Accident in Brooklyn Bridge kills two cadets of the Mexican Navy: América Yamilet Sánchez and Adal Jair Marcos identified |

A routine departure became tragic on Saturday evening when the high ship of the Mexican Navy, Cuauhtémoc, collided with Brooklyn Bridge, which led to the death of two young cadets and had injured at least 19 more.The ship, part of a goodwill tour, lost the power supply and immersed them backwards into the legendary bridge at 8:20 p.m. He grabbed all three masts and caused chaos on board.The victims were identified as América Yamilet Sánchez (20) from Xalapa, Veracruz and Adal Jair Marcos (22) from Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. Both were at the shaft level when the collision occurred. Sánchez, an experienced swimmer and top student of the Heroica Escuela Naval Militar, had recently posted a photo in front of the ship just a few hours before the incident. Marcos, lovingly known as “Tyson” among his colleagues, was known for his extensive trips and his commitment to the navy. “I deeply regret the death of Veracruz. América Yamilet Sánchez.According to the Mexican Outlet El Universal, Marcos had been on board the ship for the past nine months and had traveled from Hawaii and Tokyo to New Zealand and Australia. “Two months ago they gave me a shirt from the barque team that they loved the most, and now they are no longer with us,” wrote one of his grieving friends online. “God bless you up there and I hope I see you again and share you with you again.”The Cuauhtémoc, a 297-foot training ship, started as part of his 170-day trip to the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence Mexico. The ship was on a memorial training trip in which the “two hundred years of consolidation of the independence of the sea” was celebrated – at 200 years since the Mexican marine excluded the last Spanish armed forces from the country. It had sailed from the Mexican island of Cozumel from the Yucatán Peninsula on May 4 to contest a 170-day trip to visit 22 ports in 15 countries.Preliminary reports indicate that a mechanical failure led to the ship lost to electricity and it caused it to drift into the bridge backwards. Studies from the US Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board have not yet been completed.The officials of the Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and New York expressed condolences and support for the families of the victims. The Mexican Navy has undertaken to repatriate the bodies of the cadets and support their families during this tragedy.The Cuauhtémoc remains near his starting point, while the authorities rate the damage and continue their investigation.