One younger Baltimore native miraculously—and unknowingly—survived the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge by simply three minutes.
Jen Woof informed The Telegraph that her son Jayden was together with his girlfriend on the north aspect of the river. However after an argument, the pair determined to go their separate methods for the evening, which meant Jayden needed to cross the bridge again residence.
The 20-year-old thought of it – and regretted his actions – crossed the bridge, headed in the direction of his home, solely to show round and head again in the direction of his girlfriend. Nonetheless, nonetheless annoyed, she despatched him again to the opposite aspect.
It was his third cross over the 1.6-mile-long bridge, which occurred simply three minutes earlier than the complete construction collapsed inside seconds.
Woof stated her son was nearly at their home when he received a textual content from his girlfriend asking if he was okay.
“He thought she was texting as a result of they have been arguing and she or he stated the bridge had collapsed,” Woof informed the newspaper. “He got here to my home, panicking, yelling at me and displaying me the video.
The bridge, which opened in March 1977, collapsed at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when a freighter struck one among its structural beams after the vessel briefly misplaced energy. Six building employees are believed to be useless after falling into water in a tragic accident.
As CBN Information reported, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) stated he had met and prayed with the households of the victims.
“We had the chance to spend time earlier immediately with the households and they’re outstanding,” he stated. “They’re prayer leaders and we had the chance to hope with them – we had the chance to hope for them. And we wish to allow them to know that we are going to proceed to hope for them, not only for us, however they’ve 6.3 million individuals they usually have the entire nation and the entire world praying for his or her peace.”
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