Baltimore port workers worry about layoffs, jobs after bridge collapse.
Bartender Melissa Hayes, right, talks with tug boat captain Dino Martinez, left, at the Muddy Beaver in Maryland. Dino Martinez, a tugboat captain in Baltimore’s harbor, feels as if he’s “living in a dream” since the collapse of thesent a shock wave of fear and uncertainty through thousands of workers who rely on the port for their livelihoods.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore echoed federal officials, saying in a news conference this week that reopening the port was now the state’s top priority. On Thursday,for early recovery and clean up as Sen. Chris Van Hollen told The Washington Post that federal aid could be on the way within days. But throughout southeastern Baltimore County, where many longshoremen reside, there remains considerable unease as people wonder how long they may be out work.
“I said, ‘Son, you are going to be out of work through no fault of your own’,” the man said. “But I told him to him to get ready, because when this is cleared up, you better bring a sleeping bag because there will be so much work you won’t be able to get out of the port. It’s only a matter of time.
Livestream video shows the moment the cargo ship Dali crashed into Baltimore's Key Bridge early March 26.
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