Maryland Gov. Wes Moore gave a press conference with other government officials on Saturday.
Engineers in Maryland on Saturday began lifting a piece of Francis Scott Key Bridge out of the waterway in Baltimore, the first step in a long process to reopen the city’s shipping port.
« I cannot stress enough how important today and the first movement of this bridge and the wreckage is, » said Gov. Wes Moore at a Saturday press conference. « The complexity of this cannot be overstated. »
On early Tuesday morning, the Key Bridge collapsed due to a container ship colliding into one of its pillars, leaving several people missing, six of whom the U.S. Coast Guard has presumed are dead.
« We are never going to lose sight of the human aspect of this crisis, » Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Saturday.
