How you can help the families of the Key Bridge collapse victims
WORKERS TO COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. THE O’S ESTAMOS USTEDES AQUI AHORA SIEMPRE. WE ARE ALL WITH YOU. WE ARE ALL OF YOU. WE ARE ALL WITH YOU. WE ARE ALL OF YOU. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW AND ALWAYS. HARD HATS A CANDLE AND FLOWERS. ALL TO REMEMBER. THE SIX CONTRACTORS WHO DIED WHILE WORKING ON THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. THEY WERE DOING ROAD REPAIRS, FILLING POTHOLES WHEN THE STRUCTURE WAS HIT BY THE CONTAINER SHIP DOLLY AND COLLAPSED INTO THE PATAPSCO RIVER. WE ARE JOINED TOGETHER TODAY FOR A SOMBER MOMENT OF HONORING THE SIX BROTHERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE THIS WEEK, AND THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO PERFORMED THE DANGEROUS YET CRITICAL WORK OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. 11 NEWS SHOWED YOU VIDEO OF THE WORK CREW TAKEN BY A DRIVER’S DASH CAM VIDEO. TWO HOURS BEFORE THE BRIDGE CAME CRASHING DOWN, TWO MEN SURVIVED DIVERS AS PART OF A RECOVERY EFFORT DID FIND THE BODIES OF TWO VICTIMS. THE FOREMAN ON THE JOB, 35 YEAR OLD ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ FUENTES OF BALTIMORE, AND WORKER, 26 YEAR OLD JULIAN RONIEL CASTILLO CABRERA OF DUNDALK. FOUR OTHERS ARE STILL MISSING, INCLUDING MAYNARD SUSO SANDOVAL, WHO LIVED. IN OWINGS MILLS, THE MARRIED FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN, WAS ORIGINALLY FROM HONDURAS AND HAD LIVED IN THE U.S. FOR 17 YEARS. MIGUEL LUNA LIVED IN MARYLAND 19 YEARS. THE MARRIED FATHER OF THREE WAS FROM EL SALVADOR THROUGH AN INTERPRETER, OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TALKED ABOUT THE DANGERS THEY FACE, AND I ASKED MYSELF. WHAT WERE TO HAPPEN IF I WERE TO GET INJURED, OR EVEN WORSE. THE GATHERING IS ALSO TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS WHO COME TO THE U.S. AND WORK IN DANGEROUS OR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, WITH VERY LITTLE PROTECTION. ONE DAY I HAD A FALL, FELL INTO ANOTHER ROOF, AND BEGAN PELIGRO MI TRABAJO. THIS IS A EXPERIENCE THAT PUT ME INTO GREAT DANGER. AT WORK. A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THE VICTIMS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND WORKERS IN NEED OF HELP. I WANT TO TELL YOU WITH ALL MY HEART THAT WE ARE WITH YOU. NOSOTROS ESTAMOS CON USTEDES. AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO WERE HERE SAY THAT THEY WILL NOT FORGET THE SACRIFICE MADE BY THOSE SIX MEN.
How you can help the families of the Key Bridge collapse victims
Updated: 3:38 PM PDT Apr 2, 2024
Baltimore City officials are raising money for the families of those impacted by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.Video above: Memorial remembers 6 construction workers lost in bridge collapseThe Baltimore Civic Fund has opened a donation page to support the victims’ families and the families of the survivors.”The money raised will be distributed to the families of those impacted. While monetary support can never replace the loss of a loved one, our goal is to help ease the burden of those affected by this tragedy,” the page says.You can learn more and contribute to the fund here.Also, find more ways to give here from sister station WBAL-TV’s partners at Baltimore Magazine.
Baltimore City officials are raising money for the families of those impacted by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
Video above: Memorial remembers 6 construction workers lost in bridge collapse
The Baltimore Civic Fund has opened a donation page to support the victims’ families and the families of the survivors.
“The money raised will be distributed to the families of those impacted. While monetary support can never replace the loss of a loved one, our goal is to help ease the burden of those affected by this tragedy,” the page says.
Also, find more ways to give here from sister station WBAL-TV’s partners at Baltimore Magazine.
