A Caucus of Military Veterans Seeks to Bridge the Political Divide in a Polarized Congress
WASHINGTON — The players in this year’s Army-Navy football game kept up a long tradition, with each side honoring the other’s school song when the contest ended. It was an acknowledgment that the future could bring moments when the opponents that day are teammates on deadlier fields. That ethos also guides a group in the […]
Key Bridge Collapse: Baltimore Shipping Channel Fully Reopens After More Than 2 Months
BALTIMORE — The Port of Baltimore’s shipping channel, in its entirety, is open for business as of Monday evening. The navigable waterway had been at least partially blocked since March 26, when the 984-foot container ship Dali lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s support piers, knocking it over and […]
Divers, Engineers Plan to Remove Key Bridge Remnants Using Giant Buckets, Hydraulic Shears
BALTIMORE — Giant salvage buckets are hauling up the remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge roadway to clear space for workers to use hydraulic shears to cut a bigger part of the structure into smaller pieces. Removing the spans of the bridge that collapsed into the water March 26 after being struck by a […]
Crews Begin Removing Shipping Containers Off the Dali, Ship that Collapsed Key Bridge
Work to clear the Port of Baltimore’s main shipping channel hit another milestone Sunday as crews started removing shipping containers from the Dali, the cargo vessel that rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, collapsing it. The Key Bridge Response Unified Command said it is progressing toward removing the pieces of the […]
Coast Guard, Army Corps Brief Biden on Baltimore Bridge Collapse During Visit
BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving crews work to reopen one of the nation’s main shipping lanes. Aboard Marine One, circling the warped metal remains and the […]
Army, Navy Help to Open Small Channel in Baltimore as Bridge Salvage Effort Promises to Grow
The Army and Navy have played a key role in helping to reopen a narrow channel at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after a merchant vessel lost power and slammed into the bridge, collapsing it on March 26. An official with the joint task force behind the cleanup and […]
Cranes Arriving to Start Removing Wreckage from Deadly Baltimore Bridge Collapse
BALTIMORE — The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard was being transported to Baltimore so crews on Friday can begin removing the wreckage of a collapsed highway bridge that has halted a search for four workers still missing days after the disaster and blocked the city’s vital port from operating. As the sun rose Friday, […]
1,100 Army Corps of Engineers Personnel to Help Clear Debris in Baltimore Bridge Collapse
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is deploying some 1,100 personnel to Baltimore, Maryland, following Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge into the Patapsco River, according to a press release from the service. The collapse, caused by a cargo ship colliding with the bridge, killed six construction workers who had been filling potholes […]