Baltimore Bridge Collapse Reverberates From Cars to Coal (Which Industry in the Area was "the" target?)
Baltimore Bridge Collapse Reverberates From Cars to Coal
Biden vows federal support to rebuild after accident with ship
Disaster adds new pressure on already strained supply chains
By Nacha Cattan, Heather Perlberg, and Brendan Murray
March 26, 2024 at 5:32 PM CDT
Updated on March 27, 2024 at 12:49 PM CDT
The 1.6 mile-long bridge collapsed in a matter of seconds. The catastrophic consequences are set to stretch out for weeks.
As much as 2.5 million tons of coal, hundreds of cars made by Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co., and lumber and gypsum are threatened with disruption after the container ship Dali slammed into and brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday.
Six people were presumed dead after a search in the Patapsco River, officials said. The toll could have been far worse except for a mayday call from the Singaporean-flagged vessel as it lost power.
A major commuter bridge in Baltimore collapsed after being struck by a c