He added that the federal government will pay the entire cost of rebuilding the bridge. The rescue mission for the six missing people has now become a recovery operation.
The Coast Guard has ended the search-and-rescue operation for the six people who were on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore when it collapsed. “We do not believe that we are going to find any of these individuals still alive,” Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said Tuesday evening.
Two people were pulled from the Patapsco River after a massive container ship collided with the bridge around 1:30 a.m. ET. One was not injured and the other was taken to a local trauma center in “very serious condition,” the fire chief said.By the time the crew of the Dali, a massive 948ft (289m) container ship, realised what was happening, it was already far too late