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Mexican sailors aboard doomed Navy ship that crashed into Brooklyn Bridge will set sail again — on different vessel
Crewmembers from the doomed Mexican navy boat that smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge are gearing up to set sail again — this time on a hulking tank landing vessel. Nearly two weeks after the deadly May 17 crash in the Big Apple, the surviving cadets will resume their training course Sunday aboard the 262-foot-long ARM Usumacinta, the Spanish news outlet El Gráfico reported. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum and Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles are slated to give the order to cast off from the port of Veracruz during the country's Navy Day celebrations, the outlet said. 'The crew aboard our ARM Usumacinta (A-412) has sailed national and international waters, braving the seas to bring humanitarian aid and hope to those most in need in disaster situations and areas,' Mexico's Navy Ministry said in a statement. The powerful vessel — which took part in a multinational training mission organized by the US Navy's Third PacificFleet, RIMPAC2024, last summer — uses propulsion engines, a far cry from the ill-fated Cuauhtémoc, which relied on wind power to propel its 297-foot-long deck through the sea. The sailboat's three masts cracked and broke as they struck the 142-year-old Brooklyn Bridge during the Cuauhtémoc's departure from Manhattan, killing 23-year-old Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos and 20-year-old América Yamilet Sánchez, and injuring 19 others. There were 277 crew members aboard — including 213 men and 64 women — most of whom were cadets from the Heroica Escuela Naval Militar, the Mexican naval training academy in Veracruz. Harrowing footage shows Mexican sailors clinging to rigging for dear life after Brooklyn Bridge crash Mexican navy cadet América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, ID'd as first victim in Brooklyn Bridge crash Mexican ship crashed into Brooklyn Bridge because it lost steering during mechanical failure: sources Doomed Mexican ship's crew were on masts for touching 'manning the yards' salute when boat hit Brooklyn Bridge Mexican sailor recalls horror aboard doomed Navy ship that crashed into Brooklyn Bridge: 'No one reacted' The Cuauhtémoc had been scheduled to sail to Iceland, then continue a months-long voyage to ports in France, Scotland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Spain and Barbados before returning to the Mexican coast in November. However, due to the Usumacinta's structural and operational differences, the vessel cannot follow the Cuauhtémoc's original route. The new itinerary — and whether all the crash survivors will be on board — wasn't immediately clear. In the wake of the wreck injured sailors were flown home to Veracruz for treatment at Antón Lizardo Naval Hospital, where they also underwent psychological evaluations, according to the Spanish news outlet La Razón. They were later granted a week-long reprieve from their navy obligations to visit family, a break that was 'fundamental' for their emotional recovery, Mexican navy sources told the outlet. The Brooklyn Bridge incident remains under investigation. The Cuauhtémoc remains docked at Pier 36 in Manhattan.
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Search for missing girl, 15, feared drowned in East River enters second day
A desperate search for a missing 15-year-old girl feared drowned in New York City's East River under the Roosevelt Island Bridge entered its second day Saturday. After a night of heavy rains, NYPD scuba divers were expected to go back into the waters between Queens and Roosevelt Island on Saturday and attempt to recover the girl's body, officials said. The girl was sitting on the rocks, wearing a bathing suit with a flower pattern on it, when she fell into the river, police said Saturday. The teen is believed to be from the Upper East Side, WABC Eyewitness News reported. The teen entered the East River at about 12:15 p.m. on Friday, cops said. When she didn't resurface, a friend she was with called 911. Responding officers found a bookbag near the water that they believe belongs to the teen, who has not been publicly identified. Cops have not recovered any bodies in the East River in the last 24 hours, a police spokesman said. The currents in the East River are quite strong, and may have been one of the causes why the Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtémoc crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge earlier this month. 'Our currents and tides are very strong,' Adams said when the Cuauhtémoc crashed. 'People don't realize that people fall in the river by the Statue of Liberty and find themselves in the Bronx somewhere.'
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8 hours ago
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Mexican sailors aboard doomed Navy ship that crashed into Brooklyn Bridge will set sail again this week — on different vessel
Crewmembers from the doomed Mexican navy boat that smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge are gearing up to set sail again — this time on a hulking tank landing vessel. Nearly two weeks after the deadly May 17 crash in the Big Apple, the surviving cadets will resume their training course Sunday aboard the 262-foot-long ARM Usumacinta, the Spanish news outlet El Gráfico reported. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum and Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles are slated to give the order to cast off from the port of Veracruz during the country's Navy Day celebrations, the outlet said. Advertisement 4 The sailors will take off from the port of Veracruz, on board the ARM Usumacinta, on June 1. US Navy/Petty Officer 3rd Class Dylan Lavin 'The crew aboard our ARM Usumacinta (A-412) has sailed national and international waters, braving the seas to bring humanitarian aid and hope to those most in need in disaster situations and areas,' Mexico's Navy Ministry said in a statement. The powerful vessel — which took part in a multinational training mission organized by the US Navy's Third Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC2024, last summer — uses propulsion engines, a far cry from the ill-fated Cuauhtémoc, which relied on wind power to propel its 297-foot-long deck through the sea. Advertisement 4 The training excursion will resume nearly two weeks after the Cuauhtémoc's fatal crash into the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17. @SAMMMSPARKS via REUTERS 4 The wreck — which is still under investigation — killed two young cadets and injured 19 others. James Keivom The sailboat's three masts cracked and broke as they struck the 142-year-old Brooklyn Bridge during the Cuauhtémoc's departure from Manhattan, killing 23-year-old Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos and 20-year-old América Yamilet Sánchez, and injuring 19 others. There were 277 crew members aboard — including 213 men and 64 women — most of whom were cadets from the Heroica Escuela Naval Militar, the Mexican naval training academy in Veracruz. Advertisement The Cuauhtémoc had been scheduled to sail to Iceland, then continue a months-long voyage to ports in France, Scotland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Spain and Barbados before returning to the Mexican coast in November. However, due to the Usumacinta's structural and operational differences, the vessel cannot follow the Cuauhtémoc's original route. 4 The Mexican navy trainees were granted a week-long reprieve from their service obligations to visit family. James Keivom The new itinerary — and whether all the crash survivors will be on board — wasn't immediately clear. Advertisement In the wake of the wreck injured sailors were flown home to Veracruz for treatment at Antón Lizardo Naval Hospital, where they also underwent psychological evaluations, according to the Spanish news outlet La Razón. They were later granted a week-long reprieve from their navy obligations to visit family, a break that was 'fundamental' for their emotional recovery, Mexican navy sources told the outlet. The Brooklyn Bridge incident remains under investigation. The Cuauhtémoc remains docked at Pier 36 in Manhattan.
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7 days ago
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Mexican sailor recalls horror aboard doomed Navy ship that crashed into Brooklyn Bridge: ‘No one reacted'
He could see it coming. A sailor who tried to warn his colleagues before their Mexican navy training ship smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge recalled the moments of sheer panic before the deadly crash — and the helplessness of having his screams go unanswered. 'It was very, very ugly,' the unnamed boatswain said in a chilling audio interview this week with Mexican news outlet Milenio. As the Cuauhtémoc drifted off course May 17, the sailor recalled in Spanish how the majestic training vessel was creeping closer and closer to the 142-year-old bridge, which he referred to as 'the dock,' before the ship's masts slammed into its historic span, killing two cadets and injuring 19 others. 'When the linemen — I mean, I don't know how they maneuvered, but they literally threw us against the [bridge], and I saw clearly how we were going, I mean, heading toward the [bridge],' the man said in Spanish. 'I started yelling at them, 'Hey, we're going against the [bridge]! We're going against the [bridge]!' but no one reacted,' he said. Distress calls from the Cuauhtémoc went out 45 seconds before the deadly collision, which happened less than five minutes after the ship set sail, officials said. 'It was too fast. When we came to see it, we were against the [bridge]. The three masts broke, and that was it,' the man explained. Multiple sailors harnessed up in rigging were sent flying into the air, while the rest of the them scrambled in the chaos. 'Obviously, we had all the cadets up there, and there were too many injured,' said the boatswain, the sailor in charge of overseeing a ship's equipment and crew. 'I think a cadet fell from the bridge, which is the highest point up to the deck, so she is in very serious condition and it is not known if she will survive.' América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, died from injuries she sustained in the wreck. A second cadet, 23-year-old Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos, was also killed. 'The decks of the ship were covered in blood,' he continued. 'All three masts were destroyed, the cables burst – I mean, it was horrible, honestly.' As the boat crumpled, the sailors scrambled to rescue cadets tangled in the rigging, he said. 'The boatswains had to go up and lower them, and then the masts were bending, so we were going up and with the broken masts, we were up there trying to lower people little by little…they couldn't get down.' The cause of the crash remains under investigation. In total, there were 277 crew members on board — 213 men and 64 women — most of whom were cadets from the Heroica Escuala Naval Militar, the Mexican navy's officer training academy in Veracruz.
New York Post
24-05-2025
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Mexican sailor recalls horror aboard doomed Navy ship that crashed into Brooklyn Bridge: ‘No one reacted'
He could see it coming. A sailor who tried to warn his colleagues before their Mexican navy training ship smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge recalled the moments of sheer panic before the deadly crash — and the helplessness of having his screams go unanswered. 'It was very, very ugly,' the unnamed boatswain said in a chilling audio interview this week with Mexican news outlet Milenio. As the Cuauhtémoc drifted off course May 17, the sailor recalled in Spanish how the majestic training vessel was creeping closer and closer to the 142-year-old bridge, which he referred to as 'the dock,' before the ship's masts slammed into its historic span, killing two cadets and injuring 19 others. 5 'It was too fast,' the sailor recalled. 'We were against the [bridge]. The three masts broke, and that was it.' Paul Martinka 'When the linemen — I mean, I don't know how they maneuvered, but they literally threw us against the [bridge], and I saw clearly how we were going, I mean, heading toward the [bridge],' the man said in Spanish. 'I started yelling at them, 'Hey, we're going against the [bridge]! We're going against the [bridge]!' but no one reacted,' he said. Distress calls from the Cuauhtémoc went out 45 seconds before the deadly collision, which happened less than five minutes after the ship set sail, officials said. 'It was too fast. When we came to see it, we were against the [bridge]. The three masts broke, and that was it,' the man explained. Multiple sailors harnessed up in rigging were sent flying into the air, while the rest of the them scrambled in the chaos. 5 The harrowing crash launched multiple sailors harnessed up in rigging flying into the air. PORTER BINKS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock 5 The cause of the catastrophic crash – which left another 19 sailors injured – remains under investigation. James Keivom 'Obviously, we had all the cadets up there, and there were too many injured,' said the boatswain, the sailor in charge of overseeing a ship's equipment and crew. 'I think a cadet fell from the bridge, which is the highest point up to the deck, so she is in very serious condition and it is not known if she will survive.' América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, died from injuries she sustained in the wreck. A second cadet, 23-year-old Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos, was also killed. 'The decks of the ship were covered in blood,' he continued. 'All three masts were destroyed, the cables burst – I mean, it was horrible, honestly.' As the boat crumpled, the sailors scrambled to rescue cadets tangled in the rigging, he said. 5 Mexican Naval Cadet América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, succumbed to injuries she sustained during the wreck. 5 A second cadet, 23-year-old Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos, was also killed in the disaster. Facebook/Adal Jair Marcos 'The boatswains had to go up and lower them, and then the masts were bending, so we were going up and with the broken masts, we were up there trying to lower people little by little…they couldn't get down.' The cause of the crash remains under investigation. In total, there were 277 crew members on board — 213 men and 64 women — most of whom were cadets from the Heroica Escuala Naval Militar, the Mexican navy's officer training academy in Veracruz.
