Immigrant Advocates Mourn Construction Workers After Key Bridge Collapse, Call for Better Protections

Six construction workers who were repairing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed early Tuesday morning were Latino immigrants. They came to the United States from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. In total, eight men were part of the construction crew who fell into the Patapsco River, including two who were rescued Tuesday: one who was hospitalized and another who declined to be taken to a hospital.