The heartbreaking story of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland gets more tragic as the grieving wife of a victim reveals how wonderful a father he was.
A 985-foot cargo ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The collision caused most of the bridge to collapse into the frigid waters of the Patapsco River below.
The tragic accident likely took the lives of six construction workers who are still missing days later despite rescue attempts. One of the victims is Jose Lopez – a father of three.
Lopez was operating a concrete mixer truck early Tuesday morning when the cargo ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Isabel Franco, the wife of Lopez, expressed her sadness about losing her husband.
Franco told WJZ-TV, "I feel bad. Only God knows how hard my heart aches. Maybe he was desperate, trying to escape."
Knowing that her 35-year-old husband is likely gone forever, Franco still hopes to recover the body of her husband.
"I feel bad a little bit still because I want the body," she said with tears rolling down her face. "His family is desperate to see him too."
The couple had one child together, but he was a loving father to all three of her children.
"They are sad," she said in Spanish. "They loved Jose."
"He had a good heart," Franco recalled. "He was a hard worker. He was always worried about his family too. He died but he was fighting for us always."
Franco said her husband moved to the United States 19 years ago from Guatemala.
Officials have categorized the collision as accidental.
Eight people were working at the time when the container ship Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Two were rescued.
Two bodies were recovered from the crash site in a red pickup truck on Wednesday.
Six construction workers are still missing, and the search has transitioned to a recovery mission at this time as they are presumed dead.
The other crash victims are Miguel Luna originally from El Salvador, 26-year-old Dorlian Cabrera from Guatemala, 35-year-old Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes from Mexico, 34-year-old Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval from Honduras, and a man from Mexico whose identity has not been released as of yet.
Maynor is survived by his wife and two children ages 17 and 5.
His brother, Martín Suazo Sandoval, said Maynor had a strong work ethic.
"He always told us that you had to triple your effort to get ahead," the brother explained. "He said it didn’t matter what time or where the job was, you had to be where the work was."
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Rumor has it that Americans across the country will feel the effects of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridges’s collapse for quite some time. Officials claim that it will take years for the bridge to be rebuilt, which will have dire effects not only on importation and exportation but also jobs, as “the Port of Baltimore creates over 15,300 jobs,” and “over 140,000 jobs [are] linked to the activity at the port.”
For those who don’t know, the Port of Baltimore is the nation’s “leading import/export site for cars and trucks,” so Americans waiting for a car to come in from overseas are in for a rude awakening, as the time of delivery is expected to increase exponentially.
But it’s not just the automobile industry that will be impacted. Last year alone, “A record 52.3 million tons of foreign cargo” was transported through the Port of Baltimore, but now the port has been entirely shut down due the bridge’s collapse that has left the only shipping lane blocked.
“An expert on property damage cases in the shipping industry told the New York Post that ‘the collapse will have a major impact on shipping and traffic routes on the East coast for the foreseeable future.’”
While many will hear these reports and fear what this means for the country, all Glenn Beck hears is a bunch of unnecessary doomsday-ing.
“Have we forgotten who we are? Have we forgotten what we’ve done?” he asks, calling attention to the spirit of America, which is “so potent and so vibrant that it has scaled towering mountains.”
America has “constructed marvels of engineering” and “buildings that scraped the sky,” he encourages.
In 1930, “The Great Depression had its icy grip on us. It was a time when everybody felt the flickering candle in the vast darkness ... yet it was in this crucible of adversity that Americans did great things. The Empire State Building rose. It wasn’t just a structure of steel and stone; it was a beacon of hope and American resilience and ingenuity,” says Glenn.
“In a record-shattering one year and 45 days, an army of workers ... transformed this audacious vision into a towering reality.”
So, what does the Empire State Building — a marvel that was constructed at a “feverish pace” and “defied the laws of time physics” — have to do with Baltimore’s bridge?
According to Glenn, everything.
The Empire State Building and other man-made marvels “are not merely historical footnotes. They are blazing torches illuminating our path forward. They remind us ... that when we are faced with adversity, we don’t just endure it. We overcome it. We don’t wait for history to chart our course. We write it with the sweat of our brow and the strength of our backs,” he says.
“That’s who we are.”
To hear more of Glenn's encouraging message, watch the clip below.
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In the wake of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse, skepticism continues to mount. A number of conspiracy theories regarding the events of the mysterious collision have since emerged.
Many have pointed to the possibility of a cyberattack, granted the cargo ship lost power. Others have honed in on the company that manages the ship — a DEI-captive firm called Synergy Marine Group. Then, there are those who call attention to the fact that the Baltimore bridge was not the Dali’s first unfortunate collision.
However, Glenn Beck, Pat Gray, and Stu Burguiere have another theory — one you probably haven’t heard of before.
And it centers around Pete Buttigieg, the United States’ secretary of Transportation.
There seems to be an unprecedented number of accidents related to transportation taking place under his watch, and yet nobody has heard from him.
“We never hear him talk about anything transportation” related, says Glenn. “He never shows up at the scene of the crime.”
“There are a lot of reasons to believe that Buttigieg isn't responsible for each” transportation mishap, but “how else do we explain this?” asks Stu, adding that “this guy has overseen disaster movie sequel after disaster movie sequel since he got this job.”
“Have we seen close-up pictures of the United Airlines flight when it was taking off losing the tire? ... Was [Buttigieg] up in the wheel hub?” laughs Glenn.
“Was he driving a tankard truck last June 11 and left it on I95 in Philadelphia?” asks Pat jokingly.
While the theory isn’t meant to be taken seriously, it is uncanny that America has seen an immense rise in the number of transportation “accidents” since Buttigieg took office.
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Last night around 1:30 a.m., a cargo ship departing the Port of Baltimore struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge after reportedly losing power. Upon impact, the structure immediately collapsed into the murky waters below. Thankfully, the majority of traffic was stopped prior to the accident, but a few automobiles and several contractors who were working on bridge repairs weren’t so lucky. While some have been rescued, others remain missing.
As with any unforeseen tragedy, people want to know: Was this a genuine accident? Or is there something more sinister at play?
Glenn Beck invites former Assistant Treasury Secretary Monica Crowley to discuss the incident.
“There is a very active search and rescue going on,” Monica tells Glenn. “The Coast Guard is out there; the National Transportation Safety Board is on site; the Navy is there.”
As of now, “it looks like an accident,” but it’s important to “wait for the investigation” before coming to any certain conclusions, she explains.
Considering the catastrophe is the result of alleged power loss, many people – including Glenn – can’t help but ponder the possibility of “an attack on electronics.”
“I think that, too, Glenn,” says Monica. “There is one report this morning that indicates that the crew alerted the Maryland Department of Transportation when they were leaving the port that they had lost control of the vessel.”
Those reports have since been confirmed. The crew was able to notify authorities of the power issues, and as a result, traffic was halted seconds before the collision, which likely saved numerous lives.
Regardless, “most of these vessels are under electronic control – not unlike some of our voting systems – and might very well be open to hacking by nefarious players,” Monica explains, while also acknowledging that the event could simply be nothing more than a horrific accident.
“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” she says hopefully.
“I hope that's the case,” says Glenn, “but with all the cyber terror that is predicted … we're all on high alert.”
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