Biden says feds will help rebuild Baltimore’s collapsed bridge: Recap

The Hill

26 March 2024 at 5:09 pm·1-min read

Six people are missing and a search-and-rescue operation is underway nearly 12 hours after a cargo ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The cargo ship Dali, which was headed to Sri Lanka, hit a bridge support after losing power around 1:30 a.m., causing the steel structure to fall into the water. The ship had and issued a mayday call.

President Biden spoke on the catastrophe from the White House, saying it was his intention that the federal government would pay to rebuild the Key Bridge.

At a press conference Tuesday morning, Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld said eight people were on the bridge at the time, and two have been accounted for.

“So many of us know that bridge because it is our normal commute,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said at the news conference.

The bridge, on Interstate 695, carries tens of thousands of vehicles each day. Francis Scott Key Bridge, named for the writer of the national anthem, was opened in 1977.

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