Mexican ship hits the bridge of Brooklyn and makes two dead

A school ship from the Mexican Armada, with about 200 people on board, collided on Saturday with the bottom of the Brooklyn bridge in New York. At least two people died.

O Cuauhtemoca Mexican navy training boat, hit the Brooklyn bridge in New York during Saturday night. There are about two dozen wounded and two confirmed dead.

According to images recorded by witnesses and shared on social networks, the Three masts of the ship departed.

As the masts were clashing on the bridge, some followed by others, the ship continued to move toward a pier at the base.

Massive ship with Mexican flags just hit the Brooklyn Bridge

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness)

“During the departure maneuver of sailboat Cuauhtémoc in New York, there was a setback with the Brooklyn bridge that caused damage to the training ship, preventing, by now, the continuation of the training cruise,” said the Mexico Navy Ministry (Sermar), in a publication on his official account on the social network X.

A ship has collided with the Brooklyn bridge today.

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave)

The Mexican institution indicated that both the staff and the sailboat material are currently being analyzed by the “naval and local authorities, who are supporting”, and promised to maintain “transparency in their operations.”

This whole Brooklyn Bridge and the Port Authority incident is beyond alarming.

Wonder how Sean Duffy is gonna explain this one away?

Blame it on Biden and Buttigieg?

🙄

— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee)

The New York Police Department also confirmed through the same platform that the collision is being investigated and asked people to avoid circulating in the area, as “intense traffic is expected and a large number of close emergency vehicles.”

Just watched the Brooklyn Bridge get smoked live by a boat with a massive Mexican flag

— Nelson Slinkard (@TheWillieNelson)

Although none of the sources verified the number of passengers aboard the boat at the time of the incident, the Bloomberg news agency said they were following More than 200 people on boardciting the local authorities.

Footage shows sailors dangling from ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge.

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave)

The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs also reported on social network that its ambassador in the United States and employees of the Mexican consulate in New York are in contact with local authorities to assist “affected cadets,” but did not mention injured.

Cuauhtemoc – with about 297 feet long and 40 feet wide (90.5 meters long and 12 meters wide), according to the Mexican navy – navigated first in 1982.

Every year, he raises anchor at the end of the class period at the Mexican Naval Military School to finish the formation of cadets.

NEW: Video shows sailors on the masts of the Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtémoc before it hit the Brooklyn bridge.

— Noteworthy News (@newsnoteworthy)

This year, he departed from the Mexican Port of Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, on April 6, with 277 people on board, the Mexican armed at the time said.