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MIGRANTS’ ROLE. Cranes begin the clean-up of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the container ship Dali in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday. Three heavy lift floating cranes arrived in Baltimore harbor last weekend to begin what officials described as a ‘remarkably complex operation.’ Migrant groups meantime honored the six Latino construction workers who lost their lives when the Dali container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge long before dawn March 26, toppling it.
The tugboat Crystal Coast pushing a fuel barge transited the first temporary channel at 3:00 pm Monday, becoming the first vessel to transit since the bridge collapsed last Tuesday after being struck by an out-of-control cargo ship. This will allow more workers to pitch in toward the mammoth task of clearing the harbor of the bridge, which was destroyed in seconds last Tuesday when the Singapore-flagged Dali lost power and hit a bridge support column, killing six people.
On Friday, President Joe Biden is due to visit the port city, which is about 40 miles north of Washington, the White House announced. The port of Baltimore is a key hub for the auto industry, handling almost 850,000 autos and light trucks last year — more than any other US port — according to Maryland state figures.
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