Agencies arrive in Baltimore to assess damage from Key Bridge collapse 

Not tragic, STUPID! All ships should have local tugboat escorts.

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that will be 100 million for the assessment

They shouldn’t rush to judgement like that. Might buff out.

Going to need a lot more flextape than originally thought.

The paperwork, alone, will take decades to complete costing billions more than tugboat escorts.

I hope you didn't hurt yourself thinking that hard 😂😂😂😂

I totally agree with most part of your comment Sir, just that crippled is not true. The largest port onward the bridge comes at bottom on top 10 ports of USA. There are many larger ports in east coast itself. The car import and export can be moved to most ports on the east coast. Those just RORO. Yes few of the farm equipment have local assembly which have impact. But no, US is not crippled.

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That is why Biden has been trying to push through the massive infrastructure bill. Though maga terrorists, of course, are against it, it would upgrade things like rail, water, sewage, roads and air infrastructure.

Exactly! 😮

The bridge was built in 1972. Ships of this magnitude did not begin to exist until the mid 2000s

After the Tampa Bay (Sunshine Skyway) bridge collapse in 1980 due to a freighter hilling support columns, the standards were updated to require a protection scheme; however, Maryland DoT didn’t retrofit the bridge. Not good risk management in retrospect

​@@danielr3933yes but they just built power lines right in front of these pylons that did get these dolphin bumpers. As much money as we pay in tolls, and build Bridge maintenance, they absolutely should have built reinforcements and protective barriers

Why do they let these ships approch bridge at night

I wondered about that. I worked on the dolphins and pylons of the new Sunshine Skyway. I was a DOT crew boat captain during early stages of the rebuild. @@williamlloyd3769

Yo soy de El Salvador La Unión i si tiene Razon los trabajadores se durmieron un poco

​@Guzman7700 oh no REALLY? 😢SP HEARTBREAKING

45 years ago, the technology and equipment were not as advanced. Additionally, cargo ships were not as large. I'm not sure decades old knowledge will be as helpful as the more recent experience these agencies have had.

My same thoughts

They cant remove it without cutting it up. Probably need to figure out the best way to do that without putting people in danger.

They'd tac weld it back on the cheap if they thought they could get away with it. How many bridges could we fix if the billions we send to Israel were used for AMERICA, not genocide?

American taxpayers built the bridge so they will need to pay for its reconstruction. This bridge is not privately owned.

Taxpayers are going to foot the bill initially to expedite the cleanup process. However, in the end, insurance will cover most of the costs.

That would be the local harbor report. NTSB will be a bit more meticulous. NTSB: the 3rd bilateral bingo flange nut and screw on the Delta and Echo piers were recently repainted. NTSB: road surface pothole repair did not contribute to bridge collapse. NTSB: harbor channel navigation light continued to operate after collapse showing safe passage.

Dont forget they need to study the impact this will have on the marine life so they can make preventive measures to safely remove the debris with as little impact as possible on a rare kind of ocean snail living in that area 😅

Could you imagine- jump in moment

Don't you think the responsible parties will be paying? Have you ever had an insurance claim? Did they cut you a check the day after your loss? As an example, in a car accident, you get a rental until the claim is settled. There is no temporary fix. The port needs to be open. In this case, every day the port is closed, billions of dollars are being lost. Do you want to wait for the insurance company to assess the damage and pay up or get moving ASAP to open the port?

Your CapsLock button is on.

@@elowine Folks who insist on typing in all caps likely have bulging eyes too.

No Kidding!!!!@@elowine

No not when Biden came out and said we need to pay to get it fix BIDEN A MORON for trying to get us to pay for this, Watch and see if we don't pay for this @@Royale_with_Cheeze

Best comment today!

Slow but steady, diligent work.

Yes. Unfortunately reality isn’t as exciting as the movies.

If the US Federal Government is involved it will take years to get that bridge functioning again.

Good point but you have to consider currents and tidal flow. What fell in the water at the foot of the bridge doesn't necessarily sink straight to the bottom. Lighter items like vehicles and bodies could have drifted far from the bridge.

Ships losing power happens more than we know there are millions of parts on a ship that keep it going one part can cause big problems

Lose power. The difference between loose and lose: Your belt is *loose* You're going to *lose* your trousers. Get it? Got it? Good.

@@Royale_with_Cheeze do you ware any that you own

​@@albertmarsh1796 I was addressing the original poster. Your reply to him was perfectly fine. Just pointing out the difference between loose and lose.

Yes ooo it was an accident that destroyed the bridge 😢😢😢

@K.R.I.P.A.C • The vessel lost power, so started to drift out of the channel toward the pylons. The vessel deployed at least its port anchor to try to slow down. The channel "what's going on with shipping" has done some very good videos on this incident. In one, Sal marries the live stream of the harbor cam with the overhead of the ships AIS passage through the harbor. You may want to check it out because whoever posited an explosion isn't very knowledgeable about the speed & mass of vessels and bridge structures.

@@yvonnetomenga5726 there are still people who must answer for it. power failure is the fault of the electrician, inspector or maintenance person. the ship cannot be the cause of the bridge failure.

@K.R.I.P.A.C • You must live in a different world than I do. My father, who was an engineer, taught me that things fail. You make your quality & budgetary decisions, improve & apply your maintenance skills, then hope for the best. The incident may be human error, or it may be mechanical failure, or it may be some combination of the two. The contributory causes are still too early to tell. If you want to leap to a conclusion based on insufficient information, go right ahead. You're not alone. I'm willing to wait for the reports.

They're having a meeting at the moment, to decide when to have the first meeting.

Lots of the footage from the NTSB and other agencies has no audio.

You bring up an interesting point, even though it seems political in nature. As this vessel was on its way to Sri Lanka, the impact of not being able to use a major shipping port in the US does have international repercussions. It would be in the best interest of the international community to pitch in to get this port open and operating ASAP.

Absolutely are,but needs to be legally not the way its going now

It will probably be 10 dollar tolls they will be raising the tunnels tolls soon I guarantee it

The video from the collapse shows several areas of sparks. These are likely from the bolts giving way and sparking due to heat friction.

I realized where Grandpa Biden spent taxpayers' money! They didn't go to new bridges in Baltimore, not to new railroads!!! They went to war in Ukraine, where they were stolen. Jovelins are sold on the black market!! That's the whole secret! Don't dig a hole for someone else, you'll end up in it yourself!!!

and why would there not be sparks in an accident? and why would there not be construction vehicles on the bridge if it was an accident?

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The cptn. must have graduated from "The Francesco Schettino School of Seamanship".

No it's Baltimore MD

Why would he be a idiot

Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner. Why would you call him an idiot?

@@Royale_with_Cheeze because he wants to annoy people.

@@Royale_with_Cheeze why don’t you pull the full version of that garbage than hit me back up

@@GarlandHeard *O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,* *What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,* *Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight* *O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?* *And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air,* *Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,* *O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave* *O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?* *On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep* *Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,* *What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,* *As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?* *Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,* *In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,* *'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave* *O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!* *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 wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution.* *No refuge could save the hireling and slave* *From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,* *And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave* *O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.* *O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand* *Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation!* *Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land* *Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!* *Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,* *And this be our motto - "In God is our trust,"* *And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave* *O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.* There's the complete version. Feel free to point out the parts you find idiotic.

boats go in water .. they carry cargo .. they go under bridges .. they sail .. they deliver cargo ...

You’re cap locks are on.

Ships (boats) don't have brakes.

@@direwolf6234 ******""""boats go in water ..""""" ----- WHY?????????.....**

@@WhiteTrashMotorsports ******BULL FUCKING SHIT!!!!!! I DONT FUCKING BELIEVE YOU!!!**

What are you talking about? The ship was owned and flagged in Singapore, a friendly nation. The crew, I believe, was Indian, also a friendly nation. What you saw was the Swiss Cheese Effect happening in real time.

@@Mike_delta80 India is known to be subversive. Here in Canada Modi has sent assassins' to kill Canadian's fighting for freedom. Course that means as far as India is concerned Canada harbors terrorists . Modi is practicing racial cleansing on religeous grounds. India has joined with Russia, China and Iran as a political entity, Look it up.