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Watch: Videos you may have missed this week
From firefighters rescuing a yellow Labrador who got her head stuck in a spare tire to a video showing the moment when Baltimore's Key Bridge collapsed, here are some of the videos you may have missed this week:. Firefighters rescue Daisy, a yellow Labrador who got her head stuck in...
Port Authority of N.Y., N.J. can help prevent supply chain disruptions caused by Baltimore bridge collapse, governors say
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a joint statement Thursday that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey can take on additional cargo in an effort to minimize supply chain disruptions caused by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland earlier this week.
Dundalk residents view crumpled bridge with shock, dismay
DUNDALK — A few hours after Teresita Santana and her family drove across the Francis Scott Key Bridge, they felt their house shake. “As if something had exploded,” Santana said. Santana and her family, including her children and mother, got back to their home in Dundalk late Monday night after a trip to Washington, D.C., to get their passports and see the cherry blossoms. It was only a few hours...
'God be the bridge': Turner Station comes together for prayer in Baltimore
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge would be a disaster in any case, but the deaths of six Latino construction workers who were on the bridge makes it a heart-rending tragedy. We hear from Clara Longo de Freitas, a neighborhood reporter at The Baltimore Banner, about a vigil held in their memories and about support coming from the Latino community.
Baltimore bridge crash puts new focus on role of ship pilots
From the Puget Sound Pilots headquarters in downtown Seattle, with a view of Puget Sound as a backdrop, Capt. Ivan Carlson Jr. walks Scripps News' Vanessa Misciagna through an unfolding situation: A cargo ship loses power and a pilot is turning the boat around to safely dock. "I love ship-handling,"...
Clearing the wreckage in Baltimore is a difficult and dangerous operation
Before we can think about what it’ll take to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, two big, difficult things need to happen. The ship that ran into it — the 984-foot, 95,000-ton Dali — has to be moved, and the wreckage of the 1.6-mile bridge has to be collected and taken out of the way. This monumental salvage operation underscores that the risk to human life did not end after the bridge collapsed.
Baltimore bridge disaster echoes Fassett collapse in 1957
The Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster early Tuesday in Baltimore evokes for some Toledoans the demise of a local bridge that was felled by a wind-blown ship nearly 67 years ago. The Fassett Street Bridge once connected East Toledo and the city’s South End neighborhood just downstream of a narrow and sharp bend in the Maumee River. Completed in 1896, the long, spindly, truss-design structure got sideways glances almost immediately, and it sustained major weather damage twice before its ultimate demise — once from river ice, the second time from wind. And wind was deemed a major factor when a wayward ship finally took the Fassett bridge down on April 5, 1957. Gusts estimated at 80 mph blew the Champlain, an 8,700-ton lake freighter, from its nearby mooring and sent it crashing into the middle of the bridge, destroying three spans. Two cars were on the bridge at the time, but both made it safely to shore.
Port of Baltimore could reopen as soon as May, expert says
Demolition workers could open a channel for ships to move in and out of the Port of Baltimore as soon as one month after required equipment arrives on scene, according to an expert in the field familiar with ongoing discussions.
Woman admits to fentanyl trafficking in West Virginia
ELKINS, WV (LOOTPRESS) – One woman has admitted to supplying fentanyl to dealers in West Virginia. Daniela Marie Giancoli, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, has pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Giancoli supplied large amounts of fentanyl to dealers in Grant County […]
DC police make arrest in 34-year-old cold case
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced that it arrested a woman for a murder that happened over three decades ago in Northeast D.C. On March 28, 1990, officers found 34-year-old Norman Rich suffering from gunshot wounds in a home in the 500 block of M St. NE. He died there. […]
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