The collapse could create a logistical nightmare for months, if not years, along the East Coast, shutting down ship traffic at the Port of Baltimore and snarling cargo and commuter traffic.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she reached out to the governor of Maryland after a shocking bridge collapse has left six people unaccounted for in Baltimore.early Tuesday, causing the span to buckle into the river below and plunging a construction crew and several vehicles into the dangerously cold waters.
Hochul has offered any assistance needed and acknowledged that what happened Tuesday morning at the Francis Scott Key Bridge could have happened anywhere. Hochul went on to say that New York has over 66 bridges in our harbor area and "we know the vulnerability of what can happen when one is down." New York City Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi said she the city is communicating with Baltimore officials, and said the city has "some of the most highly-monitored bridge infrastructure in the nation"
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