Baltimore bridge collapse: 6 people still missing; mayday call helped save lives

[Music] now at 4 a catastrophic collapse in Baltimore a container ship slammed into a support column on the Francis Scott keybridge overnight sending the span plunging Into The Frigid Waters below the dramatic scene led to a massive search in rescue effort and it's still underway at this hour two people were rescued in the immediate aftermath one is said to be in critical condition authorities say though at least six people are still unaccounted for Tuesday afternoon Brian and sah are off I'm sh

ie Williams and I'm Walter Perez the big story in Action News is the bridge collaps in Baltimore officials say a warning put out by the ship's crew just before impact gave authorities time to stop vehicular traffic from getting onto that bridge likely saving lives yeah Baltimore is among the largest ports on the east coast and this particular Bridge the Key Bridge it's one of three routes for vehicles to cross the collapse has prevented ships from entering or leaving the port we have live team c

overage tonight to the collapse Trish Harman is in Candace with more on the response to these types of disasters and Annie McCormack has the latest on the search and rescue efforts from near the collapse site well let's begin here at 4:00 with action news anchor Christy Alto live on the ground in Baltimore County Christie what have you been able to see there for yourself today uh good afternoon sh and Walter we're on the east side of that bridge that's dundock Baltimore County and all day long r

esidents have been flocking to this point to get a good vantage point of a glimpse of what is left of the keybridge after a container ship hit a support column sending cars and people into the Patapsco River I'm going to step out just so rich laava can give you a little bit of a shot there this is what it looks like at the moment and for those who are not at home or who are at home and not familiar with this area the Patapsco River sits at the mouth of the Baltimore Harbor and throughout the aft

ernoon it has been a revolving door of just Choppers overhead and boats in the water searching for those who were on the bridge when it collapsed and for those who remain unaccounted for meanwhile President Biden recently addressed the tragedy this after state and federal officials began their investigation let's go live now to action news reporter Annie McCormack who has more on the intense search and rescue Annie course the day which is that yeah and chrisy we're not too far away from where yo

u are we're in an area called Sparrows Point if you can imagine 30,000 Vehicles go over that bridge on a daily basis and now it is an incredible to be seen in regards to what remains of the bridge like you said you're hearing that helicopter activity and you're seeing ships in the water as the Coast Guard does continue their search and rescue mission that is the priority right now dramatic video shows the Francis scoty Bridge collapsed just after a 950t shipping vessel on route to Sri Lanka coll

ided with the bridge around 1:30 this morning this is uh not just not just unprecedented from what we're seeing and what we're looking at today um it's heartbreaking now the search and rescue operation continues with federal state and local authorities in the water and air using Sonar technology to assist them eight members of a construction crew patching potholes on the bridge overnight went missing two were rescued six remain unaccounted for Plus at least five vehicles were detected underwater

by search Crews Jesus compos works for the same company as the construction crew and today in Spanish he told us he is heartbroken upon hearing names of the missing the MayDay call from the vessel's crew made it to workers on the bridge who likely prevented more casualties many of the vehicles were stopped before they got onto the bridge which uh which which uh saved lives in a in a in a very very heroic way the bridge which is part of Interstate 695 crosses the Patapsco River in Baltimore's Ha

rbor and the port is one of the nation's busiest and critical to Port export Commerce specifically for automobiles the ports employ about 15,000 people it's my intention that federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge and I expect the Congress to support my effort now the NTSB is the lead investigator on this case however they can't even board The Vessel until the search and rescue mission is completed by the US Coast Guard we're live in Sparrow's Point Annie M

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