A younger Baltimore man miraculously escaped the current collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge by simply three minutes.
Based on Faithwire, Jayden Woof, 20, was touring backwards and forwards from the bridge after entering into an argument together with his girlfriend, who lives on the north facet of the river. His mom Jen Woof stated The Telegraph that her son crossed the bridge thrice in a row as he tried to return in direction of his girlfriend to be despatched again house.
After crossing the 1.6-mile bridge for the third time in a row, all the construction abruptly collapsed after a freighter hit one in every of its structural beams. When he was nearly house, his girlfriend texted him 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 collapsed,” Jen informed the paper. “He got here to my home, panicking, yelling at me and displaying me the video.
The bridge, first in-built 1977, collapsed at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after a cargo ship crashed after briefly dropping energy. About six development staff are believed to be useless after they fell into the water when the construction collapsed.
As CBN Information beforehand reported, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) stated he met with the households of the victims and prayed with them.
“We had the chance to spend time earlier right this moment with the households and they’re outstanding,” he stated. “They’re prayer leaders and we had the chance to wish with them – we had the chance to wish for them. And we need to allow them to know that we are going to proceed to wish for them, not only for us, however they’ve 6.3 million folks and so they have the entire nation and the entire world praying for his or her peace.”
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