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    Meet Marcel Muise, the investigator leading the NTSB’s probe of the Key Bridge collapse
    Marcel Muise, a marine casualty investigator who served in the U.S. Coast Guard and captained the Deepwater Horizon oil rig before joining the NTSB, has a wealth of experience.
    Marcel Muise, investigator in charge, shares updates from the NTSB’s investigation into the Dali cargo ship collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge at the DoubleTree Hotel-BWI Airport in Linthicum Heights, Maryland on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
    Where traffic is rerouted following the Key Bridge collapse
    Know where to avoid and plan extra time to travel.
    Police block Fort Armistead Road toward the Key Bridge on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
    How lawmakers plan to help workers, businesses affected by Baltimore port disruptions
    The money for the programs would come from the state’s Rainy Day Fund, and there’s no estimated total price tag, but it's possible federal aid could pay for them.
    The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
    New 3D images show Key Bridge wreckage underwater
    Sonar images help divers navigate the murky waters of the Patapsco River.
    See a close-up photo of the support pier that brought down the Key Bridge
    The image, taken by amateur photographer and plumber-by-day David Sites, contains clues of bridge vulnerabilities that experts say could have been addressed.
    The support pier (background, right) that would end up bringing down the Key Bridge, as photographed on August 19, 2023 by amateur ship photographer and plumber-by-day, David Sites. A concrete “dolphin” is visible in the foreground.
    When the Key Bridge broke, so did many Baltimore sailors’ hearts
    The Chesapeake Bay Bridge might be more iconic, the Golden Gate might be prettier, but there was something so Baltimore about the Key Bridge. It wasn’t flashy, could be genuinely stunning, and did its job without attracting much attention until the day it collapsed.
    Stacy Spaulding's sailboat near the Key Bridge.
    First vessel passes through small passage cleared near Key Bridge
    President Joe Biden will visit the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on Friday.
    The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
    The Dali isn’t the only ship stuck in Baltimore. Crews of 7 other vessels can’t leave the port.
    As many as 150 crew members are stuck on enormous ships in the Port of Baltimore.
    The closure of the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has left crews from seven ships stuck on board their vessels. Photo of remaining section of bridge taken on March 29, 2024.
    Owner of the Dali seeks to limit liability in Key Bridge collapse
    The Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 allows ship owners to try to limit their liability to the value of the vessel and its freight at the end of the voyage.
    Crushed shipping containers are seen on the bow of the Dali after it struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Grace Ocean Private, the owner of the Dali, and Synergy Marine Group, the manager of the ship, on Monday filed a petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
    How racist, anti-immigrant disinformation added to the Key Bridge tragedy
    Baltimore has become the latest target of a national far-right campaign spreading thinly veiled racism after a catastrophic event.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott attends a news conference in Dundalk after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge early Tuesday, collapsing the bridge into the Patapsco River.
    Dundalk was a steel town. When the Key Bridge fell, so did its legacy.
    The Francis Scott Key Bridge was the constant. ‘Whenever I saw the bridge, I knew I was almost home.’
    Sun sets in the backyards of homes in Dundalk, the closest community to the Key Bridge.
    Commercial ships may soon have a way into the Port of Baltimore
    There are plans to create a temporary alternate channel near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge that will allow commercial vessels to access the port.
    A cargo ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, causing it to collapse in seconds.
    Crews begin lifting parts of the Key Bridge out of the water
    Assisting businesses, opening channels remain priority, officials said.
    A crane is seen near the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Friday, March 29, 2024.
    Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse was all over national Sunday-morning talk shows
    Gov. Wes Moore, Mayor Brandon Scott and U.S. officials discussed the recovery effort on national TV news.
    Gov. Wes Moore provides updates on recovery efforts of the Key Bridge collapse during a press conference in Dundalk last week.
    The Key Bridge stood for 47 years — then it was gone. Now Baltimore wonders what’s next.
    Less than 20 seconds was all it took for it to collapse into the Patapsco River on Tuesday.
    The Domino Sugar Factory, with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the background, is seen on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
    Key Bridge collapse focused attention on vital bridges. Thousands are in poor shape across the US
    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.
    A crane is seen near the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Friday.
    Commentary: Immigrant workers like those on the Key Bridge take care of us
    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.
    Maynor Suazo, one of the six construction workers who died while working on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, had two children.
    Baltimore remembers the Key Bridge: ‘The backdrop of my entire life’
    From a proposal to the American dream, Baltimoreans remember the bridge as more than a roadway.
    A photo captures the construction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in 1976. Many Marylanders remember working on the bridge or when it first opened.
    He helped build the Key Bridge. He never thought he’d live to see it fall.
    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.
    Terry Turbin was a union construction worker on the original Key Bridge. He said seeing the structure collapse came with shock and grief.
    We spoke with one of the last drivers to cross the Key Bridge
    A baker in Dundalk was one of the last people to cross the Key Bridge, making it off about a minute before it collapsed.
    Larry Desantis poses for a portrait outside his workplace, Herman's Bakery, in Dundalk on March 28, 2024. Desantis was one of the last drivers to cross the bridge moments before it collapsed.
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