Dramatic footage shows the Francis Scott Key bridge in the Port of Baltimore being hit by a containership that plowed directly into a bridge support. The span is part of I-695 and goes over some of the waterway leading into the Port of Baltimore. The port, officially known as the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, handles trucks, tractors, trailers and container offloading.
Thankfully the incident happened at 01:30am and traffic across the bridge was light.
(Via MSM) – […] The Singapore-flagged 948 ft. Dali vessel crashed into a column supporting the Francis Scott Key Bridge at around 1:30 a.m. local time in Baltimore, causing part of the bridge to collapse and catch fire before sinking.
At around 1:40 a.m., the Baltimore City Fire Department received an emergency services call to respond to a water rescue in the Patapsco River, according to fire chief Wallace. Several vehicles were on the bridge at the time of impact.
[…] Two people were rescued after a large shipping boat crashed into a bridge in Baltimore, Maryland and caused it to collapse on Tuesday morning, amid fears of a mass casualty event.
James Wallace, chief of Baltimore’s fire department, said in a press conference that “upwards of seven individuals” fell into the water after the Dali shipping container vessel crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge at 1:30 a.m. local time. The director of communications for Baltimore’s fire department, Kevin Cartwright, called it a “developing mass casualty event.” (read more)
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Now the coverup Insurance should pay for that but there would be and investigation cant have that Biden the US will pay…..Why? No investigation
Bingo!!!!!!! The knee jerk reaction is a tell.
They don’t need a stinking investigation because they know what happened right out from the dock.
Great point.
The bridge was “Clinton-ed”…. By that I refer to the downing of JFKs small plane and Clinton’s rush with a military ship to raise the plane…..
As written above… in this scenario Biden rushes in and says his govt will pay…
Both scenarios avoid in depth probes while the Presidency looks like a White Knight….
Oh
And the public by and large laps it up….no questions asked.
Crazy……
Correction : Not the ship’s Captain – misleading headline.
A retired captain speculates what happened rather than the captain of the ship as the title seems to suggest
Nichan: Thank you for finding this informative video.
The speaker, Captain John Konrad, was NOT the Captain of this ship.
He’s a very knowledgeable retired Merchant Marine.
yes, thank you very much. I saw the heading and posted, then edited the heading as you see above
Captain Konrad answered the question I had. Didn’t seem the ship was that far from port, and I wondered why they didn’t call for help when they were obviously in trouble, and approaching the bridge.
How very sad for those poor people thrown into the water.
God Help Them
“How very sad for those poor people thrown into the water.”
They suffered a horrifying death; a death that nobody should ever suffer. EVER.
thank you.
Watching this, I do see the “dolphins” blocking the bridge piers. I also see two larger structures with their own protective rings and towers, maybe mounting lights to help navigators.
As someone replied to an earlier post asking about these “dolphin” barriers, the ship missed them, coming in at an angle. I don’t think that was well thought out.
Still, this makes the ‘accidental’ nature much harder to explain.
Until proven otherwise, ACCIDENTAL, MY ARSE.
TPTB timed this to take out a shipping trade route while minimizing the number of dead innocents.
The captain behind the wheel is alive and well. But they are hiding him, remember that psycho conductor that intentionally crashed that train in the east? It took forever for them to release the truth of what he intentionally did to make the train crash into station. He was a psycho. Now this: Show the captain’s picture – say his name! People are dead.
From what I’ve read, there were two harbor pilots in command of the ship at the time of the collision. I saw a possible identity of the ship’s captain on one of the pro Russian blogs. He’s not Russian. I’m trying to find a confirmation on the information. If the information that was posted is accurate, I can see why they wish to keep his identity secret.
The ship
https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9697428
The motorman/oiler
https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9697428/seafarers
The ship’s master information has been removed. However, the data sheet for the motorman/oiler is the same style and format as that of the purported master that is showing up on some pro Russian sites.
I’m still trying to confirm the information.
This is not the first oops for the Dali.
https://shipwrecklog.com/log/2016/07/dali/
https://www.vesselfinder.com/news/6675-VIDEO-Mega-container-ship-Dali-Allided-with-berth-at-Port-of-Antwerp
Other ship data
“The Dali container ship had undergone 27 inspections since 2015, and it had been found to have two ‘deficiencies’, according to a CNN review of records from the Electronic Quality Shipping Information System (Equasis).
Notably, this included a June 2023 inspection in San Antonio, Chile, where a deficiency was found in the ‘propulsion and auxiliary machinery’ – with propulsion faults also noted in the early CISA report.
The Dali was also involved in a 2016 incident at the Port of Antwerp. A review in November of that year in Antwerp, Belgium found another ‘deficiency’ in its ‘structural conditions.’
No deficiencies were found when the vessel was last inspected on September 9, 2023 by the US Coast Guard in New York. “
The motorman/oiler link that I posted above was shown as a crewmember for the Dali per balticshipping.com. Further research found that he had been on the vessel on a previous voyage and I can find no information to show he was on the Dali at the time of this incident. I therefore request the Administrator to delete my previous post.
The captian is Ukrainian
Per Telegram Account, IntelSlava…the redacted data is provided with a photograph and information that alleges that the Captain’s name is Sergy
Sergy holds an American visa good through November 14, 2026 and Sergy is drum roll….Ukrainian. The closest airport to Sergy’s home is in Bucharest, Romania.
you can type intelslavaZ into your browser and you can find the photo there. Hope that helps hanna.
Was this person in command of the vessel when it hit the bridge or where the two Harbor Masters that were reportedly aboard in command of the ship?
Someone messed with the power supply who had the time beforehand to do it. That person would not have been the Maryland Harbor pilot.
Usually one of the two river pilots is in charge at one time. The captain would only be in charge if the captain had taken back command of his ship, very unlikely.
This person has been disappeared
BalticShipping dot com – today – https://archive.is/LeT7C
now – https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9697428/seafarers
Yep, Southfront had an article and link to balticshipping.com that showed the motorman/oiler info and the Ukrainian captain’s info. I went back about 30 minutes ago and the captain’s info had disappeared again.???
I went to the balticshipping.com for the Dali’s comment section and found the following:
https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9697428/comments
It appears someone wants to conceal something.
First the Nordstream pipelines. Then the Kerch Strait bridge. Now the Key bridge. Lots of critical infrastructure being taken out.
When a maritime accident causes serious injury or death, a captain and other ship officers can be held liable, not only for damages in civil court, but also in criminal court.
Where is the captain in this cargo ship crash hiding? Who and why are ‘they’ (hiding) him? By referencing an intentional train crash.
The cause of the loss of power has not yet been explained.
A mini-911 on water from the looks of the way the ship targeted the support.
Baltimore needed/wanted a new bridge; a new interstate bridge.
Just like Minneapolis wanted a new interstate bridge and got one when the old one fell.
The cost of human life means nothing to the people who want bigger, better, faster and newer stuff.
Need a new bridge? Get rid of the old one.
And if any funds had been allocated for that bridge, here’s betting they ended up in Ukraine instead… See Belle’s comment at 5:20.
Kamikaze?
DC Draino has video showing how the ship turned directly toward the support pylon and then accelerated.
BEGIN RANT:
Food shortages … supply chain problems … inflation … high(er) gasoline/energy prices … can’t afford to buy a house anymore … EVERYTHING costs more but you get less of it … refineries “catching fire” … doctor/medicine shortages … more inflation … airplanes and the ATC system falling apart … persecution of your political enemies … rampant inner city crime (and soon coming to a town near you) … more inflation … millions of foreign military-age males invading at the border … wars and more wars overseas (and soon coming to a town near you) …
… AND NOW THIS BRIDGE “COLLAPSING” … … and there’s more and more and more to come … BELIEVE IT !! But we’re told to rest easy as Slo-Joe and little Pete B. are right there, on the job …
AND ALL OF THIS = BIDEN-WORLD … WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE, YES ???
I don’t care how “mean” Orange-Man’s tweets may or may not be …
What is going on in this Country is madness … complete insanity … and we are witness to the destruction of our Country … the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave … at least it was …
end rant …
Sad on many fronts.
Loss of life first. Even though the traffic is lighter in the early morning, nobody could estimate the number of vehicles on that bridge, ahead of time,
2) Only port of entry to the city and communities north? Our esteemed Trans Secretary should be accountable for lack of forethought. Planning, in the event of a catastrophic shut down, should be textbook requirement for that position.
Blame Trump?
Of course all Democrats will blame Trump.
Track and video analysis
I would very much like to see some analysis to determine if there was sufficient current or wind to push the ship so far so quickly.
It had a lot of momentum going, huge ship at eight knots, hard to push something like that around.
I can’t imagine there being a cross current of any sort there, just doesn’t make sense that there could be such in that narrow point, and I would expect it to take significant wind to push it that hard and fast, a wind that strong it seems would be noted by many persons and news outlets, yet not a word.
Very suspicious.
He said that power loss would lead to loss of rudder control and the asymmetrical effect from the propeller would turn the boat.
That rate of urn is probably calculable. Any ship would be in that channel lane running a known seed. So take out the power controlling the rudder at the precise moment ahead of the bridge?
Yes, no info on wind direction or velocity. The water surface does not show significant strong wind effects. I have no idea what cross current there may be. If it was a narrow passage where the vessel is at and there is a strong tail wind there may be accelerated forced current effects through a narrow passage.
If the ship had just lost power heading as it nears the bridge support ahead it would still be possible to make a hard port turn diverting the bow away; just by taking advantage of the continuing weight momentum behind it. If it was closer it would most likely not be able to make any turn without hitting the once support. Which looks like then the next thing was to make a full reverse once engine power is restored (black smoke) attempting to slow/aiming to stop the still continuing forward motion with ballast weight enabling it still to continue motion, albeit with no control since whatever loss of power has negated ability to make any quick manoever until engine power starts pushing such a large vessel back, or make any reverse direction.
Actually, I don’t see anything suspicious though I must say this is one of the worst unusual worst possible location for a vessel to lose propulsion. I can safely virtually say every captain or pilot has experienced a power loss of some kind. (Most) are generally momentary. For me, as it stands, The cause of the loss of power has not yet been explained. It can be a result of an engine failure, propeller issues, or human error.
All that aside, this ship is now 9 years old with a crash history with land structure before, a loading pier. Strange, come to think of it. That would most usually be the ‘driver’s fault’ or lack of expertise. Docking or leaving a pier between piers with a ship that size requires much precise manoever with keen awareness, knowledge and assessment of all existing factors at play to effect a smooth departure or docking the ship. In the case of this vessel, officials in Chile already had discovered deficiency in propulsion and auxiliary machinery (gauges, thermometers, etc). I would add thrusters since they are used effectively to help big ships for docking and leaving docks when high speed is not possible in initial manoevers. However they must have determined it was not serious enough, or well, it could also be corrupt inspectors. I know how in some countries how these people work. No money, no honey. You don’t have a choice, yet, even when they pass you in spite of ‘ginned-up’ faults, why do some people take such risks instead of making sure repairs aren’t really needed in place of a piece of paper?
Cut the engine and drop the rear port anchor – when that anchor catches, the nose of the boat is going to swing to port hard and fast.
Are you sure this is how it works all the time?
There was no power .. no engine, When power returns which way was the bow pointing toward and how far from the bridge support? How long then to get propeller traction to achieve direction control ?
Cut the engine then and drop rear port anchor then?
Make a decision based on factors below and initiate procedure within 7 secs -no more
There was loss of power. When did that happen? For how many seconds?
Boat still moving forward from ballast momentum. At what speed and how much propeller control did they have from initial power loss.
Distance from obstacle to avoid?
Remedial procedure initiated .. which?
To stop the boat crashing into something ahead as the boat nears it, drop rear port anchor?
Or, based on the following is that the only or best procedure?
Which direction is the drift?
How far and fast since initial drift?
Current position of boat?
Power returns?
Drop the rear port anchor then; before effective propellor control kicks in?
How far is the boat from obstacle by then?
Still proceed with plan by stopping engine?
When the power returned, what was done? Was there a full reverse implemented to stop any ongoing forward moton still ongoing?
Drop the rear port anchor and at what scope right when full reverse was initiated?
Which direction is the bow expected to swing if and should the anchor manage some grip?
Do we know when the anchor was dropped? Before or after power returns? When full reverse was initiated was rear port anchor already dropped?
Is the bow going to swing hard port?
From which procedure was the visible fast directional change of the bow from?
I have read that a stern anchor (or two) may have been dropped in an effort to either slow the ship down and/or change its course. If this was done and depending on wind and water currents such action could very well result in the somewhat fast directional change of the bow that we can see in the video.
I heard that on a video, claiming a port anchor was dropped.
That would, if it had caught, have pulled the nose to the left.
One might notice in the video that there is a slight nose to the left just before impact.
If the two tugboats were escorting this ship, from when power was lost, they could achieve what the boat could not do … both getting in position where bow of boat is currently at bow of boat; one tugboat dropping the bow anchor according to water depth as charted, 90 degrees from bow direction; the other running rear anchor while chain from vessel is freely fed as boat heads towards the bow; then dropping that anchor, according to water depth; and the boat crew reeling excess in fast, once anchor is dropped so the two anchors are sitting in short straight lines; which would anchor the boat at 90 degrees from collision object. It would onlywork if there is enough distance for the boat to sit away enough.
As it turns out the tugboat captains were ont he ship not in tug vessels.
Gen Flynn said that from what he saw the ship was never in the channel and would have never cleared the bridge.
If it had been outside the channel it would most likely have struck the “dolphin” meant to protect the pylon.
It required a significant angle of attack to get to the pylon behind the dolphin, and in pics and videos in daylight you can see it came in just behind the dolphin at quite an angle.
That angle could not have been achieved without a significant turn and that turn could not have been effected if the ship was already significantly out of the channel before it initiated the turn, there would not have been enough room to do it.
Bull. Ship was in the channel. It’s at least 800ft wide. A ship never gets more than that while in confined waters.
affirmative action/ DEI = structural incompetence
Didn’t Earn It; DEI.
Forevermore DEI shall be known as Didn’t Earn It – pass it on and use the phrase as often as you can. Makes lefties heads explode when they are ridiculed.
Just discovered that they are adding “Belonging” to their acronym.
So now it’s Didn’t Earn It, Bitch.
Do you have proof DEI caused all this?
I ask because DEI has become the Right’s bogeyman just as “racist” is for the Left.
Planes nearly falling out of the sky and such are the consequences of DIE.
Race Wars and Genocide are the hoped outcomes of DIE.
Not quite a mere bogeyman.
State of US infrastructure.
Bridges:
40,000 in disrepair
200,000 were built more than 50 years ago
Average age of US bridges is 70 years.
Dams:
15,000 in danger of collapse
Trains:
About 1,704 derailments a year
The Biden administration allocated $2.7 billion for water infrastructure. However, the funds were turned over the the US Army Corps of Engineers and where the money went is unknown. Did it go to Ukraine?
During the Trump administration, $123 billion was allocated for infrastructure repair, however, much of that money seems to have been spent by Biden on environmental projects and superficial renovations.
Do you have a link to those stats?
I read Lara Logan’s comments first (at the bottom of the Gateway Pundit article linked below).
Then stumbled on the meme after. I’ve not seen the Obama’s movie so can’t comment…but I am sharing.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/was-it-accident-lara-logan-intel-sources-claim/
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From your wiki link …
“Former U.S. president Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama executive-produced the film through their Higher Ground Productions banner. Obama included the novel on his 2021 summer reading list.”
Leave the World Behind is also listed on the Higher Ground Productions wiki page.
Interesting.
They are also still searching for a second paddler on the glassy shoal.
WORDMAN’S first cousin??? Is that you??
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After reading this post of yours, Betsy, I searched and was able to find ‘Leave the World Behind’ to view online for free.
Just got done watching it.
It was disturbing; my husband said he thought the movie itself was a psyop made to disturb the public. And isn’t that exactly what Hussein would want.
Watching the movie reminded me of all the work and preparation we’ve done over the past few years, getting ready for all hell to break lose on this earth — which sits in the lap of the evil one.
And above and throughout it all, God, our Sovereign and Master, is still in control.
Excellent Alex Jones interview of Gen. Flynn as about the Key Bridge Disaster, plus Russia now cling out the US and UK on the Moscow attack
….and chief FSB…..ALEXANDER BORTNIKOV- said is like declaration of war from USA/UK..and 404 coumtry..saaaaad…
Thanks
Is ‘cling’ meant to be ‘calling’?
Da.
Maquis reads in typo.
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TY
In my cynical opinion, this is a 9/11 style test run to see how to block a port by terrorism.
Blocking ports brings physical economic activity to a standstill. I expect more harbor blockages.
There’s been too many train derailments into waterways. Too many food-chain fires….and one too many bridge collapses.
And, what is this bridge collapse distracting us from?
So it sounds like a cyber attack did this based on what I have read. Russian retaliation for nordstream? Both are strategic and non military.
Actually, that’s an interesting point. Given what happened in Moscow the other day and the most likely involvement of an alphabet agency or two.
The boat captain appears to be Ukrainian, not Russian.
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Wasn’t this bridge on Bribem’s list of ‘off-limit-to-harm’ that he gave to Putin early on in his great foreign policy edicts . . .?
Old Joe took the train over that bridge. I’ve also been on that bridge. It doesn’t have rail service on it. Typical Old Joe story!
Maybr Joe was riding in the cab of his 16-wheeoer on a train over the bridge, while he was studying to graduate first in his law school class?
Everyone knows that there is an old tunnel (B&P tunnel) under B’more, and in fact USDoT has funded replacement (Frederick Douglass tunnel).
I cannot stand that everyone seems to be saying this is a “bridge collapse.”
Yes, the bridge did collapse, but it collapsed because a huge boat crashed into it. The World Trade Center buildings didn’t just collapse, they were hit by planes and/or were set up with implosion devices that caused them to crash.
Did the boat crash into the bridge on purpose? That’s the question.
Until they know whether the crash was a purposeful act or not, this is more than just a bridge collapse.
If it did so on purpose, then one must ask whose purpose is served.
Too soon?
How many “black swans” have been released?
Seems they are landing all over the place…
When will the next one land… and where?
The cargo ship was moving very fast, no rational reason for that. Suspicious.
I don’t think 8 kts is “very fast” outbound.
8 knots for a heavily laden cargo ship is hardly very fast
8 knots for a cargo ship very fast? Wait till you sail a catamaran going 10 knots and pretty much out of water except for the two skinny keels
I read on a site that Lara Logan is not ruling out that this was a calculated event. ( will wait and see, but it does have the hallmarkings of one. Middle of the night, so only very few innocents are sacrificed. We shall see.
FIRST – don’t know which jurisdiction is operating custody of this bridge, but if (if) it’s Baltimore it may never get rebuilt. SECOND – I’m heard so far from three (3) people well known and respected by most here that this might (might) be deliberate aka ‘terrorism’. Past this Wray’s Famous But Incompetent jackboots are involved eliciting the INSTANT suspicion that it will be suppressed given now the Dept. of Just-Us’ armed proxy and also the Dept. of Homie-land “Security” is also “investigating” this one dies (DEIs) too. If it’s Baltimore’s responsibility you can likely write it off a specific cabal’s usual ‘pedigree’. We are in point of FACT heading toward a read real reckoning with increasing velocity no end in sight let alone aside from miserable coward sellout simps Johnson>>Gallahger>Buck, et. al., ad infinitum. ‘-R’ likely loses the “Bid Red Wave” of 2022 and leave this now decimated country to Schumer and Jeffries with absolutely zero NOTHING to show for it. I’m not sure but I don’t see where one party actually LOST its majority in one term not that it ever had it to begin with as 80% are really marxists and statists. The ‘Muh Principles crew. Will you miss Jim Jordan’s fierce faced questioning (campaign commercial material), Massie and Comer’s never ending investigations yet to produce even a basically useless ‘criminal referral’… with now a VOLUME of exculpatory evidence against Zou Bai-Den & Co. People have been charged, indicted, and executed or imprisoned for life on far LESS than what’s been known/proven/documented now for years…. but 6Jan hostages remained locked up over 3 years for what aren’t even C misdemeanors. I’m Done.
Baltimore County, not city (totally independent in Maryland).
How come they didn’t immediately consider dropping the anchor??? 🤔
One video I saw last night claimed they dropped the port anchor before striking the bridge.
If such was actually done it is not entirely apparent if it had any effect.
The ship turned back slightly to it’s left, port, just before striking the pylon, I suppose it’s possible that was due to a port anchor down but we’ll have to wait to see what comes out.
so maybe droppong only the port anchor caused the ship to veer into the bridge?
Why weren’t both nchors dropped? Are the anchors “cyber-connected” so that only the port anchor was dropped, or was the starboard anchor prevented from dropping?
drop the rear port anchor and bow will swing hard to port when the anchor catches
why drop just the port anchor?
If both starboard and port anchors are dropped, the ship should slow in a straight line, and miss the bridge pier because it stays in the channel….
Dropping an anchor does not mean it embeds. At 8 knots they’d likely just drag and not embed.
It matters if the anchors were at the bow or stern. Not all ships have stern anchors. Dropping the bow anchors can be a dangerous thing if the ship steers over the anchor chain. If the Dali dropped a port bow anchor and steered over the chain, then if the anchor embedded it would actually yank the ship to starboard, a “hard right turn”.
As noted here, by fragemall, the rear port anchor would pull it to port, opposite the direction of the actual turn of the ship.
Definitely lots of questions.
The FBI just dropped a Top Man on the case . . .
Ummm, the FBI? That doesn’t exactly inspire confidence considering it is the FJB FBI!!! 🥴
That’s the whole bit about Top Men.
I’m from the marine industry, the anchor would do absolutely nothing. Think people don’t remotely understand the massive tonnage of these vessels, this one is perhaps around 70k tonnes for the vessel alone not including the containers.
In the USN, the bosuns would be ready to drop an anchor, how much it would do have no idea. I don’t think having an anchor “underfoot” in itself does much.
But I think most ships of this type have bow thrusters — haven’t heard any mention of them.
On this video you can see they dropped the fore(forward) port anchor.
https://x.com/darksideadvcate/status/1772821004353486869?s=46&t=AvEtDXETQPC-JYXjBsFZ3g
Dropping an anchor on a ship that massive? The anchor might just dig a a whole new and deeper channel right before the ship hit the pillar anyway.
The Dali did drop a port anchor. At 8 knots, the anchor just dragged and didn’t embed with that much momentum. Whether it was a bow or stern anchor isn’t clear. Not all ships have stern anchors, just stern winches.
The Dali did try to engage full reverse thrust. The huge black smoke from the ship is indicative of the engines at full power, twice. But only for a minute or two. That could have swung the ship. But without power, the rudder would be uncontrollable.
If the bow port anchor was dropped and the Dali steered over the anchor chain, then that would have pivoted the ship to starboard ( a sharp right turn). It is possible things happened this way.
There were only a few minutes to effect any significant course changes without engines.
We just don’t know the facts yet. Might be best to wait and see before deciding what is true or not.
We don’t know the direction of the screw when we saw the huge smoke indicating a hard acceleration . . . forward or aft?
Lara Logan is reporting that Intel sources are saying it was a strategic attack on our supply chain, probably cyber. The ship lost propulsion moments before it hit the pylon. Tgwp has that article. I just don’t see how a bridge catches fire because it falls. Something very fishy about all of this.
Why did it look like there were explosive charges at three different spots? I am not so sure this is an accident.
The ‘explosions‘ were possibly (most likely) the electrical cables breaking as the bridge came down.
And some of the white “smoke” may have been the obliteration into dust of the concrete part of the pylon by the impact of the massive vessel.
My thought as well, I was surprised when they call it a splash, though there likely was some of that as well.
Master of the ship is Ukrainian, First Mate (I believe) is Indian…proverbial shot across the bow for Biden and His Handlers to keep funding Ukraine (crazy, yeah, but juss sayin’).
Levin played the first 15 minutes of Dispatch…total professionals, got on it within minutes, worked it seriously and fast. Funny how when we need them the Screechers quit talking about defunding 1st responders et al.
Biden has never, ever run a company or built a business…. He as no idea how the real business world operates. Scary he runs the country
Biden doesn’t know what day it is. He is not running anything.
Missing, Rescued and Ongoing Rescue Efforts
1) “The ship’s crew issued a “mayday” call shortly before the crash that allowed authorities to stop vehicles from going on the bridge.”
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2) Two Rescued:
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“Few personal details are known about the two who have been rescued so far. “One individual refused service and refused transport, essentially that person was not injured,” Wallace said. “However, there was another individual, that’s been transported to a local trauma center, that is in a very serious condition.”
3) Ongoing Rescue Efforts –6 known to be missing –Uncertainty about total number on bridge when it collapsed
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“Sonar and infrared technology, as well as underwater unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs), have been deployed for search and rescue operations. Wallace, the Baltimore fire chief, added that the tides and darkness of the early hours had slowed rescue efforts down.”
Link for my post on rescue efforts
https://time.com/6960612/baltimore-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-explainer/
Anyone have a more recent update to share on the rescue?
I do not, but thought I’d post this pic from the article you provided here.
Yes, a horrifying picture in the light of day.
I’d like to know more about the rescued individual who was uninjured. How did he avoid any injury, where did they find him?
They are using infrared as well as sonar so I would think they have not given up on the 6 known to be missing.
If I somehow managed to survive such an event I’d hope they would not write me off and give up the search too early. No chance of more survivors? Maybe. Then stranger things have happened.
My limited but personal experience is that catastrophic events do not roll out in any predictable way. The tornado wipes out a town but leaves a carried off baby unhurt. No rhyme or reason. No logic or predictability when it comes down to individual survivability.
The tornado example is not about me fyi.
That would be a wild formative event in a child’s life!
I very vaguely recall , from decades ago , a jet crashing {on takeoff, fuel-laden} on a Cincinnati highway. During cleanup, found a surviving infant or baby under the tail or wing. Life is strange , regardless of my potentially faulty recollection!
Late in posting the story, but thought you’d be interested:
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“A four-month-old boy has survived after a tornado in Tennessee sucked him up from his family’s mobile home, which was demolished in the storm.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/14/tennessee-baby-survives-being-sucked-into-tornado
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No. Way. this was an accident. I’ll bet my n*ts.
Coincidences no longer exist.
What say you, Sec. Pete…
Considering how you affirmed your certitude I’d say there’s a good chance he’d be interested.
lol … oh man Maquis
When the bridge is rebuilt, I can guarantee that it will not be named after Francis Scott Key. It will be renamed to the “Freddie Gray Memorial Bridge” or some crap like that.
more like something Biden
I find it quite odd, (not really), that the FBI was so quick to rule out terrorism. Perhaps their definition of “terrorism” has changed?
Yes it has. Foreigners can no longer be terrorists. Only American Catholics, MAGA supporters and parents who go to school board meetings.
Ergo, the crew can’t be terrorists. Bet the pilots are democrats.
See how easy this is?
cover up 01:30 crash of 13th largest US port of bridge named after man who wrote star spangled banner US national anthem. This was a message from our synagogue of Satan witches and warlocks. it has their classic signatures.
the people who orchestrated knew how vital the bridge was as Lara Logan has reported, they knew the tides and the lighting and marine aspects of the port and engineering aspects of the bridge.
whether it was the US or international enemies is not clear. that it was a message to Biden, his cabinet, US citizens is
clear.
we did not veto the last attempt of the UN
to reign in Israel’ genocide of the Palestinians. then again it could actually have been Putin for what was done in Mosow or Ukraine’s Z for not funding Ukraine or Victoria Nuland for forcing her out.
It seemed that one of the videos showed the lights went off and the the ship steered into the bridge support. Just from the angle of the video. There has to be a lot more to this story. The lights seem to come back on just before the collision. That is a lot of mass and momentum on that ship! Not much could withstand that type of direct hit. I am not, for one, thinking conspiracy at this time. And I would not expect the Captain to be marched out. There is a lot of investigation to be done and that will take some time.
I don’t know if this has already been posted but here is an interview of Lara Logan on Steve Bannon’s show today re the Baltimore Bridge Collapse.
“The take down of America has started.” But with GOD all things are possible! Pray like you’ve never prayed before!
Lara Logan – Intelligence Agencies are saying the Baltimore Bridge Collapse was a Cyber Attack (13 mins)
https://rumble.com/v4lpyeu-lara-logan-intelligence-agencies-are-saying-the-baltimore-bridge-collapse-w.html
Man she was on fire and Steve let her go…….
They added “Belonging” to DEI, so I guess now it’s Didn’t Earn It, Bitch. 🤔
And now … she gets to add the MURDER of 20 Americans -or humans – to her resume!!!
Not sure how the Port of Baltimore is connected this?
She belongs to some sorority but it doesn’t state her educational background!!! Did she flunk out of some technical school!!! 🥴
Diaper Joe’s gonna Build Back Better! (Wif yo’ money, man.)
Who predicted harbor blockages as a terrorist plot? Trump appointee, Maj-Gen Anthony Tata, author, in his military-terrorist novel, Besieged.
sitting here with a twenty year sailor and captain on the great lakes ore ships. he has questions about the ship hitting the bridge support head on. about the lights supposedly flickering on and off supposedly signaling a loss of power and steering. i guess the black box will tell us more. unless the same people made it as made epstein’s cell camera’s.
Good evening,
I don’t know if this has already been mentioned in the comments, but if look at a map of the bridge, why are there no protection pillars surrounding each of the bridge support pylons?
There was a similar accident in Tampa Bay in 1980 and when they rebuilt that bridge (The Sunshine Skyway Bridge), they included 60 foot protection pillars surrounding the main span.
Why weren’t these engineering features installed around the Francis Scott Key Bridge? Both shipping ports have similar cargo traffic.
Food for thought…
If you look at some of the day time videos, you will see round concrete pillars set as blocks to prevent straight on hits.
The ship was able to come in at an angle, missing all these blockers. You can see one untouched next to the right side of the ship.
They do seem to be place too far from the bridge. But there might be a simple reason for that.
Either way, it took last minute maneuvering to achieve this hit without hitting the blocking device.
Yes, the “dolphins” are positioned essentially to block vessels following the path of travel but outside the proper channel.
This strike required an angle of attack that was quite abnormal and eerily precise.
Based upon the video Sundance has posted, the ship had to make a fairly sharp (for a ship that size) and obviously intentional right-hand turn (to starboard) in order to hit the bridge support column. It looks intentional.
Best analysis I’ve seen on this.
So weird. Looks like it was deliberately steered into the post support of the bridge.
Why?
One person posted:
“BlackRock probably owns the insurance company and the company that will get the contract to rebuild it.”
Someone else said: So there won’t be any insurance investigations.
Ship lost power – why?
Ask Anne Heche.
Oh, wait . . .
Special ‘NEW’ low-sulfur fuel requirements to combat global warming?
I am confused and tired and can’t find any mention of what the cargo was on that ship, in any of the comments here. or anywhere else. Wonder why that isn’t a question that has an answer as yet? Will I ever know?
Meanwhile back in the city of Baltimore, I read some BS crime loving agency of their guvmint just defunded the Baltimore police department to the tune of $22 million. That means 3 police officers per 61,000 people. With gang rules taking over the city.
I went to college for a brief time in Baltimore. The friend I commuted to class with would take me to places on the waterfront in Baltimore after class. The party underground on the waterfront. That was a part of my “education.” Also important.
Why destroy Baltimore? After taking Manhattan (NY) , is this their Berlin?
As a container ship the cargo will typically be widely varied.
A bulk carrier would be another matter, easy to determine.
One of the largest ports on the east coast delivering a lot of energy to Europe……..coal specifically. Right next to Charleston.
I wonder who was steering this thing?
I mean, names.
The Captain In The Baltimore, MD Disaster!!!
https://prnt.sc/kGtns0emtmhN
(Dear FBI et al., YOU CAN´T RULE OUT TERRORISM, and/or FOUL PLAY, without a FULL INVESTIGATION of the deadly Baltimore, MD disaster, as well as, question the Crew, separately, and perform Polygraph Tests of the Crew, separately.)
The biggest reason most state constitutions give as to why we, the people, cannot form any type of militia is this — that they consider the National Guard to be “our” militia. (which we all agree is NOT what the Constitution meant by a well armed militia)
If so, our militia cannot be deployed to any place outside of our state.
If so, our militia cannot be at the beck and call of the federal government to act as their standing army.
If so, our militia would be ready to stand at our borders, entries into our states, and stop illegal entry.
But yeah, uncle joe will send our militia to the middle east, hoping to ensure we have no militia.
me
He just got the job yesterday.
Wray always does that when he wants no information to come out.
And the NTSB stated that they have not secured the cargo ship ( for investigative purposes) because they were waiting for rescue operations to complete – which is totally outside their normal procedure????
IF there was a device aboard to facilitate creative piloting, they would want to ensure no one interfered with disappearing it afterwards.
I expect that the Coast Guard is on the job re the ship.
There is a reason that NTSB is not responding per standard protocol. I am not privy to that reason at my pay grade. Just another in long list of coincidences, I’m sure…..
This is a MAJOR infrastructure hit. The Port of Baltimore is the major port serving Baltimore and Washington DC. All of the shipping north of the bridge is now trapped in place. No other shipping can get in. The tunnel shown has height and hazardous cargo restrictions, it can’t take the heavy trucking traffic that used the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which took YEARS to build back in the 1970s.
The freight stuck in the port will be sent out via overland modes. Some to other ports to get put on other ships going out. Messy but quite doable.
Other shipping on the water now gets routed to other ports. Increased time and cost, but not too significant in the overall economy.
This is not as big of a problem as some are claiming. Multimodal freight is very flexible.
Even the hazardous freight trucking that was using the bridge can be routed around.
I’m sure they are eager to hear your surmise on how easy it will all be.
“Simpleton” said, “Messy but quite doable.” “Increased time and cost….” “… not as big of a problem as some are claiming….” etc.
“Simpleton” NEVER said it would be “easy”.
That’s YOUR spin.
Strange new hostility, Boogy.
What’s the deal?
Cha-CHING!
Cha-CHING!
Cha-CHING!
“Messy”, “not too significant”, “not as big of a problem” , “flexible” .
Easy to say as long as you’re not the one having to pay the extraordinary costs of re-routing freight that was destined for Baltimore because of its proximity to the many customers’ locations.
Even if the shippers’ bank accounts are quite full…..this IS a huge economic hit on the region. Unless they find a way to remove the debris from the channel quickly, this shuts down the port and suspends for several years all the thousands of jobs in it.
On top of that the extra workloads put on other eastern U.S. ports – most of which are not equipped to handle it – will cause backups and delays in shipping times.
Perhaps your chosen pseudonym is accurate.
Clearly Simpleton knows quite a bit about logistics, but the experts in the peanut gallery are going to set him straight. The comments section never disappoints.
I appreciate your words, but suggest changing “quite a bit” to “a little”.
Because outside of war, cost has always been a major element of logistics in supply chains. Our Simpleton poster seemingly treated cost as an afterthought, or gave it no thought at all.
I have personally worked in logistics, as have some family members and a close friend’s daughter. Cost is the factor that overrides all other factors when offsetting quantifiable benefits cannot overcome it.
“Simpleton” 2nd paragraph and 2nd sentence: “… increased time and cost….” What’s the deal? “Simpleton” can’t submit an opinion without it being a 200 page report with footnotes and graphs? Why do you feel the need to insult him personally as in, “Perhaps your chosen pseudonym is accurate?”
I bet his guesses are more accurate than 90% of all the others. He thinks like a winner … a “Can do !” type.
No one is saying “cannot do” that I see. But the OP came across as what’s generally called as”glossing over” major issues. And the claim that it’s “not as big a big deal” is grossly exaggerated in my and others’ opinions. Especially when the economy is already stressed to the breaking point in many sectors.
We can all agree to disagree on this and let time & the facts instruct us as to what the ultimate impact will have been. I pray it’s as easily resolved as Simpleton claims.