A cargo ship crashed into one of two main supports for the 2.5km long bridge at around 1:30AM EDT.
There is an ongoing search and rescue effort and authorities are looking for upwards of seven people.
But does that flag still wave?
Anyone missing the joke here: Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that became the national anthem.
Thanks. That was a solid reference that was way over my head
No worries, friendo.
A cascading failure event. Luckily, there is already infrastructure money, so we don’t have to watch Congress dithering.
Fuck that’s terrifying
That looked expensive.
Two pilots were on board. Apparently there were issues with the ship’s propulsion system at last inspection. My money is on a mechanical issue; if not, this was a monumental fuck up by the harbor pilots and/or the crew.
They evidently called Mayday before colliding. But if I was asleep at the wheel and woke up to see a bridge coming at me, I’d probably let yell Mayday too.
It appears to have lost all power once, maybe twice.
