Maryland

The Francis Scott Key Bridge was the constant. ‘Whenever I saw the bridge, I knew I was almost home.’

Assisting businesses, opening channels remain priority, officials said.

Gov. Wes Moore, Mayor Brandon Scott and U.S. officials discussed the recovery effort on national TV news.

Though the Key Bridge in Baltimore had been in satisfactory condition before the shipping collision, thousands of other bridges stand in poor shape across the U.S. due to aging piers, beams and key structural components.

The loss of workers in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse serves as a reminder of the essential role immigrant workers play in our community and of our obligation to protect them, say the leaders of immigrant rights groups United We Dream and CASA.

From a proposal to the American dream, Baltimoreans remember the bridge as more than a roadway.

“We know what these folks really want to say when they say DEI mayor,” Scott told The Banner. “They really want to say the N-word.”

More than a thousand people — including union laborer Terry Turbin — gathered Friday to raise money for port workers who will lose work because of the Key Bridge collapse.

A baker in Dundalk was one of the last people to cross the Key Bridge, making it off about a minute before it collapsed.

Since the Francis Scott Bridge’s collapse early Tuesday, community members have been reaching out and providing support to families of the six Latino construction workers who perished in the disaster.

The six missing workers were all part of Baltimore’s flourishing Latino community, immigrant advocates say.

“Coming in as a kid from Germantown, it would mean a lot,” offensive lineman Gottlieb Ayedze said of the chance to represent Northwest High School at the draft.

Rescue and recovery efforts have turned to a salvage operation that Maryland Department of Transportation estimated Thursday would cost at least $60 million.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday urged state lawmakers to prioritize passing the state budget and legislation to help those affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the final days of their legislative session.

Here are ways to support families of the Key Bridge victims, port workers and first responders.

Twelve Democrats voted no. Sens. Cheryl Kagan of Montgomery County and Clarence Lam of Howard County said they remained concerned about Butler’s fitness for the role.

Total power failures like the one the Dali experienced before hitting the Key Bridge are rare, possibly caused by faulty equipment or contaminated fuel, experts said.

Jim Moran is worried about the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Moran is a Queen Anne’s County commissioner, though, and his vantage point across the Chesapeake puts the Bay Bridge at the forefront of his “what-ifs.”

Another crane is scheduled to arrive by Saturday as salvage operations continue, Sen. Chris Van Hollen said.

Engineering experts say the design of the Key Bridge likely accelerated its fall, but did not cause it.