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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Mar 27, 2024, 02:12 PM Mar 27

A father of 3 and a budding entrepreneur are among the 6 workers presumed dead after the Baltimore bridge collapse

They worked the overnight shift fixing potholes on a famed bridge that 30,000 Marylanders relied on every day. But their work ended in tragedy Tuesday morning when a 213-million-pound cargo vessel crashed into the bridge, plunging the construction workers into the dangerously cold water below.

After a day-long search, officials called off the rescue mission and said the workers are presumed dead. It was virtually impossible to survive the frigid, 50-foot-deep water after several hours, and it was too dangerous for divers to navigate the dark water amid sharp debris.

Now the families of the six victims are mourning their loved ones, whose bodies have not been found. These are some of their stories:

A father of 2 who juggled multiple jobs

Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, 38, was one of the construction workers who vanished after the bridge collapse, his brother Martin Suazo told CNN.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-father-of-3-and-a-budding-entrepreneur-are-among-the-6-workers-presumed-dead-after-the-baltimore-bridge-collapse/ar-BB1kCXqV

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A father of 3 and a budding entrepreneur are among the 6 workers presumed dead after the Baltimore bridge collapse (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 27 OP
💔 Hekate Mar 27 #1
Very tragic. I hope a lot of help goes out to those families. Fla Dem Mar 27 #2
Haven't heard wingnuts acknowledging the immigrant status of these, or the other working people UTUSN Mar 27 #3
And we probably won't. Deuxcents Mar 27 #5
Heartbreaking. R.I.P. sinkingfeeling Mar 27 #4
Terribly sad. oasis Mar 27 #6
;-( elleng Mar 27 #7
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