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Here’s how Monday’s controlled demolition of Key Bridge collapse on container ship will work
BALTIMORE – A big effort to clear the Dali from the Key Bridge collapse site will happen Monday evening.
Unified Command crews will use a controlled explosive to demolish a massive span of the bridge that sits on top of the cargo ship.
The demolition will happen with more than 20 crew members aboard the ship.
This explosion, which was initially supposed to take place over the weekend, is expected to take seconds and will sound like fireworks.
Cuts have already been made in the steel where explosives have been placed, then covered with what looks like heavy-duty tape.
The controlled detonation will send the truss expected into the Patapsco River in pieces. Officials shared an animation of the process.
Unified Command maintains the plan to fully reopen the channel in the Patapsco River and access to the Port of Baltimore by the end of May remains on track.
What will happen?
The controlled demolition, called “precision cutting,” will use small charges to split the large portion of the collapsed bridge on the ship’s bow into smaller, more manageable sections.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calls this process the “safest and swiftest” way to remove the thousands of tons of wreckage pinning the massive ship.
Is it safe to watch from the water?
Unified Command crews do not recommend boaters to watch the controlled detonation from the water.
“There is a safety zone and temporary flight restriction in effect around the incident site and additional security vessels will be on scene for enforcement. Drones are prohibited,” said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Will hearing protection be needed for those nearby?
Officials say hearing protection is required anywhere from 2,000 yards around the site.
“We have identified a few industrial facilities in this zone, and workers will be provided hearing protection if their work requires them to be outside,” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.
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NEW YORK — Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were attacked in New York City on Friday night, authorities said.
The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Second Avenue near East 96th Street on the Upper East Side, according to the New York City Police Department.
Police said officers were sent to the scene after an assault was reported. When officers arrived, police say they found a 20-year-old man suffering from facial injuries and a 70-year-old man who had head pain. Both victims were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the former governor said the two were attacked while “taking a walk around the block near their home by some individuals that had a previous interaction with his stepson.”
The spokesperson said that they were injured “but were able to fight off their attackers.”
Both were taken to Cornell Hospital “as a precaution,” he added.
Police said no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
The 70-year-old Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor from 2008 to 2010, stepping into the post after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer following his prostitution scandal. He made history at the time as the state’s first-ever Black and legally blind governor.