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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday April 1st, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today, the latest from Baltimore, where demolition crews have begun cutting into the bridge.

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planned.

Demolition crews were cutting into parts of the Francis Scott Key Bridges collapsed

truss yesterday while the enormous container ship

remains trapped underneath the rubble. It's been nearly a week since the

collision that killed six people and halted shipping traffic through one of

the nation's most crucial ports.

The Unified Command, including the Coast Guard and Maryland officials,

said yesterday that two massive cranes

were actively working on scene,

while another land-based crane was positioned to help offload and process the wreckage at a nearby industrial port.

Three dive teams also were surveying submerged sections of the wreckage in the Patapsko River. The Unified Command is also

coordinating with Baltimore Gas and Electric to reduce the pressure of the

underwater natural gas pipeline which spans the width of the channel.

Four bridge workers remain missing and are presumed dead,

while two other victims were recovered from the site last week.

According to Maryland Governor Wes Moore,

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