The Baltimore Bridge Collapse: A Local Tragedy
Written by Suan Cho, Edited by Ethan Tsai
Editor’s Note: Article content may be slightly outdated at time of publishing.
Baltimore — April 6 — On March 26, Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed when a massive cargo ship lost control and hit a support pillar. Six workers were identified as dead, and the search mission recovered two dead bodies of the six workers as of the time of writing. The search is still continuing.
Yesterday, April 5th, President Joe Biden visited the site to meet up with local officials and the relatives of the deceased workers. Biden has expressed grief to the families. “I’ve come here to grieve with you — we all are,” he said, showing respect, he promised to rebuild the bridge and recover the workers. “I’ll also never forget the contributions these men made to this city — we’re going to keep working hard to recover each of them.”
Not only the people who lost their loved ones are in grief. Some people showed distress at the dismal news: after all, the Scott Key Bridge has been part of the city since 1977. As it was a standing symbol of the working class, the bridge was originally built to reduce the Harbor Tunnel congestion, but the 47-year-old bridge meant a lot more to the locals who grew up in the city. The bridge collapse has also affected the immigration problems due to the port’s shutdown. The Biden administration and the US Army Corps of Engineers promised to recover the channel and reopen it at the end of May.
