Two crew members who were killed after the Mexican ship 'Cuauhtémoc' collides with Brooklyn Bridge | US

The Mexican naval training ship Cuauhtémoc crashed this Saturday afternoon with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York because it was just before the city. What should be a great farewell party after a four -day stopover ended in a tragedy that is difficult to explain. At least two crew members were killed and 20 more were injured when the three masts of the ship broke off and plunged individually into the base of the city's most famous bridge.

The cadets that were sitting on the masts – the highest is 45 meters high, while the gangway of the bridge is about 39 meters (127 feet) – were the last who recognized what was going on. After eight o'clock in the evening, the ship started its departure maneuver. The cadets, their backs in the Brooklyn Bridge, waved from the crowds on the Manhattan page of Pier 17. According to some witnesses, the ship seemed unbalanced, and vice versa from the current we went straight into the bridge. Some of the boys fell while others were suspended in the air by their belts.

Numerous witnesses caught the moment on this hot May afternoon with their cell phones. New York firefighters were the first to arrive in the area of ​​the incident, and dozens of videos on social networks recorded emergency crews who wore the injured on stock exchanges. The authorities excluded that one of the seafarers fell into the water of the East River, and in the late Saturday in the area there was only the sign of a fence that was delivered by the pressure of the boat on the pedestrian promenade, which runs on the river in the banks along the river.

The Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, assured that the emblematic bridge at 142 has not suffered any major damage and pointed out that one of the possible causes of the collision could have been an electrical problem that pulled the current towards the pillars. The Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum complained about what happened “in the unfortunate accident” and thanked the Mayor of New York City for his help. “Our solidarity and support for the families,” she said in a message in which she assured that the Mexican Navy would continue to inform.

Moises and his wife Claudia, a Mexican couple who have been living in the USA for 20 years, were looking forward to visiting the ship. The atmosphere this Saturday was festive. The pier was full of curious spectators who did not want to miss the opportunity to take their photo with the skyline in the background and on board the Mariachi group Huella Mexicana on the deck. Mexico, Lindo y Querido And Las GolondrinasThe popular melody that belongs every time they say goodbye to Mexico. When the ship began to move away from the dock, the couple seemed that “it started to lose their balance” until it fell on the other bank.

Esteban Moctezuma in the United States, the Mexican ambassador, took part in the party on board together with the Mexican diplomat Hector Vasconcelos. After the accident, Moctezuma assured that the priority of the Mexican government is the support of the injured seafarers provided by the Mexican consulate in New York. “The Cuauhtémoc school ship is a symbol of Mexico in the world. Today we support it with respect, solidarity and strength,” he said.

Although the cause of the accident still has to be examined, the first hypotheses indicate an error that created a loss of electricity and the ship had delivered the power of the current that dragged it towards the bridge, but nothing was determined. One of the people who witnessed the ship on the shore on Pier 17 refers to a failure of the tow, which is supposed to help the ship to leave the dock. “The tow could never really push the ship,” he says.

The crew of the Cuauhtémoc consists of 64 women and 213 men. On April 6, the ship from the port of ACAPULCO with the mission to “increase the spirit of the margin” and “to bear the message of peace and the goodwill of the Mexican people”. On his trip, 22 ports in 15 countries around the world should be visited. Before he arrived in New York, he had been in Jamaica and Cuba. The trip comprised at sea for 170 days and 84 days in ports. On this Saturday evening, when it was supposed to set a course for Iceland, the ship, surrounded by maritime patrols, spent the night alone on the banks of the city between Manhattan's bridges and Williamsburg, just a few meters from its departure.