Dramatic video shows oblivious onlooker posing as Mexican ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge
The graphic footage captured the unidentified woman smiling for the camera as she posed on a railing along the water's edge as the lit-up tall ship drifted behind her toward the iconic bridge Saturday night.
At one point, the woman — clad in a white dress — glances back over her shoulder at the incoming ship and appears to say, 'So cool!'
She even turned back and pointed in awe — seemingly unaware that the Cuauhtemoc training vessel's mast had already crippled as it made contact with the bridge, killing two onboard.
Her smiling video then took a harrowing turn as it captured several Mexican crew members standing on the rigging — and later clutching on — as the vessel careened out of control.
Eventually, the woman and the person behind the camera appeared to run back from the water's edge with a handful of others.
Footage from other panicked witnesses also showed the same dress-wearing woman running to safety.
It comes as investigators continue to probe the cause of the Saturday night wreck that killed two sailors — Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos, 23, and América Yamilet Sánchez, 20 — and injured 19 others.
Officials have said the Cuauhtemoc was underway for less than 5 minutes before its masts suddenly crashed into the 142-year-old bridge as dozens of sailors stood harnessed high up in rigging as part of a public display.
Radio calls indicating the ship was in distress went out just 45 seconds before the deadly collision, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said.
It wasn't yet clear if a mechanical problem played a role in the tragedy.
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