Mexico mourns the loss of the cadets that collapsed with Brooklyn Bridge on a training ship

Xalapa, Mexico – Dozens of people gathered in the street overnight, where one of the Mexican naval cadets died when their training vessel met the Brooklyn Bridge.

América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, was at the Naval Academy last year when she was killed on board the Marine teaching ship Cuauhtemoc on Saturday.

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, a small amount gathered near her house, many held white roses and their cell phones to shed light on the way for the corpse car with her body.

The naval officers accompanied their arrival at midnight at the Orange Mainted House in Veracruz 'State Capital Xalapa.

Sánchez was the pride of her family, an outstanding student and athlete who had already been characterized – and achieved top brands in her studies on the engineering of Naval Systems. She was a squadron director and among those who were selected for the special group that President Claudia Sheinbaum accompanied during her inauguration.

“I will wear you in my heart. My daughter is the pride of all of Mexico for the whole world,” said Cosme Sánchez and held a photo of his daughter in her clothing uniform. “I'm destroyed, but we will go forward. My daughter was an example for everyone, she will be remembered as it should be.”

Among the flower arrangements at the home of her family, one with a white sash was “Barracuda's family, with love”. It came from the local swimming school, in which Sánchez learned a decade ago to make her first blows. At the Naval Academy she won medals and represented the institution nationally in open swimming competitions.

Her latest honor was awarded a place on board the Cuauhtemoc, where 22 ports were visited in 15 countries. On Saturday she sent her photos to her parents, told them that she loved her and excited about the next stop of the ship: Iceland.

Sánchez was high in one of the three masts of the Cuauhtemoc on Saturday evening when she fell out of the dock in New York, her family's authorities said. It is a ceremonial practice to welcome and pay for ports. “It is a representation of discipline, skill and respect that are common in training sailing boats,” said her uncle Rodolfo Hernández Sayago.

“She was the pride of the family,” said Hernández. “My girl stood out in everything she did.”

The US investigators set a timeline on Monday that was shown that the Cuauhtemoc was in progress for less than 5 minutes before its masts stormed into the historical span, and radio calls that point out that it was in need went only 45 seconds before the fatal collision.

With the help of a tractor, the Cuauhtemoc withdrew on Saturday at 8:20 p.m. from a pier in Manhattan, which was filled with cheering people at 8:20 p.m.

Four minutes after the ship's departure, there was a radio call, in which additional tractors in the region were asked for help, followed by other inquiries for support, Brian Young, investigator of the National Transportation Safety Board, said on Monday a media conference. Forty -five seconds after the first call, the ship hit the bridge and grabbed its three masts.

After a few minutes, the ship separated from the tug and picked up the speed and still moved the other way around and went to the bridge.

The Brooklyn Bridge escaped great damage, but according to officials at least 19 of the 277 seafarers of the ship had to be medically treated.

Seven officers and 172 cadets who were on board the Cuauhtemoc arrived in the port of Veracruz on the early Monday, where the Mexican naval school is, the Mexican Navy said in one position on X.

The body of the other killed sailor, 23-year-old Adal Jair Jair Maldonado Marcos, was also returned to Mexico on Monday.