Crews set to use explosives to demolish part of fallen Key Bridge

now we're going to turn to Baltimore where crews are set to use explosives to demolish part of the Fallen Key Bridge ABC zachi is there live for us right now good morning to you Ike good morning Gio it's been six weeks since that massive 1,000 foot ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key bridge and today Crews will use a controlled demolition to try to remove that big piece of mangled metal still stuck on the ship now the plan is to use explosives to break up the large span of the bridge still on the ship into smaller pieces boats will then haul away those pieces not only on the ship but also in the water surrounding it at that point workers say tugboats will then be able to reach the dolly and tow it out of the Patapsco River the plan was set into motion this week as the sixth and final body was recovered from the water the planed demolition comes as officials released new body camera video of the First Responders on the water searching for survivors in those first hours after the collapse now we're learning the crew of the dolly will still be on the ship as this controlled demolition happens it's something they've been doing since the onset of this incident and officials tell us the Francis Scott Key bridge should be completed and rebuilt by the fall of 2028 Jan all right some years to go Ike thank you for that

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Published: Sun May 12 2024