Mexican Navy Ship Crashes Into Brooklyn Bridge, Leaving Two Dead and 19 Injured

Two people were killed and 19 were hurt when a tall ship from the Mexican Navy hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night. Around 8:30 p.m., the ARM Cuauhtémoc training ship, which had 277 people on board, sank in the East River.

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, said that no one was thrown overboard and that all accidents happened on board. According to the first reports, the spaceship lost control as it was getting ready to leave because of a problem with a machine, hitting the bridge below.

Videos from people there showed the ship's high masts breaking when they hit the bridge's lower deck. People in the South Street Seaport neighborhood of Manhattan and the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn screamed and got scared when they heard a loud cracking sound.

Officer Wilson Aramboles, who was in charge of the reaction, said that the emergency services arrived quickly and treated the victims where they were before taking them to nearby hospitals. Later, the Department of Transportation said that safety checks on the Cuauhtémoc bridge showed that the building was still there, even though it had a lot of damage.

The ship, launched in 1982 and named after the last Aztec king, goes on world cruises of goodwill and trains cadets. After leaving Cozumel, Mexico, it went to Iceland.

The Mexican ambassador, Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, expressed his sympathy and said that the ship had suffered extensive damage. Huge pieces of rope were hanging from the broken masts.

Even though the bridge is open, the area should not be visited while the scene is being cleaned up and investigated.

After the tragedy, the U.S. and Mexican Navy are looking into how to make urban waterways safer for maritime traffic.