Bridge Collapse Victims Were Workers Supporting Families, Co-Worker Says
Traffic was stopped but it is apparent that no one thought to call the workers to get off the bridge??
I would assume they had some form of communication with them.
Bridge Collapse Victims Were Workers Supporting Families, Co-Worker Says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bridge-collapse-victims-were-workers-113103894.html
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Wed, March 27, 2024 at 6:31 AM CDT·3 min read
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Vice Admiral Peter Gautier, deputy commandant for operations for the U.S. Coast Guard, brief reporters about the Baltimore bridge collapse at the White House in Washington, March 27, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
BALTIMORE — A construction company employee who said he labored alongside the six men missing after a Baltimore bridge collapse Tuesday said many of his co-workers were migrants working to support their relatives.
“We’re low-income families,” said Jesus Campos, who has worked at the construction company, Brawner Builders, for about eight months. “Our relatives are waiting for our help back in our home countries.”
The men worked for Brawner, a contractor based in Baltimore County, a senior executive at the company said Tuesday. The executive, Jeffrey Pritzker, and the Coast Guard said that all of the missing workers were presumed dead, given how long it had been since the collapse.
“They were wonderful family people,” Pritzker said, before describing the victims’ survivors. “Spouses, children.” He added, “It’s just a very, very bad day.”
The company routinely does maintenance on bridges operated by the state. Its workers were repairing the bridge’s roadway when it was struck by the ship. Pritzker said that Brawner’s owner was distressed and spent the early hours of Tuesday near the bridge hoping for a rescue, and has also since met with families of all of the missing workers.................................
