Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott referred to as on the media to cease exhibiting video footage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
“I'll be the primary to ask CNN and everybody else to cease exhibiting the video,” Scott mentioned. “Nobody has to see the opportunity of a member of the family being significantly injured or in any other case over and time and again.”
“It simply traumatizes our group,” he added.
The bridge collapsed after a cargo ship struck it at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, sending at the least eight folks from a development crew into the water as a big portion of the bridge fell into the Patapsco River.
The ship, which was touring at about eight knots, misplaced energy moments earlier than it hit the bridge, in keeping with Baltimore Mayor Wes Moore.
Thus far, two folks have been pulled from the river and one has been taken to the trauma unit and is in severe situation, preliminary studies mentioned.
Authorities mentioned six individuals are nonetheless lacking and unaccounted for after the incident.
Whereas it's unclear right now what brought on the accident, Moore mentioned the ship referred to as in May earlier than the accident and the crew aboard the ship advised authorities they’d misplaced energy moments earlier than.
“We all know there shall be questions concerning the bridge, site visitors and the port, however proper now everybody on this world ought to be centered on these souls and people households who’re questioning if these individuals are going to stroll again within the door after they left final evening to work,” Scott mentioned.
