A massive Mexican navy tall ship making a festive visit to New York slammed into the Brooklyn Bridge late Saturday — toppling its huge masts into the deck in a horrifying scene that left multiple crew members seriously injured, according to fire officials and sources.
A search and rescue operation was underway to pull people out of the water after one of the towering 147-foot masts on the Cuauhtémoc — which has a crew of 277 — collided with the bridge’s road deck just before 9 p.m., sources told The Post.
Three people are in critical condition, with about a dozen others seriously injured, sources said.
Harrowing footage from the scene showed the high mast slamming the deck of the bridge and crashing dozens of feet below the deck. Other masts then appeared to go down after it.
What’s Mexico sending it Navy sailboats to New York for? Since when have they started doing this? I don’t believe this is routine. There was a ship that crashed into a main bridge in Baltimore. To me it seems suspicious. We don’t even have such good relations with the current Mexican government. Even though lives were lost. Life is cheap to too many in positions of power today. The true purpose possibly was to impair the stability of a strategic bridge in a large American city. Malevolent UN or other political forces still working hard to collapse society as we… Read more »
Since the bicentennial parade of ships at least, in 1976. Navies do this from time to time. There was a big such event 13 years ago, with multiple navies. They are here for the upcoming Fleet Week, to mark Memorial Day weekend.
This is a tall ship that serves a ceremonial function, not a war ship. My other comment details why it is here and why such ships come.
The only thing that is odd is the stunning negligence of the ship’s crew.
I think the boat purposely bumped into the bridge
I would like to know about this bridge, did the Rebbe participate in reinforcing its pillars ? If anyone can tell us more, thank you.