Rescue efforts are underway Tuesday after a container ship lost power and crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore overnight, causing it to collapse.
Here’s what the aftermath of the collision looks like:
The Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26. Julia Nikhinson/Reuters
A Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter flies over Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26. Julia Nikhinson/Reuters
Local residents watch as a cargo ship is shown after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, in Baltimore, Maryland. Win McNamee/Getty Images
The White House released a picture of President Joe Biden receiving a briefing on the Baltimore bridge collapse Tuesday morning, ahead of remarks he is expected to give on the incident later in the day.
The picture shows Biden in the Oval Office with senior advisers, including Tom Perez. The president is on the phone with a large diagram of the scene of the collapse behind him.
Baltimore’s US representative says he is praying for missing people in Key bridge collapse
US Rep. Kweisi Mfume has described the Key Bridge collapse as an “unthinkable horror” and says he is praying for the missing people.
Mfume represents Maryland’s 7th congressional district, which encompasses parts of Baltimore City and Baltimore County.
In a statement, he said he had spoken with US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and the White House, which, he says, is using its resources to respond.
President Joe Biden is expected to address the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse later today, a person familiar with the plans tells CNN.
The president is expected to deliver remarks from the Roosevelt Room in the White House at 12:30 p.m.
Later Tuesday afternoon, he will travel to Raleigh, North Carolina, for a rare joint appearance with Vice President Kamala Harris focusing on health care, followed by a campaign fundraiser – underscoring the balance an incumbent president must strike in an election year.
