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2 dead, 19 wounded erstwhile Mexican gangly vessel hits Brooklyn Bridge
New York City and national officials person begun their probe into the deadly clang of a Mexican gangly vessel into the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday night.
Two radical were killed successful the incident, and astatine slightest 19 others were hurt, including 2 critically, officials said.
The collision took place arsenic the Mexican navy grooming vessel Cuauhtémoc was departing the South Street Seaport for Iceland with 277 aboard.
Sailors were lasting connected the ship's yards arsenic portion of a ceremonial departure erstwhile it seemingly mislaid powerfulness and began drifting backward, yet crashing into the Brooklyn Bridge. The tops of the ship's 3 masts snapped off, and sailors were near dangling by wires from the top. The main mast of the vessel was immoderate 160 feet high.
Officials said the span wasn't structurally damaged.
The damaged masts of the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy grooming vessel that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, are seen arsenic it sits docked astatine Pier 36 successful little Manhattan connected May 18, 2025 successful New York City. The ship, which snapped each 3 of its masts arsenic it collided with the New York City landmark bridge, killed astatine slightest 2 radical and injured dozens of others.
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Federal and section teams investigating the crash
On Sunday morning, the National Transportation Safety Board said it was dispatching a go-team to analyse the crash.
New York City Emergency Management held an interagency gathering regarding the clang Sunday greeting that included the mayor's office, FDNY, NYPD, the U.S. Coast Guard, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the MTA.
Officials are besides restricting entree to Pier 36, wherever the Cuauhtémoc was moved to aft the crash. The Coast Guard is providing guidance to the ship's unit connected repairs and however to determination it safely.
In a connection connected societal media, the Coast Guard called it a "devastating tragedy."
"We volition guarantee a robust probe and enactment for those impacted portion maintaining the information and information of the Port of New York," the Coast Guard said.
Rigging hangs from a snapped mast connected the Cuauhtémoc, Sunday, May 18, 2025, successful New York, a masted Mexican Navy grooming vessel that collided with the Brooklyn Bridge the nighttime before.
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Sen. Schumer questions whether national cuts played a role
In his play Sunday greeting property conference, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer questioned whether cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, oregon DOGE, whitethorn person played a relation successful the incident.
"Our hearts spell retired to the radical of Mexico and those who mislaid their lives and who were injured successful past night's Brooklyn Bridge vas crash," Schumer said.
The legislator said a tugboat was not being utilized to assistance the vas arsenic it departed, and that 1 arrived after.
"We cognize that the Trump medication has been meddling successful U.S. Coast Guard operations, from staffing to bid and comms, and I person the wide consciousness of a DOGE dysfunction successful parts of the Coast Guard, to enactment it mildly," Schumer said. "After being afloat briefed connected past night's Brooklyn Bridge accident, 1 happening is precise clear. There are galore much questions than answers arsenic to however the mishap occurred and whether it could person been prevented."
People look astatine the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy grooming vessel that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, arsenic it sits docked astatine Pier 36 successful little Manhattan connected May 18, 2025 successful New York City. The ship, which snapped each 3 of its masts arsenic it collided with the New York City landmark bridge, killed astatine slightest 2 radical and injured dozens of others.
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Schumer said the Coast Guard has a strategy called conveyance postulation service, oregon VTS, that's akin to however the FAA handles aerial postulation control.
"There are indications that this work called the VTS whitethorn not person been afloat oregon adequately functional successful airy of that hiring freeze. We don't cognize the reply to that question. We request answers. If this were the case, Brooklyn Bridge mishap could beryllium a nationalist harbinger, demanding contiguous attention," Schumer said.
Schumer pointed to Admiral Linda Fagan's being relieved of her duties arsenic commandant of the Coast Guard connected Jan. 21.
"In the clip since the station of commandant person been vacant without a imperishable commandant nominee. Furthermore, the existent hiring frost astatine the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, which the Coast Guard is portion of, whitethorn person constricted the quality of the Coast Guard to afloat unit up astatine the VTS, the conveyance postulation service, the shore-wide strategy that provides punctuation aerial postulation power for the seas, particularly successful congested areas and restricted waters similar New York Harbor," Schumer said.
Schumer said that portion the span itself wasn't structurally damaged, a monitoring strategy beneath it that operates arsenic portion of the bridge's inspection strategy was damaged.
Jesse Zanger is the managing exertion of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has antecedently worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers determination quality astir the Tri-State Area, with a peculiar absorption connected breaking quality and utmost weather.
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