Maryland Governor Wes Moore stated Saturday that conditions remain “unsafe” for rescue divers due to weather and debris following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
“Conditions in the water make it unsafe for rescue divers. And we’re not just talking about weather and wind,” Moore said during a press conference, appearing alongside Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott and first responders. “We’re talking about debris, we’re talking about wreckage. We’re talking about pieces of the Key Bridge that are in the water.”
“We are going to ensure the safety of our first responders and we are not going to compromise one for the other,” Moore continued. “We are going to do both at the same time.”
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“Right now, the conditions make it unsafe for rescue divers, but as soon as those conditions change, Colonel Butler has assured me that those rescue divers will be going right back in the water,” Moore said.
Moore also said the Army Corps and their partners would move forward with crane operations Saturday and north sections of the bridge would be cut up and removed, calling it “a remarkably complicated process.”
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