The body of a third construction worker killed in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was found by authorities Friday.
Divers found Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38, in the rubble around 10:30 a.m., 11 days after the disaster that claimed the lives of six workers repairing potholes on the bridge.
“The Key Bridge collapse is without a doubt one of the most difficult tragedies we have faced as a law enforcement agency,” said Colonel Roland L. Butler, Jr. , Superintendent of Police, Maryland Department of State.
“Together with our local, state and federal public safety partners, we will not give up,” Butler said. “There are families who are still waiting to know if we have found their loved one. I can promise you, we are fully committed to finding a solution for each of these families.
Suazo-Sandoval was a big fan of the FC Motagua soccer team, who sent money to Honduras to buy medicine for sick relatives, birthday cakes for celebrations, and soccer uniforms for children of his city.
Her brother, Carlos Alexis Suazo Sandoval, said family members were relieved that Suazo-Sandoval’s body had been found, telling the Washington Post that “that was the No. 1 goal.”
“We were distressed as a family,” Guardado said, adding that the news was “hard, but at the same time comforting.”
“The only thing we asked in the end is that his body can be found,” he added.
Hours after the restart, the Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles announced they would donate $10 million to the Baltimore Community Foundation’s Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Fund, with the funds benefiting families, workers ports, first responders and small businesses affected by the tragedy.
Authorities have not provided any details about the recovery or where Suazo-Sandoval’s body was found, but Mayor Brandon Scott confirmed he was one of the construction workers who fell into the Patapsco River when a container ship lost power and struck one of the bridge supports. beams.
The workers were part of a construction crew working to repair potholes on the bridge, but they were in their car enjoying their break when the bridge collapsed.
The bodies of two Brawner Builders construction workers were pulled from a submerged red pickup truck 25 feet below the surface near the bridge’s center span a day after the disaster.
The bodies of three other people have not yet been found.
Recovery teams said earlier this week they were carefully removing piles of steel and concrete at the collapse site, which they said had trapped the bodies of the remaining victims.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the mission would be “very difficult and challenging” because the water civility is only one or two feet.
Divers are using sonar mapping from the mangled disaster to navigate the wreckage, both to bring back victims’ bodies and to save what was once the iconic bridge.
The ship’s owners, Synergy and Grace Ocean, filed a court motion Monday seeking to limit their legal liability, a common but important procedure for cases tried under U.S. maritime law. A federal court in Maryland will ultimately decide who is responsible and how much they owe.
New York Post
