Baltimore bridge collapse cleanup | Explosives used to help clear steel beam from ship

A major development in the recovery effort around the bridge collapse in Baltimore. Crews using a massive explosion to break apart the remnants of a 600 ton steel beam still resting on top of the container ship stuck near the port Ryan Nobles. Has more on what this means for the incoming traffic signs of progress in Baltimore. Oh my God. A controlled demolition of a massive span of steel still stubbornly on top of the container ship dolly. The operation prepped beforehand with precision cuts in the steel to allow the heavy metal to fall off the ship and be removed much easier opening the door for the vessel to finally be removed from the middle of the Patapsco River. This was a very big milestone for our progression forward. It was a tremendous span was sitting on top of the vessel pinning it in place. The 21 member crew of the ship still on board since the crash were moved to a secure location below deck. As the explosives went off, the ship has been in a vital shipping channel for close to two months after its slammed into the Francis Scott key bridge toppling the almost 50 year old structure and taking with it a major traffic artery for the metropolitan Baltimore region and shutting down one of the busiest ports in America. Six construction workers died as a result of the accident. Last body recovered just this week is the aftermath of the collapse. Caught on newly released body. Cam footage from police officers responding to the scene. Those first responders struggling to comprehend the scale of the incident. Something's missing here in the skylight. The whole center span is gone. It's in the water, the National Transportation Safety Board and the FBI are both conducting investigations into the accident. Baltimore and Maryland leaders have promised a full rebuild of the bridge. A complex and expensive project that could take up to four years and cost more than $1.5 billion. But while that remains the long term goal in the short term, the priority is to get the port reopen a process that will get much easier once that massive ship is out of the way. And that was Ryan Nobles reporting crews plan to use tugboats to pull the massive ship into a nearby terminal. Once they do that, they hope to have the port open in the next couple of weeks.

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Length: 2min 24sec (144 seconds)

Published: Tue May 14 2024