aph-japan reblogged
Please be careful when engaging with this news. The video is fucking terrifying. This is likely to be a mass casualty event. There are cars in the water.
This bridge is 1200 meters long. Even at 3:30 am, there are a lot of vehicles on it.
Fuck.
Oh wow, that thing like, fully collapsed. At the very least the three main spans are completely gone.
Yeah.
I lived in Reisterstown until we moved to PA. I can’t count the number of times I went over that bridge.
(Note, if you don’t have timestamps turned on for Tumblr posts, this update is 2:26a PT 3/26. This happened about 2 hours ago.
#us current events#baltimore tag#baltimore#maryland#baltimore fam#ship disasters#francis scott key bridge#baltimore transport#patapsco river#holy fucking shit#disasters#death mention#hi warning followers in advance please warn if you actively blog about this#(I am following the news on CNN but this is rapidly developing)#(because it happened so early in the AM I dont think my Baltimore extended fam should have been anywhere near there but)#if i see the videos shared without trigger warnings or in gif form im hardblocking without regrets#if i see people using this to spread {+antisemitic} conspiracy theories {+ip misinfo} im also instant hardblocking without regret#drowning#dali container ship disaster#maritime disasters#fire#(According to CNN the ship was Singapore connected and I dont want to see any linked anti asian racism either or will definitely hardblock)#(CNN has a livefeed too for anyone looking for current updates but please be wary of triggering imagery as OP says)#maersk#(and 'chartered by Danish company Maersk')#synergy group#(and 'is operated by charter vessel company Synergy Group')#(Edit: They saved two people so far! {but one is in critical condition....} {another was uninjured though!})#(Apparently there is fire ongoing too *avoid the area Please*)#(Reblogging over here to Inform + Signal Boost for any Baltimore followers)