On Sunday, salvage crews began removing containers from the Dali, the cargo ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26.
The removal of the containers from the deck of the ship will continue this week as weather permits, according to a statement from the Key Bridge Response Unified Command. Crews were progressing toward removing sections of the bridge that lie across the ship’s bow to eventually allow it to move, according to the statement.
“The Unified Command is concurrently progressing on its main lines of effort to remove enough debris to open the channel to larger commercial traffic,” U.S. Coast Guard Capt. David O’Connell said in the statement.
On Friday, President Biden visited the site of the collapse. He was joined by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and other Baltimore officials during his visit.
"I'm here to say, your nation has your back, and I mean it. Your nation has your back," Biden said. "My vow is that we will not rest...until the cement has dried on the entirety of a new bridge."
President Biden said the federal government would cover the cost of the new bridge.
The White House sent an official request to Congress asking for authorization to cover the full cost of rebuilding the bridge.
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Source: Associated Press, ABC
