D. Simon goin in on these meatballs
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Bmore just got hit by a ship & collapsed
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Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
--Francis Scott Key
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
--Francis Scott Key
Mike Nasty
Superstar
A simple Google maps traffic search shows the bridge open. That's also not the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Rell84shots
Veteran
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
“And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave,
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
--Francis Scott Key
OnFleekTing
Superstar
Yeah that seems about right
Baltimore has a pretty varied hispanic/latino community. They lived in Dundalk I hear and that spot is deep with the Dominicans
I imagine it would have been worse in terms of deaths if the ship didn't get the mayday call out and block off traffic from the bridge
That mayday call saved countless lives. R.I.P. to those involved and prayers up for their families.
Some people thought it was just vaccinations. The loud and stupid are going to do this for every subject.
Baltimore bridge collapse shares eerie similarities with Tampa Bay’s Skyway disaster
On May 9, 1980, a freighter blinded by bad weather slammed into the Skyway bridge, killing 35 people.
Baltimore bridge collapse shares eerie similarities with Tampa Bay’s Skyway disaster
On May 9, 1980, a freighter blinded by bad weather slammed into the Skyway bridge, killing 35 people.
A car is halted at the edge of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay after the freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge during a thunderstorm and tore away a large part of the span on May 9, 1980. [ JACKIE GREEN | AP ]
By
- Emily WunderlichTimes staff
Published Yesterday|Updated Yesterday
A cargo ship struck a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday morning, causing it to snap and sending vehicles plunging into the chilly waters below.
The ship appears to have crashed into one of the bridge’s support beams during the middle of the night when traffic would be expected to be lighter, according to a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. The vessel caught fire, and thick, black smoke billowed out of it.
Two people were rescued, and six others were missing and presumed dead.
Nearly 44 years ago, a similar tragedy struck Tampa Bay. On May 9, 1980, the storm-blinded Summit Venture freighter slammed into the support columns of the old Sunshine Skyway bridge. A 1,200-foot span of the bridge collapsed into the water below.
At 7:33 a.m., 35 lives were lost. They died in the six cars, truck and Greyhound bus that fell 150 feet into the water below.
RELATED: How the Baltimore bridge collapse compares to the fall of the Sunshine Skyway
Here’s a roundup of the Tampa Bay Times’ previous coverage of the disaster.
Death rode in on early morning storm
“I thought at first it was thunder,” said Jay Hirsch, a paramedic with Florida Ambulance Service who was driving north on the bridge. “Then something hit the bridge so hard it knocked my car out of its lane. I kept going till I got across. When I looked back I saw it. My God, the bridge had gone down.”Read the story that ran on the front page of the St. Petersburg Times on May 10, 1980.
Historic photos capture the aftermath
A car stopped just inches from the edge of the bridge. A mangled Greyhound bus being pulled from Tampa Bay. Wreckage from the bridge atop the bow of the Summit Venture freighter. These are just some of the scenes that photographers captured immediately after the collision.What readers remembered
“I still remember feeling it was like a Godzilla movie,” Kathy Mahar told the Times in 2020. “A monster reaching up and ripping away a section of the bridge and a Greyhound bus. ... Never have been able to shake that image in my mind.”Here’s what other readers recalled four decades after the tragedy.
40 years later, divers can’t forget what they saw underwater
Two bridge inspectors helped retrieve victims after the Sunshine Skyway collapsed. In 2020, we spoke to them about what they remembered.What happened to those who made headlines after the accident?
We caught up with the pilot who crashed, the attorney who defended him and some of those who nearly lost their lives. Here’s what they told us.Detachment gave way to grim reality
Forty years later, former Times CEO and chairman Paul Tash recalled what it was like to cover the disaster as a young reporter. “Argue if you like, but the Skyway Bridge disaster remains the biggest breaking news story in the history of Tampa Bay,” he wrote. Read the rest of his column here.Information from The Associated Press and Tampa Bay Times archives was used in this report.
Non of that.. the only thing that would’ve prevented it was the ships being escorted in and out of that water way due to size and weight.. kinda like how large aircraft are towed from the terminal gate onto a taxiway and then that’s when pilots are allowed to turn the engines onDamn knowing what i learned today.....not sure how but what couldve been done to prevent this type of disaster?
- Anti- crash tugboats on stand by 24/7?
- Retractable barriers around the bridge?
Idk, seeing the government is down $1.5B for a new bridge
They said shipping companies are already working on rerouting cargo to ports throughout the eastern seaboard Boston, NYC, Norfolk, Charleston SC, Savannah SC, Ft Lauderdale and Miami…
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All yall brehs on the coli who are owner operators OTR… Get on this shyt early talk bout to make fukkin bank…