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UPDATE: Cargo Ship Lost Its Lights and Steered into Bridge Support Before Taking Down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge (VIDEO)
Gateway Pundit ^ | Mar. 26, 2024 9:45 am | Staff

Posted on 03/26/2024 8:11:40 AM PDT by Red Badger

The Cargo Ship that struck and destroyed The Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, Maryland appears to have lost power twice before impact with the bridge.

The ship’s lights then blink back on right before it hits the bridge support.

Here is the video.

VIDEO AT LINK......................

Via Monica Crowley:

The Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed into Baltimore Harbor after a cargo ship apparently lost power twice and collided with it at 1:30am ET.

Two rescued, at least 7 people missing. Prayers up 🙏

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1 posted on 03/26/2024 8:11:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

“Oh say can you see?”

No.


2 posted on 03/26/2024 8:13:22 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Red Badger

Odd that this was never considered, or if it was, a defense was never implemented.


3 posted on 03/26/2024 8:13:34 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: moovova

“Jose can you see?”


4 posted on 03/26/2024 8:13:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

It drifted into the pillar, yes?

Steered implies that it was directed into it by someone at the helm.


5 posted on 03/26/2024 8:14:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Red Badger

I’m calling BS.


6 posted on 03/26/2024 8:14:30 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: brownsfan

The bridge began construction in ‘72.

It likely was considered and the state cheaped out then and since.


7 posted on 03/26/2024 8:14:43 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Red Badger
Just moments before:


8 posted on 03/26/2024 8:16:07 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger
Vid, at link ...

Power-loss analysis: pic.twitter.com/285cprJp6y— Patrick Webb (@RealPatrickWebb) March 26, 2024


9 posted on 03/26/2024 8:16:12 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: brownsfan

Protective concrete barriers around the main supports? You must be one of those infrastructure nuts. We don’t have money for things like that... we have a Ukraine that needs braces and private school.


10 posted on 03/26/2024 8:16:30 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: dfwgator

ICWYDT.


11 posted on 03/26/2024 8:16:44 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Red Badger
Check the maintenance log.
12 posted on 03/26/2024 8:17:41 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: BenLurkin

It drifted into the pillar, yes?

Appears to be a rub, and tail swing. Amazing how easily it fell down, and even more amazing how there is a video perfectly centered.

Been across that bridge many times, years ago.


13 posted on 03/26/2024 8:18:11 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: Red Badger

Hearing lots about the bridge disaster - but little about the victims - read another report that said scans of the water showed submerged cars - and witnesses said they saw cars fall into the water - one man was rescued from the water, the person he was with died.

Citizens Free press reports:

“10+ vehicles on bridge fall hundreds of feet into water below”

Another report said 20 people are missing.


14 posted on 03/26/2024 8:18:19 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Red Badger

Don’t they have brakes on those boats.


15 posted on 03/26/2024 8:19:22 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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To: drSteve78

There are 24/7 cameras on these bridges now.

I often watch the Bay Bridge camera out of San Francisco.


16 posted on 03/26/2024 8:19:27 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: dfwgator

Ain’t that the truth.


17 posted on 03/26/2024 8:19:36 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Red Badger

“Cargo Ship Lost Its Lights”

An EV ship?


18 posted on 03/26/2024 8:21:46 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Red Badger

How can ALL the power go out simultaneously on a big ship? You’d think there would be dual redundant systems. And did that outage immediately kill the rudder? You’d think steering would have redundant power.

A massive ship takes a long time to change direction. The power outage occurred not long before it hit the pier. There does not appear to be enough time for a change of direction between the time the power went out and the impact. You’d think if the ship was lined up in center channel the momentum would have kept it there and it would have coasted under the bridge.


19 posted on 03/26/2024 8:22:11 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Bon of Babble

Guessing that with inexpensive technology, cameras could be everywhere. Ski cams for mountain snow , in the middle of nowhere ski country.


20 posted on 03/26/2024 8:22:31 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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