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Baltimore bridge press conference livestream: Watch NTSB give updates on collapse
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Date:2025-04-15 19:14:59
Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board are scheduled to hold a press conference Wednesday evening following Tuesday's collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge into the Patapsco River, in Baltimore, Maryland.
USA TODAY is providing live coverage of the press conference, led by NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy, which is scheduled to begin around 8 p.m. ET. You can watch the video embedded at the top of the page or on USA TODAY's YouTube channel.
As of Wednesday afternoon, authorities were still searching for the bodies of six construction workers who were on the bridge when it was struck by a cargo ship and collapsed. The missing workers were presumed dead based on the temperature of the water and the amount of time that had elapsed.
Two people were rescued Tuesday before the massive search was called off.
Follow here for live updates →Baltimore bridge recovery effort presses on
The Dali, a Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, lost power early Tuesday before colliding with a support column of the bridge, the second-longest continuous truss bridge span in the world, officials said. Though a "mayday" gave authorities on the ground time to halt traffic, eight construction workers on the bridge plunged into the river when the ship struck.
Prior to its collapse, the 1.6 mile, 4-lane bridge named for the author of the "Star-Spangled Banner" was the second-longest continuous-truss bridge span in the United States and third in the world.
In remarks given Tuesday, President Joe Biden said he expects the federal government to pay the full amount to rebuild the bridge.
Contributing: Thao Nguyen, Christopher Cann and N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY.
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