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Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by a2tech on Sunday May 18, 2025 @07:27AM (#44020518)
If you watch the video you can see tugs moving the boat. Current speculation is that the tugs/harbor captain messed up and the ship got away from them in the tide and drifted backwards into the bridge.
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Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by Polizeiposaune on Sunday May 18, 2025 @08:41AM (#44020968)
Tugs were nearby; one had helped it back away from the pier it had been docked at, but none were hooked up at the time of the collision.

Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University - saw indications that the ship's engine may have been stuck in reverse.

See video edited from his livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2p9bYfFhHE

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