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☆ Baltimore bridge collapse: 5th body recovered
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Joe Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Authorities have recovered the body of a fifth victim in the Baltimore bridge collapse five weeks ago, officials said Wednesday. A 213-million-pound cargo vessel slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, crippling the structure and killing six workers repairing potholes on it. The six construction workers were immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico and Guatemala. “Maryland State Police investigators along with officers from the Maryland Transportation Authority Police and the FBI responded to the scene and recovered the body of a fifth construction worker inside a red truck,” he added. Attorneys representing the families of two deceased workers and a victim who survived the fall have started their own investigation.

Persons: Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, Glen, Francis Scott Key, Luna, Roland L, Butler , Jr, Miguel Luna, CNN Butler, ” Organizations: CNN — Authorities, Unified Command, Francis Scott Key Bridge, CNN, El, CASA, “ Unified Command, Maryland Department of State Police, State Police, Maryland State Police, Maryland Transportation Authority Police, FBI, US Coast Guard, Grace Ocean Private Limited, Synergy Marine PTE LTD Locations: Baltimore, Glen Burnie , Maryland, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Maryland

☆ Dali container removal will take weeks, a key to Port of Baltimore reopening
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command image of response crews remove shipping containers using a floating crane barge after the cargo ship Dali struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, on April 7, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. CSX was the first rail to start a rail service for diverted containers resulting from the accident and closure of the Port of Baltimore. Once the Dali is refloated and no longer listing, tugs will move the vessel to the CSX terminal at the Port of Baltimore. "Once you see plans of moving the Dali away from the port, that's when you know the channel is ready to be open," Roth said. The size of vessels the Coast Guard is allowing is 96 feet in length, compared to the 984-foot-long Dali, the vessel that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge after losing navigational control and destroyed the key piece of infrastructure.

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The body of a third construction worker who died in the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore was found on Friday morning, officials said. The man, identified as 38-year-old Maynor Yasir Suazo Sandoval, was discovered by divers, according to a release from local authorities. “The collapse of the Key Bridge is undoubtedly one of the most challenging tragedies we have faced as a law enforcement agency,” Col. Roland L. Butler Jr., superintendent of the Maryland state police, said in a statement announcing the recovery. “Along with our local, state and federal public safety partners, we will not give up.”Mr. Suazo Sandoval’s body was found around 10:30 a.m., officials said, just hours before President Biden visited the site of the disaster and met with victims’ families. The bodies of three more victims have yet to be recovered more than a week after the bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River.

Persons: Francis Scott Key, Yasir Suazo Sandoval, ” Col, Roland L, Butler Jr, Mr, Suazo, Biden Locations: Baltimore, Maryland, Patapsco

☆ Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse reverberates around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLiveAround the same time, numerous audible alarms were recorded on the ship’s bridge audio. The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge. “Once you get here, I’ll go grab the workers on the Key Bridge and then stop the outer loop,” an officer said. When the Key Bridge was built decades ago, container ships were a fraction of the size and weight they are today. Miguel Luna, a native of El Salvador, was also working on the Key Bridge.

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☆ Cargo ship had engine maintenance in port before it collided with Baltimore bridge, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The others were presumed dead, and officials said search efforts had been exhausted. Investigators on Wednesday began collecting evidence from the vessel that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge the previous day. U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath said authorities had been informed that the ship was going to undergo the maintenance. "We were informed that they were going to conduct routine engine maintenance on it while it was in port. Video showed the ship moving at what Maryland's governor said was about 9 mph (15 kph) toward the 1.6-mile (2.6-kilometer) bridge.

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☆ Biden okays $60 million in aid after Baltimore bridge collapse as governor warns of 'very long road ahead'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about on the ongoing response to the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, during brief remarks prior to departing the White House in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2024. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a "very long road ahead" to recover from the loss of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge as the Biden administration approved $60 million in immediate federal aid after the deadly collapse. President Joe Biden has pledged the federal government would pay the full cost of rebuilding the bridge. The devastation at the site of the collapse, which happened when the powerless cargo ship struck a pillar supporting the bridge early Tuesday, is extensive. Investigators shared a preliminary timeline of events before the crash, which federal and state officials have said appeared to be an accident.

Persons: Joe Biden, Wes Moore, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key, Biden, Moore, Roland L, Butler Jr, Dali, Investigators Organizations: White, Maryland Gov, Democrat, U.S . Coast Guard, Divers, Maryland State Police, National Transportation Safety Locations: Baltimore , Maryland, Washington , U.S, U.S, Maryland

NTSB crews used the ship’s voyage data recorder, or VDR, to piece together a rough timeline of events leading up to the collision. But it will take months for them to gather the piles of physical evidence, maintenance records, ship data and witness interviews required to deliver a full report, Homendy said. • 01:24:59 a.m.: Numerous audible alarms were recorded on the ship’s bridge audio. • 01:26:39 a.m.: The ship’s pilot made a general very high frequency (VHF) radio call for tugboats in the vicinity to assist the vessel. • Around 01:27:04 a.m.: The pilot ordered that the ship’s port anchor be dropped and issued additional steering commands.

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☆ How the Baltimore bridge collapse spawned a torrent of instant conspiracy theories
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Donie O'Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It is entirely possibly that millions of Americans encountered false claims about the bridge collapse when they woke up Tuesday morning before ever seeing the facts. Politics is everythingWhat is perhaps most notable about how quickly and widely conspiracy theories about a breaking news story spread is just how normal this all is right now. Jewish space lasersAs news unfolded on Tuesday, the conspiracy theories continued. Greene has not weighed in on the cause of the bridge collapse. Jewish space lasers were not responsible for the wildfires, nor the Baltimore bridge collapse.

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☆ Officials Identify 2 Bridge Collapse Victims by ID and Fingerprint
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs | More About Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Now, officials say they will need to pause the recovery effort altogether — with four more victims not yet found — so that pieces of the crumpled bridge can first be removed from the Patapsco River. But, he said, other vehicles that fell from the bridge — possibly with the construction workers inside — are trapped behind debris that makes the area too dangerous for divers. Officials said one of the victims was identified by a driver’s license found with him, and another by his fingerprints. Wes Moore of Maryland said that divers started the search for victims less than an hour after the bridge collapsed. He said officials have been taking the recovery part of the search as seriously as they took the rescue effort, when they believed the missing victims might have still been alive.

Persons: Roland Butler, Francis Scott Key, ”, Colonel Butler, Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, Hernandez, Castillo, Wes Moore, Jacey Fortin Organizations: Maryland State Police, Coast Guard, Gov Locations: Baltimore, Patapsco, Mexico, Guatemala, Maryland

☆ 6 people missing in the Baltimore bridge collapse are presumed dead, and the Coast Guard says their next job is to try to recover their bodies
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Six construction workers went missing during the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. AdvertisementThe six construction workers who went missing after Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed are presumed dead, a US Coast Guard official said on Tuesday night. Gilreath told reporters that they were suspending active search-and-rescue efforts on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., local time. AdvertisementBaltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge had collapsed on Tuesday morning after it was struck by a Singapore-flagged cargo ship, the Dali. BREAKING: Ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse pic.twitter.com/OcOrSjOCRn — BNO News (@BNONews) March 26, 2024The Francis Scott Key Bridge is a key node within Baltimore's transportation network.

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(AP) — The driver of a stolen tow truck led police on a chase through Maryland on Friday, using the vehicle to break through a barricade of law enforcement vehicles and ram private cars that got in its way. Troopers from the College Park barrack responded to a report of a stolen State Highway Administration truck shortly before 5:15 p.m., according to Maryland State Police. The suspect jumped in the truck and took off when the tow truck operator got out to assist with an incident in Prince George's County where the Interstate 495 beltway intersects Interstate 95, Maryland Department of Transportation spokesperson Shantee Felix said in a text message. Officers smashed the vehicle’s windows and pulled the driver out, helicopter footage from WUSA-TV shows. Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesThe suspect was arrested shortly before 6:30 p.m., according to state police.

Persons: Shantee Felix Organizations: Administration, Maryland State Police, Maryland Department of Transportation, Officers, WUSA, Officials Locations: Md, Maryland, Prince George's County, Montgomery County

The Camden County Sheriff's Office hired him nine months later. His file shows Aldridge was disciplined for using unnecessary force in February 2014 and May 2017. The department fired Aldridge for his third infraction just three months later. “It's just not worth the risk.”Bessent and other advocates say it’s an example of Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor tolerating unnecessary violence. After one car crashes, body and dash camera video shows Aldridge shouting expletives as he approaches with his gun drawn.

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☆ Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Police agencies across Maryland are using drones from DJI, a Chinese technology company. DJI was added to a US investment blacklist after officials say they sold drones to Chinese police for Uyghur surveillance. Several law enforcement agencies across Maryland are using drones made by a Chinese company that was added to a US investment blacklist in 2020 and is banned in four states. Maryland police are using drones from DJI, a Chinese technology company that dominates the global drone market, local station WBAL TV reported. Furthermore, officials with Maryland state police say they have not found another supplier that lives up to the quality of DJI drones.

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☆ Fact Check-No evidence Karine Jean-Pierre was involved in a drunk driving accident in March 2023, posts use unrelated photos
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence for claims that White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was involved in an accident for drunk driving in March 2023, despite posts retweeted at least 18,000 times. “DC METRO POLICE REFUSING TO RELEASE BODYCAM FOOTAGE OF KARINE JEAN-PIERRE ACCIDENT,” reads part of the text. White House spokesperson Michael Kikukawa said the claim “is not true.”Outlets (here ) (here) have reported that Jean-Pierre lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. DC Metro Police said there is no record of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre being involved in an accident for drunk driving. The White House called the allegation false, and photos used to illustrate the claims show unrelated events.

☆ Kayakers hailed as heroes for rescuing pilot from icy creek after plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Quick-thinking kayakers are being hailed as heroes after helping rescue a pilot whose single-engine plane crashed Monday morning into an icy creek in Maryland, authorities said. The aircraft plummeted into Beards Creek in Edgewater near the Lee Airport shortly before 10:30 a.m., according to Maryland State Police. While the plane was sinking, the pilot exited his plane and stood on the wing. A small plane crashed into an icy creek in Maryland on Monday. WRC/WBALShortly after, personnel with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources arrived by boat, police said.

A small airplane with two people on board was dangling an estimated 100 feet above ground Sunday night after the aircraft struck a tower supporting high-voltage power lines. The two were not injured and were communicating with first responders as they awaited rescue, Maryland State Police said in a statement. A small plane with two people aboard sits lodged in a power line pole Sunday evening in Montgomery County, Maryland. "Arriving troopers found the plane suspended in the air, entangled in a power line tower," state police said in the statement. What caused the small plane to go down was under investigation by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board.

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