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Search-and-rescue crews have finally managed to find the body of the sixth victim of the Baltimore bridge collapse that occurred in late March.
Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge went down after a cargo ship, the Dali, hit one of its piers. The piers are the crucial supports that hold up the bridge, and damage to one of them can take down the entire structure. When the Dali smashed into one of its central piers after losing power, it sent the whole bridge crumpling like paper into the Patapsco River below.
Thankfully, the crash took place in the early hours of the morning, meaning that there was barely anyone on the bridge when it fell. Unfortunately, construction crews were repairing potholes on the bridge at the time of the collapse, and crews have been working to find their bodies for over a month now. The bodies were extremely tough to reach due to the unstable, mangled metal beams criss-crossing the river, and they have slowly been recovering their corpses, one by one.
The bridge was part of Baltimore's I-695, which encircles the main urban areas of the metropolis. Over 30,000 people used it per day, and its demise has created a massive influx of new traffic into other areas of the city. The ruins have also blocked off one of the main routes into the port of Baltimore, which handles a huge amount of cargo each day. Thankfully, the US Army Corps of Engineers, who are working on removing the debris from the river, have stated that they hope to reopen the river by the end of May.
Also, so far, over $60 million has been raised to help reconstruct the bridge as soon as possible to get things up and running again in the area.
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