Baltimore Bridge Collapse: 6 Workers Presumed Dead as Recovery Operations Paused | Latin Post [Video]

Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed when a container ship struck it on Tuesday. Six workers vanished and are now presumed dead as search efforts were paused for the night due to serious conditions.

Because the six workers have now been presumed dead, the search-and-rescue efforts for them have now been turned into a recovery mission.

“We do not believe that we’re going to find any of these individuals still alive,” Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon N. Gilreath said.

According to NBC News, because of how cold the water temperature is, the six workers are believed to have not survived as it has been hours since they went missing. However, Jeffrey Pritzker, executive vice president of Brawner Builders, confirmed that one person had survived.

No names have been released for the six missing workers nor the one that managed to survive. However, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was holding out hope that …