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May 02 2024
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Baltimore bridge collapse: Fifth body recovered from Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage
Divers searching the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland have recovered a fifth body. The Key Bridge Response Unified Command said the victim’s body was recovered after salvage teams located a missing construction vehicle in the Patapsco River, FOX 5 Washington DC reported. The workers then notified the Maryland Department of State Police. The recovered victim was
Fox News (Online News)Apr 17 2024
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Baltimore bridge collapse aftermath revealed in satellite image
The chaos after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore has been captured in images from space. Pictures taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on April 14 show the scene left in the Port of Baltimore three weeks after the container ship MV Dali hit the 1.6-mile bridge, causing it to collapse. The disaster is presumed to have claimed the lives of six people, with four bodies
NewsweekApr 20 2024
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Baltimore SWAT team officer dies in fatal car accident
BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Police Department announced that active Police Officer Anthony Ward of the SWAT unit was in a fatal car accident on Saturday. "This is a terrible loss for Officer Ward's family, his team members and the Baltimore Police Department on the whole," said Police Commissioner Richard Worley. "My heart goes out to his loved ones. The Department extends its support and
CBS News (Online)Apr 24 2024
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How the Baltimore bridge collapse upended a D.C. coffee chain’s business
When he woke on March 26 to the news that Baltimore’s Key Bridge had collapsed, Michael Haft, co-founder of Compass Coffee, dialed his chief operating officer. “You have to reroute all of our coffee immediately,” Haft recalled saying. The collapse upended the supply chain for the D.C.-based roaster, which imports most of its beans through the Port of Baltimore. The crash is expected to cause
Washington PostApr 01 2024
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What the Bridge Meant to Baltimore
For some, the Francis Scott Key Bridge symbolized the working-class communities around it — for others, the city itself. Blue-collar workers crossed it. Families went crabbing around it. Teenagers celebrated new driver’s licenses by traversing it. And couples were known to get engaged near it. Completed in 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a practical, final link to the beltway of roads
New York Times (News)Apr 26 2024
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Baltimore company files class action lawsuit against Dali ship owners
American Publishing has filed a class action lawsuit against the owner and manager of the Dali cargo ship, which struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26 causing it to collapse. The disaster marked the loss of a major throughway for truckers and the partial closure of the Port of Baltimore, the nation’s leading port for auto shipments. Plaintiffs Karen and Charles Austin allege that
AfroApr 23 2024
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Baltimore sues owner and manager of 'unseaworthy' Dali over bridge collapse
Baltimore has sued the operators of the container ship that hit and destroyed one of the US city's main bridges last month, killing six people.
The city says the Dali was "clearly unseaworthy" and accuses its owners and manager of negligence.
The ship's Singapore-based owner and manager have already asked a court to limit their liability.
The region is reeling from the
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