(CNN) — The US Coast Guard says it is suspending its search and rescue efforts for the six individuals still missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
“I’d like to announce tonight that based on the length of time that we’ve gone in this search, the extensive search efforts we’ve put into it, the water temperature, that at this point we do not believe that we’re going to find any of these individuals still alive,” Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath told reporters at a Tuesday evening news conference.
CNN’s Kit Maher, Holly Yan, Jack Forrest, Rebekah Riess, Holmes Lybrand, Sahar Akbarzai, Andy Rose, Chris Boyette, AnneClaire Stapleton and Louis Mian contributed to this report.