New York (AP) – A sailing ship in the Mexican Navy was about to leave New York to take a good -intentioned tour of Iceland in the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, picking up its three maids, injuring the crew and leaving some of a high harness in the air waiting for help.
New York City mayor Eric Adams said that at least 19 people need medical treatment after collapse, including four serious injuries, but the 142 -year -old bridge was more damaged. The reason for the collision was under investigation.
In a scene captured in multiple witnesses of witnesses, the ship, called Cuuhtemoc, can quickly travel to the bridge near Brooklyn of the eastern river. After that, its three voices hit and captured the main bridge period, one by one, as the ship continued to move.
Videos showed thick traffic in the collision period.
The bowl, which was flying the green, white and red flag and had 277 people on board, then drifted towards the sidewalks that were lining the bank of the river while the spectators were walking away.
Officials said that the sailors could be seen high in falsifying the damaged mast, but significantly, no one has fallen into the water.
Sydney Nidel and Layla Katz told the Associated Press that they were sitting outside to see the sunset when they saw the ship hit the bridge. They looked closely, they saw someone hanging from the ship.
“We have seen a person hanging, and I could not know whether it was just a fog or my eyes, and we were able to enlarge on our phone and there was someone hanging from the belt from the top to at least 15 minutes before they could save them,” Katz said.
Immediately before the collision, Nick Corso, 23, took his phone to capture the ship’s background and the bridge against sunset, and instead he heard what looked like he had loudly picked up for “big branches”. Many shots follow.
He said that people in his surroundings began to run back and erupted “Pandium” on the boat. He later saw a handful of people hanging from the mast.
“I didn’t know what to think, I was like, is this a movie?” He said.
The Mexican Navy said in a post on the social platform X that Cuuhtemoc was an academic training ship. A total of 22 people were injured, 19 of whom need medical treatment.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that its ambassador to the United States and officials of the Mexican consulate in New York were in contact with the local authorities to provide assistance.
Brooklyn Bridge, which was opened in 1883, has a main area of 1,600 feet (490 meters) supported by Bergin Building. More than 100,000 vehicles and about 32,000 pedestrians cross every day, according to the city’s transportation department, and the corridor is a major tourist attraction.
City officials said that traffic had stopped after the collision, but was allowed to resume it after it had a preliminary examination.
Cuuhtemoc – its length is about 297 feet and a width of 40 feet (90.5 meters long and 12 meters wide), according to the Mexican Navy – sailed for the first time in 1982.
The main seller of the ship is 160 feet (48.9 meters), according to the Mexican government.
After collision, the drip boat in the eastern river between Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
Every year the ship is launched at the end of the classroom at the Naval Military School to end students training. The navy said this year left the Mexican port of Aquapolco, on the Pacific Coast, on April 6.
The Mexican Consulate said on May 13 on X that Cuuhtemoc also called it “Ambassador and Knight of the Seas”, arrived on that day and installed it in the pavement 17. She invited people to visit until May 17.
The ship was to visit 22 outlets in 15 countries, including Kingston, Jamaica; Havana, Cuba; Cosuml, Mexico; And New York.
She also planned to go to Reykavik, Iceland; Bordeaux, St. Malo Wencrick, France; And Erdin, Scotland, among others, for a total of 254 days, 170 of them are at sea.