{"id":24800,"date":"2024-03-26T10:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=24800"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:54:17","slug":"just-in-20-persons-missing-as-ship-strikes-baltimore-bridge-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/03\/26\/just-in-20-persons-missing-as-ship-strikes-baltimore-bridge-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST-IN: 20 Persons Missing As Ship Strikes Baltimore Bridge In US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A catastrophic incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday when a major bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed into the Patapsco River following a collision with a Singapore-flagged container ship, Dali.<\/p>\n<p>The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a vital artery for interstate travel around one of the United States\u2019 largest ports, saw several sections of its structure plunged into the water below at approximately 05:30 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services rushed to the scene as cellphone footage captured the harrowing moment of the collapse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bidmatic-parallax-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bidmatic-parallax-line bidmatic-parallax-line-top\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bidmatic-parallax-frame\">\n<div class=\"bidmatic-parallax-slot\">Baltimore\u2019s emergency response teams have initiated an extensive search and rescue operation for 20 persons reported missing, presumed to be in the water at the time of the incident. The gravity of the situation has pulled together a significant effort from local and state agencies to account for every missing person.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_block_heading jeg_block_heading_2 jeg_subcat_right\">\n<p>Synergy Marine Corp, which manages the Dali, released a statement acknowledging the vessel\u2019s collision with the bridge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bidmatic-parallax-wrapper\">According to their report, the ship struck one of the bridge\u2019s support columns, leading to the catastrophic failure. The company has confirmed that all crew members aboard the Dali, including two pilots, have been safely accounted for, with no injuries reported from the ship\u2019s contingent.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Francis Scott Key Bridge, named after the author of the United States\u2019 national anthem, spans 2.5 kilometers and is 47 years old. It serves as a crucial segment of the interstate highway encircling Baltimore, facilitating significant vehicular movement daily. The bridge\u2019s historical significance is rooted in its namesake, Francis Scott Key, who penned \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d after witnessing the British bombardment of Baltimore in 1814.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the community reels from the shock of this disaster, the focus remains on the urgent search for the missing and assessing the full impact of the bridge\u2019s collapse on Baltimore\u2019s transportation network.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were yet to provide details on the long-term implications for traffic and commerce in the area as the search for the missing persons, and investigations into the precise cause of the collision have begun.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A catastrophic incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday when a major bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed into the Patapsco River following a collision with a Singapore-flagged container ship, Dali. The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a vital artery for interstate travel around one of the United States\u2019 largest ports, saw several sections of its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":24801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24802,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24800\/revisions\/24802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}