‘Really shocked’: Man describes close call driving across doomed bridge
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2024
- Larry DeSantis says he believes he was one of the last people to drive off the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore before the catastrophic collapse. In an interview with CNN, he recalled his drive across, “focusing on the guys on the bridge” and trying to drive carefully around them. #CNN #News
I’m sure he is extremely thankful!
I wonder if the workers who died are thankful now that their families are left behind.
@@mikehawk4714 People who are dead don't feel grateful , kind of a weird statement.
I cross that bridge almost daily. I was supposed to work that night, and I would have had to cross it around the time it collapses. I will never be happier that I decided to stay home that night.
We need to get our people out of the water. We haven’t forgotten about you guys, and we’re so heartbroken that you’re no longer here with us. RIP loves 💔
Thanks God help you and fought for you so that you glorify his name. It is not a joke but God' s graces to teach you that life is a gift.
ur mum was a bridge last night
how come you missed work? drunk? high on drugs? if i was your boss you would be fired
I doubt anything would have happened to you seeing as though they stopped traffic in time and no one else died besides the workers
@@josephputine8211 This god of yours seems rather selective. Any idea about his selection process?
simply viewing the bridge from afar vs seeing the size of the pieces next to the workers really brings the reality home
As a highway worker it is refreshing to hear someone who says they are focused on driving safely in maintenance and construction zones. Thanks Man and thanks to the quick response of the people to close the bridge in time to save lives. I haven't heard how many were saved by closing the bridge.
How do you feel about all of those highway workers killed were here illegally? I wonder if the city workers in Baltimore have a union? If not they better get one soon or they will all be unemployed thanks to Bidenomics and the Democrats.
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve envisioned this type of thing happening, and it’s even more horrifying to think about now.
you were a creepy kid
@@fortytwo244 If you ever went over a bridge and didn’t think of it collapsing, you’re way too trusting of things.
@@DRob_22 welcome to planet earth bro, if I had to be scared of every bridge and every building and everything that could collapse on me I would just sit at home and cry all day instead
@@fortytwo244essentially
@@fortytwo244 I love how Republicans have made up about a dozen conspiracy theories about why it happened. The boogey man is coming after them every day
I'm chastising myself for watching this.R.I.P. to those who perished.May their memory be a blessing for all time.
It's comforting to know there is this video and officials know, for sure, the vehicles on the bridge.
The 911 call, dispatchers,quick thinking of bridge officials, workers and First Responders, law enforcement. Ever second on the clock, mattered.
I'm glad this man is safe. I pray for the families of the hard constuction workers and for them to find solace and peace during this difficult time. I hope they are taken care of financially. I thank the men for their service. Finally, I am an advocate for a suspension bridge but that decision obviously is not up to me. Hopefully, no matter what kind of bridge they rebuild, they protect the pilons and columns with bumpers and other technology. And consider using tugboats for those big gigantic vessels. Thank you and god bless.
There’s absolutely no reason to complain about the speed of dismantling this debris. They’re working very fast by world standards. It takes my country over two years just to fix a sinkhole on a major route.
You must be from South Africa ☺
@@deonengelbrecht5951 spot on. Centurion is famous for this 😉
Lord.. please be with these families 😢
George Floyd is with the families
@@Jamie-uk2zhYou have no soul.
@@shellystewart2302 A bridge to far 😂
@@shellystewart2302 The person actually acknowledge that Floyd's soul is comforting those in need.
Makes little sense, if he can comfort families then he can actually intervene with stuff, so why not just gently slow the boat down to a stop.
Wouldn't that take less time than comforting loads of families, and is simpler to do too?
In Denmark there is sandbanks protecting the pillars, so small ships can sail there but large ships will run aground if the enter the lane where the pillars are placed.
We have something similar in the US as well. It depends on when the bridge was built.
This bridge dud have some protections that you reference but this bridge was built in the 70s.
The ships are newer and the bridge needs to update its dolphins and other tech
@@elmosweed4985 When and where. Other bridges built in the same time frame do have protections built.
@@ceciliaFX For perspective, when this bridge was built container ships carried around 3000 containers and were about 300 feet long, they are now nearly 1000 feet long and carry about 10000 containers.
@@jhc5760 Examples please.
New Fear unlocked!!. It will take some years to get over my anxiety whenever going over a bridge. Especially the long ones. 😢😢 RIP to all those poor souls who lost their lives
As a fellow anxiety prone person, if you want to actually tackle that fear instead of waiting a few years, I would drive down to Key West. There’s a 7 mile bridge down there you can drive back and forth. If it helps, the odds of being in a bridge collapse are even lower than the odds of being in a plane crash, which is already extremely low.
If you watch the video the ship didn't just hit the pillar. It completely blew out the pillar on the other side.
I heard top of the containers in front of stack hit the span. Bridge was in for it wether ship hit the upright or not. They were not centered in channel.
Yep because that was the whole plan!
@@user-fz8fy4zl1c That was the plan ? Was it a bunch of illegals that just walked across the open border that ran into the bridge so gay women could get abortions using space lasers.
@@user-fz8fy4zl1cwas not intended. If you look the black smoke Is from engines being full thrust in reverse and the rear of the ship “walked “ which unfortunately aimed it directly at the pillar. They did everything they could to stop it. Nothing about this is intonational. Learn more about ships instead of pulling this bs out of your rear
@@user-fz8fy4zl1cthere was no "plan". Stop being ridiculous
The Baltimore Banner mentioned this gentleman mentioned that he was contacted later by police. They used bridge video to ID the vehicles on the bridge & called him to make certain he made it through safely. (The Key Bridge was a toll bridge so they track vehicle IDs - license plates/EZ Pass)
Hmmm.... they were thinking ahead!!
Ships are guided by tug boats in Vancouver
interesting yea baltimore i dont see tug boats
The troubled DALI did SOS for tugboat. Unfortunately, the collapse happened before any tugboat reached them.
The tug boat should have had a cable attached to the ship to guide it out. No one should have to wait for a tug boat to arrive when it's already too late @@marmara9741
it's kinda' cool watching these powerful little boats operate - moving log booms, guiding ships...@@tresjolieme81
The Dali ship didn't think ahead until the final moments but it's too late then.
Sometimes speeding, save us.
Or you’re speeding might have gotten you on the bridge just in time to collapse in the water. 2 sides to every coin
@@dugweacr1 speeding = less time on the road = less chance of being stuck in danger. So speeding is safer in this regard.
@@tomr6955That's not necessarily true though, cause speed could also cause you to reach there just in time as the bridge is collapsing. Many factors plays into the time line, it's not clear cut. Delay could cause you to reach the danger zone late, it could also make you pass it with just mere seconds or minutes, likewise speed could also cause you to reach the danger zone as it is happening or speed could cause you to pass it just in time. Too many time sequences.
Amen now
@@tomr6955 No. It depends when you started the trip.
Looks like a boat passed underneath just before as well. What boat was it?
It's really eerie to hear about the bridge collapse, and I had crossed it like 2 hours prior. I work as a truck driver and had picked up a load from Atlanta the afternoon before going to NJ. My broker (and the man upstairs) must have been looking out for me because he called and said that the shipper had the load ready (which was at 12 noon, instead of 2pm). I am so glad I decided to pick up early because if I had waited until 2pm, ETA would have put me on that bridge sometime around when the accident happened. It's all about timing and being in the right spot at the right time.
That would be absolutley horrifying
Thats weird how there was people doing contruction on the bridge exactly where the bridge collapsed.
lucky the speed limit wasn't 30!
HAHAHA! WOW, GOOD ONE!!!!
Indeed. He would have been gone along with the others who crossed with him.
Not that'd matter anyway, a lotta folks in the area go at least 15+ over
My God, that man I'm sure is traumatized as reality sets in that if he was driving a little slower, or was a few seconds behind,, well fate always know when it's your time, unreal.
Any chance of a ferry from one side to the other? Might help with transportation.
It will take time to construct piers to handle the ferry. Depends on the condition it might take as long as building a bridge.
Honestly EVERY bridge whether its steel or not should be checked and routinely maintained
Sounds like the agency was working on it often. Got that local guy saying they're working on it before rush hours when he went to his early job.
Sure! but this was not a bridge failur. This was a 200.000 ton collision.
@@hanschristofferhalstensen2503 then bridge needs lifts so ships can pass without collisions
@@GrimReaper2786 ......ships can easily get under it, that wasn't this issue. it hit a support column so it didn't matter how high bridge was.
There were six people maintaining the bridge at that time, with just one survivor. It's not about a poorly maintained bridge, but the collision that struck it with the same force of a Falcon Heavy Rocket
There has to be a better way of warning people on the bridge to vacate in an emergency. Visual signage of impending disaster is crucial. Our lives shouldn't depend on dumb luck.
We'll be hearing this from thousands for years to come..."I almost went down with the bridge".
Life is short. That bridge 🌉 was long.
This is so scary.
Wow 🤦🏾♂
I am so sorry for all the damage and what it will be like following the future
Why don't they show the view of the bridge collapsing from the traffic camera closeup?
Ever since I saw this, I’ve had some nightmares about going over bridges but I’m sure overtime, those nightmares will fade.
So sad.
A truly defining Living Legend !!!
I wonder what type of bridge will be built to replace it, it'll probably be a box girder.
I feel it will be replaced with a suspension span. The towers could be placed at a greater distance far out of the shipping channel. A box girder span would require piers in a closer proximity.
It will be a grand structure, a testament to the magnificent leadership of governor Wes Moore.
Good jobs 👌 🎉! Hope everyone is safe during their jobs. All heroes
thbis happen to the silver bridge on ohio and west virginia border
He would have seen his truck pass over before it was hit. The footage shows trucks crossing . How terrifying to have looked back at it . Glad he’s safe . So awful for the workers who perished .
🙏🙏
Not to be macabre, but were the workers at the spot with all the flashing lights? They would have been near the middle of the bridge.
Yes.
Yes. You can see the vehicles slide.
so glad he made it 🤯😱
Suspicious 😢😢
What are your suspiciouns about?
@danielle5980 the bridge falling like a deck of cards after the owner had insurance on it Larry stiverstein
Buy a lotto ticket sir. Very lucky and thankful for.
How about people in the Dundalk area go to Herman's Bakery and buy something?
Thanks for sharing exactly nothing else for the story. We don't know, we don't know, we don't know.
It's a story of that man's survival u Frooty Loopy 😊
@@immasista6537 He's a liar. There's no pickup in the last picture and he can't be proven wrong. He did it for interview money. He's on several channels now. He said he saw a cop. The cops would not let him pass. He's a liar. If I lived there I could do the same.
@@dlc2112dlc idk sorry and God Bless 😊 (i'mma nose around a lil 👍🏻) thanx
@@immasista6537 no problem, I always knew someone would claim to be the last person over and they would have to call the news, there's payments for interviews. He never said anything about the other side of the bridge and cops. If they use his cell phone data they can show he wasn't there.
Lucky man !
That MayDay call saved lives. Thank you for that protocol. ❤ R.I.P. to the workers and my condolences to their families. 💔 I can see boats in a line being a temp. bridge.
Why is nobody interviewing the worker who fell off the bridge in his truck didn’t know how to swim and broke through the window and was saved?
I would love to hear from him also. Perhaps he’s not ready.
Likely he doesn't want to speak about it. Not everyone craves the spotlight. The man lost several friends on that day and is probably still processing it himself. He will likely will have a lifetime of PTSD and survivor's guilt to deal with. HE DOESN'T OWE US ANYTHING.
It’s called P.T.S.D.
And why hasn’t they found no more than 2 bodies..why haven’t they interviewed people from the ship to see what went wrong. And whether or not they notified workers on the bridge
@@MissRory662 Other 4 bodies are below too much rubble and debris to safely recover at this time. They'll be recovered in due time. The ship's crew is being interviewed by the NTSB, what makes you believe that this isn't happening? The cops had just enough time to shut down traffic onto the bridge. One cop at one end of the bridge was waiting for another unit to go get the workers off the bridge. If the cop holding traffic drove to get the workers, then traffic would have followed him. Everything happened so fast.
Very 😞
I watched that footage several times and there was a good amount of traffic until the last 30 seconds then the barge hit. I'd like to think it was something divine but whatever it was it good.
It was just past 1 a.m. on March 26 and Larry DeSantis was headed to his second job at Herman’s Bakery in the Baltimore area -- the halfway point of another long, but normal, workday.
When a ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its catastrophic collapse, that day led to a shocking brush with death.
me too. i was never there & have no intention of going there, but if i did at that moment i would be dead. whew, i am lucky to be alive.
So do something good now.... for others, for society, and for your Self.
@@marmara9741 ????????
If you look closely you see the whole bridge did not collapse. It was the middle section that did. On either end you can see cars. Imagine the story they have to tell. The time it must have taken for all of them to back up to get off the bridge with the thought in mind that it too could collapse at any moment.
The responsibility that caused all of this to happen is just now coming to light. It goes to the change in laws for the Panama Canal. Until fairly recently those huge container ships were not allowed to pass through the canal. After they were , all the ports were forced to contend with them. It's all about the money. The canal changed its laws because bigger ships brought more money.
Our ports saw that opportunity as well although they didn't have much choice when the container ships started to show up.
Nobody thought a once in a lifetime occurrence tragedy could happen on their bridge at that time. Our world works on that assumption, unfortunately.
If only this were the Kerch Bridge.
And Putin had been sitting on the pillar.
Good
Why the USA don't get one of the world's largest ship cranes equipped to lift the broken pieces of the bridge rather than the tedious task of cutting it into pieces. This job would have been completed days ago. The USA could use Heavy duty Lifting Vessels like the HLV Svanen(8700 tonnes), the SSCV Thialf Dutch Vessel with a lifting capacity of 14,200 metric tons, or the Chinese Zhen Hua 30 with a lifting capacity of 7,700 metric tons. There are cranes that can fit the scope of this job and complete the job in a short time.
They did close the bridge tho because they saw the ship coming
The ship called the bridge yes some reason they didn’t tell construction worker to clear. The cops parked their cars on bridge to stop traffic and they themselves got off bridge
@@DollyLIVE they were going to tell the workers to clear the bridge, however the officer blocking traffic was waiting for another one to arrive to keep traffic blocked so he could run up.
they had less than 5 minutes between Mayday received and driving to the bridge to halt traffic. but even then, nobody thought the bridge was going to collapse, they just figured it might be a good idea as a precaution
This guy mentioned that he passed a simi truck and did not see it come off the bridge. Some stories say that it went into the water and some do not mention it. And sometimes they mention it went into the water. Yet, they only mention the 4 workers to be recovered. Does anyone know if the trucker made it or not?
Looks like road on bridge looked fine no potholes needed plus noone us saying the road need potholes etc
See... THIS right here is the kinda thing our tax dollars should be going towards. I'm fully behind America first. Stuff happens, and we need to help our own get back on their feet. Recover those who were lost and pay the families generously for their loss, remove the wrecked bridge, get that passageway open again, pay those workers who lost wages, and get a new even better bridge strung across there all in record time, not send billions to the other side of the globe to fund a war.
Synergy should pay
Fiscal Conservatives have been against that for decades.
Yes… but… this may be a case of fund a small war now so you don’t have to fund a much larger war later…
@@joedellinger9437 whats going to take to get Ukraine to win this that $280 billion in global funding hasn't done already? How much more is it going to take just to prolong the inevitable? They (Russia and Ukraine) need to be in peace negotiations, not more funding attempts.
Final destination.
So he's going to die in an extremely unlikely way soon?
HE SAID BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE 😢😢😢
Repair--replacement better take time, & financial greed interests don't replace sane quality. As this driver attests, it's a lingering trauma and any people like him, 1st responders, crews, or ship crews need TLC. Interview reminds me of 1 with a San Francisco City bus driver in 5pm commuter traffic fully packed passenger load, on Cypress Fwy crossing the SF Bay. Game 3, World Series, between SF Giants & Oakland A's that year (1989)--when Loma Prieta Earthquake struck at 5:15p. On city bus suspended in air, they didn't know---driver saw in her driver mirrors---but, she couldn't compute what she was seeing, only it didn't make sense & she knew to just floor it as best she could. As she drove, realizing less traffic behind her--some passengers in rear started yelling, the road was physically disappearing as their rear wheels passed over. She got them across, but it was 100% miracle keeping her professional calm. I sometimes think about her. I was a city bus driver at the time, different city, full Respect. These crews/workers/staff now are all doing hazardous, stressful work. Respect.
When a new bridge is constructed surround each pier between which ships pass with what is tantamount to an oval-shaped island of rock and soil about 200 feet long in the direction of travel and 100 feet wide. A coffer dam on the perimeter eases placement and facilitates consolidation of material. A few piles driven into the seabed extending into each mass provides even greater stability. Material for each island dredged from the seabed benefits the channel. Relative to the cost of the bridge this is an inexpensive and effective solution that will prevent piers from being dislodged when bumped by the largest of container ships.
The fastest and cheapest way of repairing this bridge is to manufacture and replace the collapsed trusses. All of the plans are available. The procedure is known. Of course, what results is new, old stock, a fifty year old bridge verging on obsolesce with respect to container ships ability to navigate beneath it.
Really very shocked event
lol holy f when ever road works are happening in victoria australia they slow us down to 40kph (25mph) even on the freeway when the workers are clocked off or not even been working there for weeks, they keep the roads ar 40kph the mfers, we would lose our licence instantly and have our car impounded if we went through roadworks at 45mph!
It's crazy to me that they do this. 6 workers were mowed down in Baltimore a few weeks back. Same city. They need to talk to their union. Would you work with speeding vehicles driving by? F..k that.
Late Sunday night the weekend before the “world series” Loma Prieta earthquake, I drove a visiting Czech seismologist back to Berkeley after giving him a tour of the San Andreas fault at Pt. Reyes. As we drove on the Cypress structure at the Eastern end of the Bay bridge, I told him how it was now understood that it had a design flaw and the upper deck would pancake down onto the lower roadway crushing all the cars there in a major earthquake. It was high priority for retrofitting. “We better hope there is no major earthquake right now!”
The following Tuesday afternoon it happened.
Yikes, little did I know how much I was tempting the gods that night…
How come no one talks about those workers who wasn’t warned!??
Why they were not warned???
It happened too quickly for the foreman to go out to them. They tried!
Don't put a bridge back. Container ships only get larger. Baltimore could turn this around by being the only port not limited to size by not putting a bridge in the way of the mega-TU ships.
How feasible is it to build a tunnel instead?
@@MainyehcBaltimore already has two tunnels. The problem is that hazardous materials can't go through tunnels, they've got to cross by bridge.
@@sagittarius3363 … and ferries are too much of a hassle. A safer bridge it is, then.
No!! The gentleman was Really Blessed 😮😮😮😮😮
Really blessed. Couyld your imaginary friend not have given the bow a little nudge to port and blessed everyone? It didn't happen on a Sunday, it's not like it was his day off.
SO WHY CUT OFF THE VIDEO WHICH WAS ABOUT TO SHOW THE COLLAPSE?????
Stop shouting. You can see the collapse in lots of other videos.
The traffic cam cut off during to the collapse of the bridge, loss of power.
@@cindyobrien9794no it’s not loss of power. Its a video from this angle of car’s going up and having to stop because it came crashing down
It cut off BEFORE the bridge was hit/collapsed@@cindyobrien9794
What I can’t understand is they said to close off the bride but why did no one warn the crew working on the bridge repairing it? They obviously didn’t know or wasn’t made aware if they was still working on it when the ship hit
They were waiting for another car and then they were going to warn them. The other car didn't get there on time.
They probably only had about 5 minutes to do 5 things at once. We don't even know if they had a way of communicating with the workers. Other than speaking to them directly face to face.
Probably, each of us has often wondered what the future holds for you?
There is a lot of evidence that everyone's future already exists. Quite a lot of facts have been collected that indicate the inevitability of events lying in the future. These facts also indicate that it is impossible to avoid the predestined.
Im getting a DeLorean.
I wonder if we can ask Ukraine for permission to take 1 percent off of the money we're giving them to rebuild the bridge?
They probably wont go for it, they have more super yachts to buy and vacation homes to build.
I have some bridge building experience. I'm surprise so many spans fell.
Was trump and the republicans running this ship? Have never seen such devastating results
Moments are not equal to minutes.
is that rain a sound effect?
DeSantis says he believes he was one of the last people to get off the bridge before the deadly collision. In an interview with CNN, he recalled his drive across, “focusing on the guys on the bridge” and trying to drive carefully around them, DeSantis told CNN.
Traffic camera video from the final five minutes before the collision shows a vehicle that could match DeSantis’ vehicle and timing with what appears to be a trailer-less truck following, though the video is not entirely clear.
Only six more cars went through that lane before the 984-foot container ship struck one of the bridge’s pillars at 1:29 a.m.
The collapse sent vehicles and people into the frigid Patapsco River. Six workers who were repairing potholes on the bridge were reported missing in the aftermath; two of their bodies have since been recovered. The other four are presumed dead.
As debris removal began over the weekend, officials said they were preparing to open a temporary alternate channel that will allow commercially essential vessels to reach the port.
So do we know what really happened here?? All of a sudden silence on what exactly happened and why???
Have you not been watching the news, Riip Van Winkle?
@@corydorastube I have been and obviously there is little focus on what happened and mostly on how to clear the area...no need to insult.
@@user-gy5qp9kf1nThe Shipping companies Barge lost power of this vessel. So they couldn't Control the steering, ended up hitting this bridge.
Last vehicle was a tractor trailer.
They said “one of the last” not the literal last driver.
Gods angels watching over him.🙏😇. No other way to explain it!
Truth is stronger than lies
Career politicians in D.C. love chaos and disasters and are totally avoidable.
Who among us thinks Trump could have handled this better? Between legal fights, financial issues...Who is better able to handle crisis? Biden is old, but Trump is also very old. Most of this nation wishes we had two different front runners for the white house in 2024. I share that sentiment! I get to vote in the primary in my state today. I am more worried about how to vote for my school board, and county supervisors than I am for the eventual front runners of either party. Incredible effort! Stay strong Baltimore! America loves you!
What is the light going past on the right?
The truck was driving northbound on the bridge from Pasadena, MD to Dundalk, MD. The lights on the right going under the bridge is a ship that was entering the port. It is not the _Dali_ that was leaving the port.
now bridge gonna have a crash guard
It going to take up to a decade to rebuild the bridge. Yikes!
D u m b as 😂
They said it took 5 years to build the one that fell
Two years, fast track and could be only half of it meaning two lanes and add the full lanes while one operates. It will be a concrete bridge like Bay Bridge and Long Beach terminal. Suspension concrete bridges are faster and cheaper.
Who ordered the barge to drive into the bridge?
Could Of been anyone 😢 definitely was someone.
This is what happens when ridiculous tax cuts happen. Look at U. S. taxes since WW2. Unsustainable... and most politicians pay less than the average worker. If you think this is the American Dream. Think again. 1%.
Combo of tax cuts and pork barrel spending. Rebuild money will be a Congressional supplement. It needs to be free of pork. No road improvement projects elsewhere. No creative art displays, etc.
whats with all these cameras looking like theyre from the 90'S !
Why did this accident?
Careless crew..of the ship...😢😢
The ship lost power due to what may be longstanding technical and maintenance issues. The crew dropped the ship’s two anchors to stop it, but only one caught onto something, causing the ship to swing out and hit the bridge.
Use English
@@pranititiwari6525no.
@MigrantAssassinationSquad86 The only thing that doesn't add up is your brain. No doubt subtracting, multiplying and dividing are equally challenging activities. Can you walk and talk at the same time?
Old outdated bridges.
The bridge looks flimsy, end of story. I was about 100m from a bulk carrier ship colliding with a danish bridge about 15 years ago. The bridge didn't budge an inch, and when they got the ship tugged out, and there wasn't much left of it, the traffic on the bridge moved on like nothing happened.
To me too. Said it right from the beginning.
Yeah, this was a different type of bridge than in Denmark, and it was hit with 200,000 tons. Don't compare apples to peas.
@@deborahhennessey Which is why you need protection from that 200,000 tons (dolphins, islands etc). This had zero protection. They were lucky it was at night, or serious questions would be asked, especially after the Skyway Bridge tragedy. Unacceptable.
Is it really necessary to rebuild the bridge?
Yes.
They could build a tunnel, but there are restrictions in transporting hazardous materials in tunnels. Most areas do not permit hazmat loads in tunnels.
In the video that last vehicle to pass was a semi truck
Is the casualty count of how many folks passed due to the incident?
Yes. Casualty count is not injury count.
Hey It is already 2024 but why the quality of surveilance camera videos is wayback 1940's?
I hate to say this, but that bridge looks very fragile in design, but it was made 50 years ago! Very sad!
An effective structure doesn’t have to be a fortress.
the bridge would probably have fared much better with a ship from 50 years ago. the size of the this container ship dwarfs literally everything from that era by a large margin
Most of the things built long ago are better and stronger than anything built today. We still have roman buildings 😂
It doesnt matter what the structure is, if you destroy the supporting members the structure will fail.
Seems like the bridge was fine for 50 years...
@@FaceFcuk The good stuff stays up, the bad stuff falls down eventually.
So there were not 20 vehicles in the water?
Pray tell
@@The_North0 in one of the first press conferences, an official reported that they had identified up to 20 vehicles in the water which implies that there were many more deaths beyond the construction crew. At this point, if the only loss was the construction crew, then I am extremely impressed. It appears the construction crew was not a direct hire situation, so no one had any way to contact the workers on the bridge. Additionally, the number of workers was in question because the contractor wasn't sure who was working that shift. So at that time, it was implied we had up to 20 drivers plus the construction crew in the water. But to date, it appears we lost 6 lives and 4 are still missing. If true, that's pretty amazing considering the worst case scenario of a rush hour accident.
Why did the ship lose power not once but twice Backup diesel generators should have kicked in automatically.
Was it human or catastrophic systems failure?
Looks like he has survived death before