View of Baltimore bridge destruction.Photo:Rob Carr/Getty
Rob Carr/Getty
The wife of a construction worker who was on theFrancis Scott Key BridgeTuesday morning is calling her husband’s survival during its collapse a “miracle.”
In an interview withNBC Newspublished on Thursday, the wife of Julio Cervantes, one of eight construction workers on the bridge at the time of the incident, said, “All of the men were on a break in their cars when the boat hit.”
“We don’t know if they were warned before the impact,” she continued. “My husband doesn’t know how to swim. It is a miracle he survived.”
Aerial view of Baltimore bridge collapse.JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty
The wife, who did not disclose her name to the outlet, shared that her husband was taken to the hospital with a chest wound after being rescued but was released the same day.
The bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Baltimore, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, of Dundalk,were found inside a red pickup truck submerged in 25 feet of water. According to NBC News, one of the two men is Cervantes' wife’s brother-in-law.
She told the outlet that her family has not been able to sleep, being that one of the workers who remains missing is her nephew.
View of area around scene of Baltimore bridge collapse.Tasos Katopodis/Getty
Tasos Katopodis/Getty
In a Spanish-language interview with PEOPLE, Jesus Campos, who worked with the men, described them as"good people."
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said in an interview withCBS Morningsthat he has met with the families of those who are presumed dead, nothing thathis “heart is broken” for them.
“They received the worst news that they could have possibly received. When their family members left to go to work, they never imagined that the result would be … a bridge collapsed, and now their family member’s missing,” said Moore.
On Thursday evening, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced that the Biden administration approved the distribution of $60 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief funds to help rebuild the bridge.
Rescue personnel gathers at scene of Baltimore bridge collapse.JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
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Apress releasestates, “These funds serve as a down payment toward initial costs, and additional Emergency Relief program funding will be made available as work continues.”
source: people.com
