The six construction workers now presumed dead after a major Baltimore bridge collapsed early Tuesday were hardworking fathers and family men from Mexico and Central American countries, according to officials and distraught loved ones.
The six construction workers now presumed dead after a major Baltimore bridge collapsed early Tuesday were hardworking fathers and family men from Mexico and Central American countries, according to officials and distraught loved ones.
The men were fixing potholes on the roadbeds of the Francis Key Scott Bridge when a huge tanker crashed into it just before 1:30 a.m., sending the entire 1.6-mile-long structure — and everyone on it — into the cold waters of the Patapsco River below.
Two workers were saved from the river while six others remain missing as the Coast Guard called off the search and rescue mission Tuesday night after telling reporters they don’t believe they’ll find any of them still alive.
“They’re fathers with families. They’re people who came to earn their bread each day,” their grieving coworker Jesus Campos, who was not on the bridge, told The Wall Street Journal of the missing men.
So far, Miguel Luna and Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, have been the only two identified among the half-dozen presumed dead, according to reports.
And the death toll could be higher than those six, as Maryland State Police officials warned it’s possible motorists were also on the bridge when it crumbled into the Patapsco. Divers will resume their search at 6 a.m., Wednesday to look for bodies.
The six known victims — who all worked for Brawner Builders — originally hailed from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, according to officials from the different countries.
