Federal researchers investigating the Mexican Navy ship that crashed into the Brooklyn bridge The weekend is expected to provide an update on Monday afternoon in New York City.
The National Transportation Board is scheduled to share an update at 3 pm. CBS News New York.
NTSB researchers He began to collect evidence on Sunday To assemble what happened. The Coast Guard helped move the ship to a safe place, but commercial water traffic remains suspended in the area.
Meanwhile, people have legs leaving flowers and candles on spring 36 at the Lower East Side to pay tribute to crew members.
2 killed in the Brooklyn bridge ship clash
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Witnesses said the crew concluded a ceremonial game shortly before 8:30 pm on Saturday at South Street Seort. When Cuauhtémoc’s ship took away towards Iceland, crashed into the bridge.
The video showed that the three masts shot up, leaving some crew members hanging from harnesses and holding the cables.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on social networks that the ship lost power before the accident.
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The authorities said that 277 people were on board, two people died and 19 were injured. The authorities identified a victim as a 20 -year -old cadet, America Yamilet Sánchez.
“I deeply regret the death of the Cadet of Veracruz América Yamilet Sánchez. My love, support and solidarity are with his family,” wrote the governor of Veracruz, Rocio Nahle, in Spanish on social networks.
The second victim has been identified as Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos, according to the Mexican authorities.
Sánchez’s family members spoke on Sunday while crying their loss, clinging to her photos and among them. His aunt questioned why the Mexican Navy has not done more to take the family to New York to recover his body. Another family member called the illogical videos, adding that it should never have happened.
DHS says that Schumer should “clarify his facts”
The United States National Security Department has responded to the concerns of the Chuck Schumer Senate minority leader about themselves Government efficiency department cutsOr doge, a factor in the incident can have one leg. The DHS said that in a publication on social networks the questions of the senator of a hiring freezing and inappropriate staff are “false.”
“The United States Coast Guard has been fully supported and is exempt from hiring freezing. In addition, this incident had nothing to do with boat traffic services: when a ship loses the propulsion in a current area of tall today, the ship needs Arbilitionie” reads Bedtabilities. “We encourage the leader of the Schumer minority to clarify their facts before they deceive the American people.”
During his Wegly press pin, Schumer explained that the Coast Guard has a system called Vehicle Traffic Service, or VTS, which is similar to FAA air traffic control.
“There are indications that the service called VTS may not have a full or adequate leg in the light of that hiring freze. We do not know the answer to that question. We need answers. If it was an attention of bush and bridge cases,” he said.
Schumer said Admiral Linda Fagan was relieved of her duties as commander of the Coast Guard on January 21.
“In addition, the current freezing of hiring in the Department of National Security, DHS, of which it is part of the Coast Guard, may have limited the capacity of the Coast Guard for personnel in the VTS, the vehicle traffic service, the system of the entire coast that provides a contribution air traffic control for the seas, especially in congested areas and restricted restrictions as the New York port,” he said.
The United States Coast Guard issued a statement on Sunday by saying that the VTS “was fully functional during the incident, operating in accordance with the procedures established to administer commercial traffic and facilitate safe navigation. Our response included the launch of a crew from Station New York, establishing a temporary security zone and coordinating with NYPD, FDNY and NYC DOT.”
