1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: The fits in with a with take Witchie podcast. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 2: Good Morning, I'm Emma Duck Spreed. Road workers who were 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 2: fixing potholes are among at least six people missing after 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 2: the collapse of a major bridge in the US city 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 2: of Baltimore. A stricken cargo ships landed into a center 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 2: pylon in the early hours of the morning yesterday, causing 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: it to fall into the water below. President Joe Biden 8 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: says the ship's crew had radio for help moments before 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 2: the disaster. 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 3: Personnel on board the ship were able to alert the 11 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 3: Maryland Department Transportation that they had lost control of their vessel. 12 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 3: As a result, local authorities were able to close the 13 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 3: bridge of traffic before the bridge was struck, which undoubtedly 14 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 3: saved live. 15 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: M stick around. We want to hear more read this 16 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: Baltimore bridge. Yeah, you know, I broke last night. Pardon 17 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: the pun. But the story is shipping container lost power 18 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: being piloted through the harbor, hits pylon, bridge falls. So 19 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: there was a tugboat, so taking it out? Is that correct? 20 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: So I from what we understand, and again there's reports 21 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 2: coming in everywhere as they sort of keep investigating. But 22 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: the cargo ship was fully loaded, had just left port, 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 2: was on its way out, lost power and obviously steering 24 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 2: and hit one of the center pylons. And the bridge 25 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 2: is over two k's long. So the benefit, I guess 26 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 2: all the good thing is that the ship knew that 27 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: it was losing power, had radio port authorities to say 28 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: help us, we can't steer. They'd managed to stop traffic 29 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 2: from going onto the bridge, so basically cars well no, 30 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 2: so I think they got most of the cars off. 31 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: The people that are missing, port workers fixing potholes on 32 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 2: the roadway, and obviously they were potentially in the middle 33 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 2: of it two k's worth of bridge. They didn't have 34 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: a chance to get off. 35 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: Because there is close up footage of the cars. Actually, yeah, 36 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: bridge going into the water. Em I didn't realize, and 37 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: I don't think you can really tell seeing the footage 38 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: from so far away, just the scale of the bridge. 39 00:01:58,120 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: If it's two kilometers long. 40 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: Huge, it was a huge bridge. Yeah. So how long 41 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: are they saying between when they knew that they didn't 42 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,399 Speaker 2: have power and when the ship street hit? 43 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, like was it a matter of minutes? 44 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 2: Not sure? So that's sort of obviously forming part of 45 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: the investigation this morning is when did the ship find 46 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: out it was, you know, had no direction. How long 47 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 2: before port authorities managed to stop traffic, and how long 48 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 2: were road workers even notified that this was happening or 49 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: did it all just sort of happen? 50 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: And the other thing is too, I mean, the footage 51 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: this morning is from the coastguards flying overhead. But at 52 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: the moment, as far as the workers on the bridge 53 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:39,399 Speaker 1: are concerned, six people. 54 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 2: Missing, so that's it's a minimum of six. They're not 55 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 2: one hundred percent sure. So sonar has apparently detected cars 56 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 2: on the bottom of the bay. They're just obviously trying 57 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: to work out how many people were in those cars, 58 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: whether people had managed to vacate them before it happened. 59 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 2: But they're saying minimum of six, which I'm assuming, and 60 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: again assumptions were the number of road workers there anybody 61 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 2: on top of that it was potentially in the cars. 62 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 1: Sad to hear that a body has been tolled from 63 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: the water. Yeah, of course more people missing at this. 64 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: Stage, five unaccounted four and from all reports they are 65 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 2: the construction workers that were on the bridge repairing potholes. 66 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: Some audio that's just come through is from the police. 67 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: If you want to have a listen. This was the 68 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 1: moment a traffic on the key bridge. 69 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 3: There's a ship approach you has just lost their steering, 70 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: so then that under control. We gotta stop all traffic. 71 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 2: Two bast the whole bridge just fell down. 72 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: Start started, whoever, everybody, The whole. 73 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 3: Bridge just collapsed. This MEAs is direct, that's correct. If 74 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 3: you know while traffic stop, I can't get to the 75 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 3: other side, so the bridge is down. 76 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: Tack Confronting Gascarry for those workers on the bridge two 77 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: Kerloma Bridge, Oh my god, it's massive, it's extraordin. That 78 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: ship has a history of issues. By the way side note, 79 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: as reported. 80 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: You immediately think that if because the ship lost power 81 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: and couldn't steer, could that happen. 82 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: Here in our harbor. 83 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:18,799 Speaker 2: Any kind of ship. 84 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: But I don't think they enter the harbor without being well, 85 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: there's only certain cruise ships that can go into. 86 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 3: That harbor, isn't there. 87 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: We don't have cargo in the harbor. No Careerly Confronting 88 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: It's in Whipper with Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast 89 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: to walk great shows like this. 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