Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses into Patapsco River in Baltimore after vessel crashes into support column

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Unbelievable!

 

I've passed under it many times on Carnival Legend and Carnival Pride.

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"The entire bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River," said Kevin Cartwright , the director of communications for the Baltimore Fire Department.

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Video shows moment a Baltimore bridge collapses after ship collision | CNN

 

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I mean, it is gone.  Completely gone!

There are people in the water from cars and trucks on the Bridge.  Search and rescue is underway.

[jimbo5544]

Pray for all those in peril.  Been over it and under it many times.  Hit by a cargo ship.  Once rescue and recovery efforts are completed, this will have a horrific effect on both marine and any traffic traveling north and south on 95 that carries hazardous material (truck or cars and campers that have propane) because all is prohibited on tunnels near Baltimore.  Terrible 

[jimbo5544]

Watched the video, just wow.  If it were daytime there would have been a ton more vehicles on bridge.  New report says they are lookinf for between 7 and 20 people

[jerseyjjs]

Just returned to Baltimore under that bridge on Sunday aboard the Legend.   Was also in Half Moon Cay the day before the accident on Nieuw Amsterdam.  Eerie.   

[jimbo5544]

What accident are you referring to on HAL

 

 

[shof515]

6 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

What accident are you referring to on HAL

 

 

worker got killed onboard, lots of articles about it: https://apnews.com/article/cruise-ship-holland-america-florida-bahamas-f2f021eae8cab30cc03b356c77bb96fa

[jerseyjjs]

The one that killed 2 engineers on the Nieuw Amsterdam while it was anchored off Half Moon Cay on Friday.

[jimbo5544]

Just now, jerseyjjs said:

The one that killed 2 engineers on the Nieuw Amsterdam while it was anchored off Half Moon Cay on Friday.

Never saw anything on it.  Thanks

 

[jimbo5544]

Love to hear from our local expert Chengkp75 on the Key bridge fiasco

[pe4all]

Horrible - just horrible.  Praying for those who were on the bridge when it went down.  

[jimbo5544]

1 minute ago, pe4all said:

Horrible - just horrible.  Praying for those who were on the bridge when it went down.  

Just horrible.  

[sparks1093]

Sounds like case of bad navigation on the part of the bridge crew of the cargo ship (just a preliminary thought and the investigation should shed more light on the cause). I couldn't believe my eyes when I read and watched the news about it this morning. Pray for everyone, indeed.

Edited March 26 by sparks1093

[iamsteph]

I live in Baltimore and have cruised on the Pride and Legend many, many times.  This is absolutely horrible but also bad for cruises and the Port of Baltimore.  The cruise terminal and port are on the harbor side of that bridge, so no ships will be able to come in and out.  Many, many jobs and our local economy are going to be affected 😞 

[puppycanducruise]

So tragic.  Prayers for all involved.

[jimbo5544]

7 minutes ago, sparks1093 said:

Sounds like case of bad navigation on the part of the bridge crew of the cargo ship (just a preliminary thought and the investigation should shed more light on the cause). I couldn't believe my eyes when I read and watched the news about it this morning. Pray for everyone, indeed.

Not even close to going through the ship pass thru, almost a dead on hit to the north main support.  I could not even guess how long it will affect cruising from Baltimore Cruise Port.

[jimbo5544]

4 minutes ago, iamsteph said:

I live in Baltimore and have cruised on the Pride and Legend many, many times.  This is absolutely horrible but also bad for cruises and the Port of Baltimore.  The cruise terminal and port are on the harbor side of that bridge, so no ships will be able to come in and out.  Many, many jobs and our local economy are going to be affected 😞 

To be sure.

[sparks1093]

8 minutes ago, iamsteph said:

I live in Baltimore and have cruised on the Pride and Legend many, many times.  This is absolutely horrible but also bad for cruises and the Port of Baltimore.  The cruise terminal and port are on the harbor side of that bridge, so no ships will be able to come in and out.  Many, many jobs and our local economy are going to be affected 😞 

 

4 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

Not even close to going through the ship pass thru, almost a dead on hit to the north main support.  I could not even guess how long it will affect cruising from Baltimore Cruise Port.

I am going to speculate that the powers that be will prioritize opening the waterway as soon as possible. That will take some time to be sure, but cruising isn't the only thing affected by a shut down of that harbor and I don't think it will be shut down as long as many of us are imagining. 

[pohlerbear]

I’ve seen video where the ship appears to lose power before it hits the bridge. Early reporting is they lost ability to control the ship. So tragic. 

[LatinaInTexas]

Just saw it on the news waking up this morning. Hate seeing bad news, so sad for all affected. Thank God it wasn't during a peak time.

[jimbo5544]

8 minutes ago, pohlerbear said:

I’ve seen video where the ship appears to lose power before it hits the bridge. Early reporting is they lost ability to control the ship. So tragic. 

Just saw that as well

[jedi bobs]

Prayers to all the people on the bridge when it went down.  

 

What to do about those that are on the Pride and other cruise ships that go in and out of Baltimore?  My guess is debark in either Philidelpha or Norfolk.

[jimbo5544]

8 minutes ago, sparks1093 said:

 

I am going to speculate that the powers that be will prioritize opening the waterway as soon as possible. That will take some time to be sure, but cruising isn't the only thing affected by a shut down of that harbor and I don't think it will be shut down as long as many of us are imagining. 

Hope so….  Agree there are many things affected.