Evening Edition: Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses After Being Hit By Freighter

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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An active search and rescue operation continues after Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck by a freighter in the middle of the night causing the bridge span to collapse. At least six people, thought to be part of a construction crew working on the bridge at the time of the collapse, remain unaccounted for. Maryland’s Governor Wes Moore declared a state of emergency with the the Port of Baltimore being one of the nation's largest shipping hubs. FOX's John Saucier speaks with Charley Pereira, President at Transportation Safety & Security Consulting, Inc., about whether the incident could have been avoided and what the investigation will focus on. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm will cane I'm Dana Perino and this is the Fox News rundown
0:04.4	Tuesday March 26th 2024
0:10.9	I'm John Sossier.
0:12.6	An early morning catastrophe in Baltimore
0:14.8	when a cargo ship lost control
0:16.8	and went right into a massive bridge.
0:19.0	Now the NTSB's collecting evidence.
0:21.0	Vessel itself should have a voyage data recorder that will have a data set for speed heading,
0:26.4	hopefully rudder position, GPS position, and hopefully the bridge audio environment. This is the Fox News rundown, evening edition.
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0:55.0	A massive search and rescue operation going on in Baltimore after a cargo ship rammed a support
0:59.9	beam of the Francis Scott Key Bridge around 1.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
1:04.0	We are still investigating what happened, but we are quickly gathering details.
1:08.0	The preliminary investigation points to an accident.
1:13.0	That's Maryland's Governor West Moore, who says there are no indications
1:17.0	that this was any sort of terror attack.
1:19.0	Baltimore Fire Chief is James Wallace.
1:21.0	We are still very much in an active search and rescue posture at this
1:25.8	point and we will continue to be for some time. All crew members aboard the ship
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