TransplantedSconie
runswithjediWow, I hadn’t heard of this. They suspect that there are still people in the water that need to be rescued 😨
Baltimore Key Bridge collapses after struck by cargo ship; 2 rescued, several others believed in water
A portion of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was struck by a large container ship early Tuesday morning, sending several vehicles and people into the water below, authorities say.
Think it’s probably more appropriate to say recover instead of rescue by this point. Unfortunately the Atlantic is pretty cold this time of year.
And they plunged almost 190 ft (Wikipedia info) into said water.
So they’d free fall for ~3.4 seconds and hit water at around 75mph. That part could be survivable depending on angle of impact and safety features of the car. Assuming they survive impact, getting out in the dark with cold murky water coming in car and surviving the hypothermia as well and odds are slim to none.
Unfortunately it wasn’t freefall. If you watch the video its over 5 seconds from when the bridge collapses till they’re in the water.
I replayed the video a zillion times to focus on each car going down. It’s horrifying