Sept. 6, 2024

Key Bridge Response 2024: An Inside Look from Three Response Team Members

BALTIMORE, MD — In the early hours of 26 March 2024, Merchant Vessel Dali, a 984-foot containership collided with the I-695 Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, which resulted in eight persons in the water, severe damage and grounding of the vessel, catastrophic collapse of the bridge into the Patapsco River, and complete obstruction of the federal navigational channel. Get an inside look from three Coast Guard members who responded to the incident.