Mayday Call From Ship Shortly Before Baltimore Bridge Collapse Released

Published on March 27, 2024

The mayday call issued by the container ship’s crew to the Maryland Transportation Authority Police channel moments before it hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of March 26 has been released. The audio reveals what sounds like calmness before the panic as the 147-year-old bridge collapsed. It shows an effort to stop traffic on the bridge and get the contractors working on the bridge’s deck to get off it. Two of the construction workers were rescued. The remaining six are missing and presumed dead. Below is the transcript: 1:27 a.m. Male 1: “I need one of you guys on the south side, one of you guys on the north side, hold all traffic on the Key Bridge. There’s a ship approaching that just lost their steering. So until they get that under control, we’ve got to stop all traffic.”...

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