Bodies found as Baltimore bridge collapse moves from recovery to salvage

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Bodies of two construction workers are found in cold waters of Baltimore harbour, trapped in their red pick-up truck after a giant cargo ship slammed into the bridge they had been filling potholes on, causing a thunderous collapse.

The vessel, which remained entangled in the debris on Wednesday, was "stable," Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier says. / Photo: Reuters

The agency is also reviewing the voyage data recorder recovered by the Coast Guard and building a timeline of what led to the crash, which federal and state officials have said appeared to be an accident. The debris complicated the search, according to a Homeland Security memo described to The Associated Press by a law enforcement official."They are down there in darkness where they can literally see about a foot in front of them. They are trying to navigate mangled metal, and they’re also in a place it is now presumed that people have lost their lives," he said Wednesday.

"That tells you what went into that original structure going up. Again, we need to get a sense of the conditions of the parts that look okay to the naked eye, but we just don't know yet, especially in terms of their foundational infrastructure," Buttigieg told reporters at the White House.

 

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