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Baltimore Bridge Collapse

“It’s Jenga meets pick-up sticks, which meets slinky rubber band”

by Stephanie Hughes
May 14, 2024
Workers clearing Key Bridge debris include members of the Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, Navy and civilian salvagers.
Workers use different tools, from torches to weights, to break apart the parts of the collapsed Key Bridge.
Stephanie Hughes/Marketplace
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Clearing the wreckage in Baltimore is a difficult and dangerous operation

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 28, 2024
Containers carrying hundreds of tons of hazardous materials were on the ship, complicating the monumental cleanup.
Giant cranes are expected to remove some of the remains of the destroyed vessel, and hazardous materials on the ship have fallen into the water, experts say.
Peter Knudson/NTSB via Getty Images
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