New York (AP) – A sailing ship in the Mexican Navy struck the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a promotional tour in New York City, its three highest votes that collide in the iconic term and partially collapsed with boat agents in the eastern river.
The mayor of New York City Eric Adams said that 19 people were seriously injured in the accident, but the 142 -year -old bridge was more harmful. The reason for the collision was under investigation.
In a scene captured in multiple witnesses of witnesses, the masts can be seen partially collapsing while crashing into the surface of the bridge. Videos showed thick traffic in the collision period.
The bowl, which flying the green, white, and red Mexican flag, then drifted towards the edge of the river while the spectators were walking away from the beach. The sailors can be seen high in falsifying the damaged mast.
Sydney Nidel and Laila Katz told the Associated Press that they were sitting outside to see the sunset when they saw that the ship was hitting the bridge and one of its masts. 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.
They said they saw two people removed from the ship on clicks on smaller boats.
The Mexican Navy said in a post on the social platform X that Cuuhtemoc, a training ship at the Academy, was damaged in an accident with the Brooklyn Bridge, which prevented her from continuing its journey.
He added that the status of employees and materials was under review by the marine and local authorities, which were providing assistance.
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 to the “affected students”, but it did not mention the injuries.
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.
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.
Every year, it is launched at the end of the classroom at the Naval Military School to finish training students. This year, the Mexican port of Aquapolco left the Pacific Coast, on April 6, with 277 people on the plane, the navy said at the time.
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.