Mexican navy sailing ship hits Brooklyn Bridge

Associated Press NEW YORK A Mexican navy sailing ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a promotional tour in New York City the top of its three masts slamming into the iconic span and partially collapsing as the boat floated in the East River The New York Fire Department press desk authenticated that functionaries responded to injuries but had no details about how a multitude of people might have been hurt or whether they were on the vessel or on the bridge In a scene captured in multiple eyewitness videos the masts could be seen snapping and partially collapsing as they crashed into the deck of the bridge Videos exhibited heavy traffic on the span at the time of the collision The vessel which was flying a giant green white and red Mexican flag then drifted toward the edge of the river as onlookers scrambled away from shore Sydney Neidell and Lily Katz explained The Associated Press they were sitting outside to watch the sunset when they saw the vessel strike the bridge and one of its masts snap Looking closer they saw someone dangling from high on the ship We saw someone dangling and I couldn t tell if it was just blurry or my eyes and we were able to zoom in on our phone and there was someone dangling from the harness from the top for like at least like minutes before they were able to rescue them Katz stated They noted they saw two people removed from the ship on stretchers onto smaller boats The Mexican navy declared in a post on the social platform X that the Cuauhtemoc an academy training vessel was damaged in an accident with the Brooklyn Bridge that prevented it from continuing its voyage It added that the status of personnel and material was under review by naval and local government which were providing assistance The Secretary of the Navy renews its commitment to the safety of personnel transparency in its operations and excellent training for future officers of the Mexican Armada it declared in Spanish Related Articles Severe weather leaves at least dead including in Kentucky Trump administration retires database tracking billions of dollars of context change-fueled weather damage Massive power outage in Spain and Portugal leaves thousands stranded and millions without light A letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost at auction A massive explosion at an Iranian port possibly linked to missile fuel kills injures chosen The Brooklyn Bridge which opened in has a nearly -foot -meter main span that is supported by two masonry towers More than vehicles and an estimated pedestrians cross every day according to the city s transportation department and its walkway is a major tourist attraction The Cuauhtemoc about feet long and feet wide meters long and meters wide according to the Mexican Navy sailed for the first time in Each year it sets out at the end of classes at the naval military school to finish cadets training This year it left the Mexican port of Acapulco on the Pacific coast on April with people onboard the Navy commented then The ship was scheduled to visit ports in nations including Kingston Jamaica Havana Cuba Cozumel Mexico and New York It had also planned to go to Reykjavik Iceland Bordeaux Saint Malo and Dunkirk France and Aberdeen Scotland among others for a total of days of them at sea