{"id":7080,"date":"2025-05-19T13:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/brooklyn-bridge-ship-crash-victims-identified-update-expected-from-investigators\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:36:18","slug":"brooklyn-bridge-ship-crash-victims-identified-update-expected-from-investigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/brooklyn-bridge-ship-crash-victims-identified-update-expected-from-investigators\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Bridge ship crash victims identified, update expected from investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Federal investigators looking into the Mexican navy ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge<\/a><\/span> over the weekend are expected to provide an update Monday afternoon in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We will stream that NTSB update at 3 p.m. live on CBS News New York<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The National Transportation Safety Board started collecting evidence Sunday<\/a><\/span> to piece together what happened. The Coast Guard helped move the ship to safety, but commercial water traffic remains suspended in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, people have been leaving flowers and candles at Pier 36 on the Lower East Side to pay tribute to the crew members.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The damaged masts of the Cuauht\u00e9moc, a Mexican Navy training ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, are seen as it sits docked at Pier 36 in lower Manhattan on May 18, 2025 in New York City. The ship, which snapped all three of its masts as it collided with the New York City landmark bridge, killed at least two people and injured dozens of others.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Witnesses said the crew wrapped up a ceremonial departure shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday at South Street Seaport. As the Cuauht\u00e9moc ship took off for Iceland, it crashed into the bridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Video showed all three masts snap off, leaving some crew members dangling from harnesses and holding onto wires.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Eric Adams\u00a0said on social media<\/a>\u00a0the ship lost power before the crash.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Mexican Navy training ship that hit the Brooklyn Bridge sits moored in lower Manhattan as seen from Brooklyn on May 18, 2025. Two people died and 19 others were injured after a Mexican Navy training ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Officials said 277 people were on board, two people were killed and 19 were injured. Authorities identified one victim as 20-year-old cadet Am\u00e9rica Yamilet S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n

“I deeply regret the passing of Veracruz cadet Am\u00e9rica Yamilet S\u00e1nchez. My love, support, and solidarity go out to her family,” the governor of Veracruz, Rocio Nahle, wrote in Spanish on social media.<\/p>\n

The second victim has been identified as Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos, according to Mexican authorities<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sanchez’s family members spoke out Sunday as they mourned their loss, holding on to photos of her and each other. Her aunt questioned why the Mexican navy hasn’t done more to bring the family to New York to recover her body. Another family member called the videos illogical, adding it should’ve never happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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