Approximately 40 feet broad and 297 feet long, a Mexican navy sailing ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge while on a promotional tour in New York City.
At least two people were killed and twelve others were injured when a Mexican naval sailing ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, according to several videos that have gone viral.
The footage shows the yacht floating on the East River with the tops of its three masts colliding with the famous bridge and partially collapsing.
The masts were shown breaking and partially falling when they struck the bridge’s deck in one of the videos.
Social media images also featured individuals clinging to the masts.
Before they could rescue them, the witness told The Associated Press, “We saw someone dangling, and I couldn’t tell if it was just blurry or my eyes, and we were able to zoom in on our phone and there was someone dangling from the harness from the top for like at least like 15 minutes.”
Nineteen individuals were hurt, four of them critically, according to New York Mayor Eric Adams at a press conference. According to authorities, every injury happened on board the ship.
The academy training ship Cuauhtemoc, which is roughly 297 feet long and 40 feet wide, was damaged in an accident with the Brooklyn Bridge, according to the Mexican navy, which stopped it from continuing its journey.
It stated in Spanish that the Secretary of the Navy was reaffirming its dedication to personnel safety, openness in its operations, and first-rate training for upcoming Mexican Armada officers.
In order to complete the training of cadets, the ship is said to depart annually at the conclusion of classes at the navy military school. This year, it sailed from the Mexican port of Acapulco on April 6 with 277 passengers on board. It was slated to stop at 22 ports across 15 countries, including New York, Kingston, Jamaica, Havana, Cuba, and Cozumel, Mexico.
It also planned to spend a total of 254 days, 170 of which would be at sea, visiting places including Aberdeen, Scotland; Bordeaux, Saint Malo and Dunkirk, France; and Reykjavik, Iceland.
