Witnesses could not believe their eyes early Tuesday morning, looking at where the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge once spanned the Patapsco River.
BALTIMORE -- The span collapsed in the water below overnight. Rescue efforts are underway after several vehicles fell into the frigid water.A large container ship was believed to have struck a column of the bridge around 1:30 a.m., fire department spokesman Kevin Cartwright said. There are at least seven people but up to 20 people in the water and a mass casualty response is underway.
'This is going to be catastrophic for many reasons,' he said. 'Number one, the harbor's blocked. Number two, we're not going to get any more new car deliveries at this time. Amazon is just on the other side of the river and you can forget your same-day, next-day delivery packages. The beltway is going to be a parking lot. The tunnels are going to be over-jammed.''I was there yesterday,' another resident told WJZ, a thought surely shared by many Tuesday morning.
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