Officials stopped traffic onto Baltimore Key Bridge before collapse: 'These people are heroes'

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Officials stopped traffic onto Baltimore Key Bridge before collapse: 'These people are heroes'
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No vehicles were transiting the bridge during the incident, a briefing said.

The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge lies in the water after it collapsed in Baltimore, March 26, 2024.Officials were able to stop the flow of traffic onto the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore before a massive cargo shipThe container ship Dali issued a mayday call as it approached the 1.6-mile-long bridge at about eight knots, a "very rapid speed," Moore said.

A review of traffic cameras by Maryland transportation officials confirmed there were "no vehicles transiting the bridge at the time of the incident," according to an internal U.S. Department of Homeland Security briefing obtained by ABC News. The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge lies in the water after it collapsed in Baltimore, March 26, 2024.Two workers were rescued while six remain unaccounted for following the collapse, officials said. Authorities were working to determine how many people may have been involved in the collapse, Moore said.

"To the victims of this tragedy and their loved ones, all our hearts are broken," Moore said. "In the face of heartbreak, we come together, we embrace each other."

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