific accident. The admins should delete your account. People lost their lives doing their jobs on that Bridge. Your account should be deleted and you should be ashamed.

So have I, always had to go over that bridge to visit family over in the city. Shocking to see it gone to say the least.

[Bonniegirl]

Very sad and tragic! Prayers for Baltimore ,those poor workers on the bridge and their families !

A member here, Anna Karenina that I was good online friends with who hasn't posted in a while lives in Maryland , also a guy who went by Isaaih Thomas who hasn't posted here in a while is from Maryland too. I thought of them right away. I think they were both from the part of Maryland near Virginia and D.C. not near Baltimore . But still , I'm sure it is really upsetting being it's the same state!

Prayers !!!

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Dead2009

So have I, always had to go over that bridge to visit family over in the city. Shocking to see it gone to say the least.

So sorry for you and Ge. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the people in Maryland !

[Caroline13]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

So sorry for you and Ge. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the people in Maryland !

Yes it's a major disaster and will cause major issues for the whole country as it will prevent travel and getting goods to all. Amazon has a big plant back there and that will affect prices for all...finding ways to get stuff moving....It's way deeper than on the surface.

[dakert]

Any word on the people who were driving the ship?

[Babalu]

Originally Posted by dakert

Any word on the people who were driving the ship?

The ship lost power as they approached the bridge. The crew notified the local authorities and they were able to stop vehicle traffic from going over the bridge. That saved lives. Once the ship lost power it drifted into a pylon supporting the bridge, probably the worst thing that could have happened. The crash destroyed the support of the bridge, which caused the bridge to collapse. This particular ship has a bad safety record; this is not the first time it lost power. It probably should not have been allowed to sail in American waters, but it's too late now.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by ge

Caroline - have you officially lost your mind? I live in Baltimore - have gone over that Bridge countless times.

Im glad you werent on it then buddy!!

That ship must have rammed it pretty hard to do that!!

[Caroline13]

Heaing about $15Million in commerce will be lost daily.