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How safe is commercial shipping?

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USA TODAY

Daily News, News

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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USA TODAY Senior Investigative Reporter Emily Le Coz looks into the safety of container shipping, and whether tugboats could have prevented the Baltimore bridge disaster.

The economic impact of the bridge collapse will be severe.

USA TODAY Democracy Reporter Erin Mansfield explains a tool to challenge voter registrations.

Former senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman is dead at 82.

Students used AI to create nude photos of their classmates.


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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday, March 28th, 2024. This is the

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excerpt.

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Today, looking at the safety of commercial shipping in the wake of

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this week's Baltimore disaster, plus how a Georgia man created a controversial

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tool to challenge voter rolls and we remember former senator Joe Lieberman.

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The bodies of two of the six missing construction workers from the Francis Scott Key

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bridge collapse were recovered yesterday yesterday according to Maryland authorities.

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They were identified as 35-year-old Alejandro Hernandez-Foyntez and 26-year-old Dorlion

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Roniel Castillo Cabrera. More and more questions are being asked after the tragedy.

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One of them could tugboats have prevented it.

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I discuss that and the safety of container shipping in general with USA Today Senior

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Investigative Reporter Emily Lacos.

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Emily, thanks for hopping on.

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Thanks for having me.

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What do we know about this ship, the Dolly,

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and its history of previous wrecks?

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The ship is a pretty standard ship. It only had one accident that we are aware of.

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In 2016, shortly after it was put into service, it struck a pier as it was exiting a port.

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Damage was caused to the ship, damage was caused to the port, there were no injuries, it

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required minor repair, it was certainly

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