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Yahoo
24-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Doomed Mexican ship's crew were on masts for touching ‘manning the yards' salute when boat hit Brooklyn Bridge
The doomed sailors aboard the Mexican tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge were participating in a touching tradition called 'manning the yards,'' which pays homage to host ports, at the time. Dozens of crew members on the Mexican navy training ship Cuauhtemoc were lined up, standing with their arms apart, along rigging for the craft's 147-foot-high masts around 8:20 p.m. Saturday in a sign of respect that seamen frequently do when entering and leaving port, NTSB officials said Monday. The ship then smashed into the historic span, leaving sailors dangling or caught up from the crumpled masts, while others fell onto the boat. The tragedy killed two young sailors and injured more than 20 other people on the ship, including a pair who are still critical. The crew of the Cuauhtemoc last week also had demonstrated the maritime 'Manning the Yards' tradition when The Post was on board for a celebration of the ship's arrival at the South Street Seaport. The sailors precariously stood on the beams and some of the rigging for their salute. But getting down from the rigging afterward is no easy matter, and the cadets may have been caught off guard before Sunday's crash. 'I was speaking to one of the crew members who was still on the boat, and they stated [that] to get up there, it takes 5 minutes roughly to climb up there,' Mayor Eric Adams said on during an appearance on Fox 5's 'Good Day New York' on Monday. 'So that can give you a real indicator of how high it is,' he said. NTSB officials Monday said the tragedy unfolded very quickly after the ship cast off from Pier 17 in Lower Manhattan with the help of a harbor tugboat. 'At 8:24 p.m., a [voyage data recorder] radio broadcast was sounded requesting assistance from other tugboats in the area of the Brooklyn Bridge,' investigator Michael Young said at a briefing. 'That was followed by two other requests for assistance, and at 8:24 and 45 seconds, the vessel's mast struck the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge. At 8:27, the vessel came to a stop.' He said NYPD and FDNY boats were at the scene by 8:30 p.m. The NTSB said it hopes to have a preliminary report on the tragedy within 30 days but warned that a full accounting of the collision could take as long as two years.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Dramatic video shows oblivious onlooker posing as Mexican ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge
A startling new video shows a smiling young woman posing underneath the Brooklyn Bridge — completely oblivious to the Mexican navy ship crashing just feet behind her. 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.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Feds probing tugboat's possible role in deadly Mexican ship, Brooklyn Bridge crash
NTSB probers Monday said they are investigating a tugboat's possible role in a Mexican ship's crash into the Brooklyn Bridge — while adding they have yet to board the foreign craft, much less talk to its crew. 'Part of our investigation will be to look into procedures' involving tug boats in the harbor, agency investigator Brian Young told reporters at the first National Transportation Safety Board briefing since the Saturday night collision that killed two young Mexican sailors. A local tugboat had been helping to guide the Mexican boat out of port before the tall ship headed to Iceland. Questions have arisen over whether the tug may have too quickly released the ship, when then barreled in reverse into the span. Young and NTSB board member Michael Graham cautioned that the investigation is preliminary, noting that the agency is still negotiating with the Mexican government to get access to the ship and the cadets who remain on board. Dozens of the sailors have already left for home. 'Still working to get access to the ship,' Graham said at the briefing. 'We haven't yet had a chance to access the engine. 'We haven't had a chance to talk to any of the crew at this point. We are working with our counterparts in the Mexican government to gain access to the ship.' Mayor Eric Adams, speaking earlier Monday on Fox's 'Good Day New York,' noted, 'This was a military vessel. 'And the investigation appeared to take different methods when it's a military vessel and not a passenger, just simply a passenger vessel. And so I think there's some limitations on what we can do when it comes down to investigations. 'Just as we don't want individuals boarding our ships in other waters, there's some protocols in place,' he said. Young detailed the final minutes before the Cuauhtemoc, a three-mast training ship for Mexican navy cadets, allegedly lost its steering ability and struck the historic span — demonstrating how quickly things turned deadly. Harrowing footage shows Mexican sailors clinging to rigging for dear life after Brooklyn Bridge crash Mexican navy tall ship lost power before Brooklyn Bridge crash that killed 2, injured 17: NYPD Night of joy for pals of Mexican navy ship crew turns into tragedy as vessel strikes Brooklyn Bridge: 'We were very scared' Here's why Mexican navy tall ship that struck Brooklyn Bridge — killing at least 2 — was in NYC Mexican navy cadet América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, ID'd as first victim in Brooklyn Bridge crash 'At 8:24 p.m., a [voyage data recorder] radio broadcast was sounded requesting assistance from other tugboats in the area of the Brooklyn Bridge,' Young said. 'That was followed by two other requests for assistance, and at 8:24 and 45 seconds, the vessel's mast struck the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge. At 8:27, the vessel came to a stop.' He said NYPD and FDNY boats were at the scene by 8:30 p.m. Shocking footage captured the collision and showed cadets clinging to the rigging around the showboat ship's the 147-foot masts. In addition to the two fatalities, more than 20 others on the ship were injured. Sources have told The Post that the ship, built in Spain in 1982, was on its way to the Brooklyn waterfront to refuel before setting sale to Iceland — but suffered a mechanical failure that shut down its steering. The tragedy cost Mexican cadets America Yamilet Sanchez and Adal Jair Marcos their lives. Sanchez, a onetime award-winning swimmer from the Veracruz capital of Xalapa, posted a haunting photo from the Big Apple waterfront on Facebook earlier on Saturday. Marcos, known to friends as 'Tyson' or simply 'Marcos,' had been on board the Cuauhtemoc for nine months and boasted to friends about his travels around the globe. The two were among 277 crew members on board – 213 men and 64 women, most of them cadets from the Heroica Escuala Naval Militar, the Mexican navy's officer training academy in Veracruz. The ship was taking part in a training cruise to mark the so-called 'Bicentennial of the Consolidation of the Independence of the Seas,' the 200th anniversary of the Mexican navy expelling Spain from their nation. It set sail from Cozumel in the Yucatan Peninsula on May 4 on a170-day voyage that was to take the crew to 22 ports in 15 countries. The ship was also slated to be part of the Class A International Tall Ships parade the is due to parade in the harbor on July 4, 2026, although organizers said Mexican officials had yet to confirm their involvement. During ceremonies on board last week at the South Street Seaport, dozens of the cadets mounted the masts for a display known as 'manning the yards' – a universal sign of respect traditionally done as a vessel enters a new port. -Additional reporting by Dorian Geiger
Scottish Sun
23-05-2025
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- Scottish Sun
I woke to find a cargo ship in my garden – 440ft vessel crashed into my lawn but I didn't realise until my doorbell rang
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A COLOSSAL cargo ship crashed into a man's front garden, missing his home by mere metres - but it didn't wake up the snoozing resident. Johan Helber was sound asleep when a 440ft container ship ran aground just outside his home in a sleepy Norwegian neighbourhood. 5 A huge 440ft ship crashed into a man's front garden, but failed to wake him up Credit: AP 5 Locals took a look at the colossal container ship that ran aground Credit: EPA 5 Extraordinary photos showed just how close the massive ship came to ploughing straight through Helber's home. Stunned locals look up in awe at the humongous vessel which is parked right by their quiet coastline. Deep sleeper Helber didn't even budge when the crash occurred. It dramatically barged right through his front garden at his pad in the Trondheimsfjord off Byneset in Trondheim. Instead, he was woken up later by a neighbour who rushed round to check if he was okay. The tired man said: "The doorbell rang at a time when I don't really like opening the door. "I like to go back to sleep. But it was a very insistent ring, so I finally went to answer it." He added bluntly: "And there's a guy I know very well standing there, looking at me in amazement and saying: 'Have you not seen the ship?' "But I hadn't. So I went to the window and saw this [the ship]." Incredible footage showed the moments after the shocking crash. Moment couple are jeered & mocked by cruise ship passengers as boat sets sail without them after showing up 30 mins late The ship, which is more than twice the height of the local's house, is seen docked just outside the Norwegian's front porch. A man, who is not confirmed to be Helber himself, is seen walking away casually from the site of the impact. Local policeman Roger Gustafson said an investigation would be launched to try to find out what exactly caused the huge ship to crash. He added there was currently no suspicion of anyone being under the influence of drugs or alcohol. No injuries or oil spills were reported either, and authorities now plan to remove the ship at high tide. It comes after footage captured the horrific moment a Mexican Navy ship crashed into the famous Brooklyn Bridge. The ship snapped all three of its masts as it collided with the New York City landmark leaving two people dead and 19 wounded. The Cuauhtemoc moved rapidly in reverse towards the bridge, close to the Brooklyn side of the East River, before its three masts struck the bridge and snapped one by one. 5 Incredible footage showed people inspecting the aftermath of the crash Credit: X @volcaholic1
The Irish Sun
23-05-2025
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- The Irish Sun
I woke to find a cargo ship in my garden – 440ft vessel crashed into my lawn but I didn't realise until my doorbell rang
A COLOSSAL cargo ship crashed into a man's front garden, missing his home by mere metres - but it didn't wake up the snoozing resident. Johan Helber was sound asleep when a 440ft container ship ran aground just outside his home in a sleepy Norwegian neighbourhood. 5 A huge 440ft ship crashed into a man's front garden, but failed to wake him up Credit: AP 5 Locals took a look at the colossal container ship that ran aground Credit: EPA 5 Extraordinary photos showed just how close the Stunned locals look up in awe at the humongous vessel which is parked right by their quiet coastline. Deep sleeper Helber didn't even budge when the It READ MORE WORLD NEWS Instead, he was woken up later by a neighbour who rushed round to check if he was okay. The tired man said: "The doorbell rang at a time when I don't really like opening the door. "I like to go back to sleep. But it was a very insistent ring, so I finally went to answer it." He added bluntly: "And there's a guy I know very well standing there, looking at me in amazement and saying: 'Have you not seen the ship?' Most read in The US Sun "But I hadn't. So I went to the window and saw this [the ship]." Incredible footage showed the moments after the Moment couple are jeered & mocked by cruise ship passengers as boat sets sail without them after showing up 30 mins late The ship, which is more than twice the height of the local's house, is seen docked just outside the Norwegian's front porch. A man, who is not confirmed to be Helber himself, is seen walking away casually from the site of the impact. Local policeman Roger Gustafson said an investigation would be launched to try to find out what exactly caused the huge ship to crash. He added there was currently no suspicion of anyone being under the influence of drugs or alcohol. No injuries or oil spills were reported either, and authorities now plan to remove the ship at high tide. It comes after footage captured the horrific moment a The ship snapped all three of its masts as it collided with the New York City landmark leaving two people dead and 19 wounded. The Cuauhtemoc moved rapidly in reverse towards the bridge, close to the Brooklyn side of the East River, before its three masts struck the bridge and snapped one by one. 5 Incredible footage showed people inspecting the aftermath of the crash Credit: X @volcaholic1 5 The ship is currently under investigation Credit: AFP
