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Key Bridge Response 2024

U.S. Coast Guard East

March 26, 2024 | 1:01

U.S. Coast Guard response boat crews arrive on scene to set the security zone and investigate the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning of March 26, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. Coast Guard watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Maryland - National Capital Region command center received a report indicating that a 948-foot containership flying the Singapore flag had collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The U.S. Coast Guard collaborated with various local, state, and federal agencies during the Key Bridge Response 2024, the operational objectives of the Unified Command centered on multiple fronts: ensuring the safety of the public and first responders, accounting for missing persons, safely restoring transportation infrastructure and commerce, protecting the environment, and supporting the investigation of the incident. (Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command B-Roll video by U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Carmen Caver)