Key Bridge collapse
Complete coverage of the Key Bridge collapse and its effects
They raised $16 million for Key Bridge disaster relief. None of it went to victims’ families.A community foundation raised money for the Maryland Tough, Baltimore Strong fund under the explicit premise that Key Bridge victims’ families would see some of it.
They watched the Key Bridge fall. Now they can’t take their eyes off the Dali.Mike Singer’s livestream riveted the world last year. He and thousands of others are dedicated ship watchers — specifically keeping tabs on the Dali.
6 minutes of silence for Key Bridge collapse victims: ‘They paid the highest price with their lives’People huddled in jackets and sweaters before an altar of six crosses for the six men killed in the Key Bridge collapse: Alejandro Hernández Fuentes, Carlos Daniel Hernández, Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, José Mynor López and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera.
For Key Bridge families, an emotional visit one year laterFirst responders escorted families of the Francis Scott Key Bridge victims to mark the one-year anniversary.
Can Maryland rebuild the Key Bridge by 2028? The engineer in charge is already on itMaryland Transportation Authority chief engineer James Harkness oversees a Key Bridge team that, in an given week, includes roughly 150 engineers.
Loss of the Key Bridge upends commutes and personal financesEven though Maryland avoided large-scale economic doom related to the Key Bridge collapse, the disaster upended the lives of people who relied on the bridge.
By Charlotte Kanner and Mira Beinart, Capital News Service
One year later: How Baltimore averted economic doom after the Key Bridge collapseThe Key Bridge collapse temporarily closed a shipping channel. One year later, it's clear leaders' forecast of economic doom largely didn’t come to pass.
By Zephan Matteson, Matt Cohen and Andrew Mollenauer, Capital News Service
Amid Trump’s chaos, the Key Bridge response reminds us of how things should workIt’s 1:29 a.m. on March 26, 2025. An airliner collides with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a year after the container ship Dali knocked down the Key Bridge. What happens next in this imaginary disaster might be far different from the response to the real catastrophe. The reason? The occupant of the White House.
Ships are ‘highly likely’ to collide with U.S. bridges, Hopkins research finds From one spanning the San Francisco Bay to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge here in Maryland, structures are much more prone to ship strikes than previously thought.
The Dali crew is still in Baltimore, one year after the Key Bridge disasterEven though the Dali cargo ship left Baltimore last June, more than half of its crew members have stayed to be available for investigations related to the Key Bridge disaster one year ago.
A year after Key Bridge collapse: Ways to remember and reflect A year after the collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore, ripple effects are still being felt.
Her restaurant closed after the Key Bridge disaster. She’s ready to reopen — in a new spot.Lilly Ordoñez is hoping for a fresh start as she relocates her Owls Corner Cafe restaurant from near the Key Bridge in Dundalk to Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood.
NTSB slams MDTA and urges assessment of Chesapeake Bay Bridge: ‘We need action’The Francis Scott Key Bridge was 30 times more susceptible to ship strikes than it should have been, a federal official said Thursday.
A Key Bridge widow wants to help others avoid a legal obstacle she facedThe widow of one of the men who died in the Key Bridge collapse is advocating for legislation that would allow noncitizens to serve as personal representatives of a deceased loved one’s estate.
10 restaurants each receive $10K in Key Bridge relief fund grantsRestaurants still reeling from the collapse of the Key Bridge received grants from DoorDash to help with food industry challenges.
How CCBC plans to train workers to help build the Key BridgeThe Community College of Baltimore County is launching an initiative to address a shortage of welders needed to replace the Key Bridge.
Maryland will not be able to sue Dali owner in state court, judge rulesThe first trial against Grace Ocean is set to start in June 2026, but it will still be quite some time before a judgement is handed down.
Baltimore church seeks to rectify troubled past with new artNewly installed artwork pays homage to Baltimore’s sanctuary city status.
Key Bridge design unveiled: Towers will be taller than anticipatedOfficials unveiled a rendering of the replacement for the Key Bridge that was destroyed last March.
Wes Moore’s big year: Governing realities and political ambitions clash in 2025The governor enters 2025 in an unenviable position: He’s staring down a multi-billion-dollar budget deficit, has an ambitious public education plan to pay for and does not yet know what a second Donald Trump presidency will mean for the state.
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