A bakery employee who was one of the last people to cross Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge before it collapsed last week said in a recent interview that he was “really lucky” not to be a victim of the disaster. told about his experience.
Larry DeSantis told ABC News he believed he crossed the bridge between 1:26 and 1:27 a.m. Tuesday on his way to his job as a head baker at Herman’s Bakery in Dundalk. . At 1:29 a.m., after the cargo ship Dali struck one of the bridge supports, Maryland Department of Transportation police dispatch audio captured an officer saying, “The whole bridge fell.”
“It makes me think: I mean, I’m really lucky,” DeSantis said. “In a minute, I won’t be here.”
Maryland Transit Authority police had called for all traffic on the bridge to stop shortly before the crash involving the Dali.
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The collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was photographed on Sunday, March 31st. (AP/Mike Pesoli)
“It was kind of eerie because there weren’t any cars on the bridge,” DeSantis told ABC News, recalling what it was like to travel on the bridge at the time. You’ll see a lot of tractor trailers coming and going.”
He also told WBAL that he didn’t realize the bridge had collapsed until a colleague called him and asked him where he was.
“I was sitting at a traffic light and a woman here called me and said, ‘Where are you?’ She knew, so I said, ‘Did you go home?’ So I said, ‘No, I just crossed the bridge,’ and she said, ‘Well, the bridge just collapsed,'” DeSantis said.
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A Dali cargo ship rests on the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (AP/Matt Rourke)
The collapse killed six construction workers. As of Monday, only two bodies had been recovered from the waters of the Patapsco River.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Saturday that conditions remain “unsafe” for rescue divers due to weather and debris after the bridge collapse.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 27, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (Reuters/Julia Nickinson)
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“Underwater conditions are not safe for rescue divers, and I’m not just talking about weather and wind,” Moore said at a news conference. “We’re talking about debris. We’re talking about debris. We’re talking about pieces of the Key Bridge that are underwater.”
FOX News’ Haley Chiesin contributed to this report.
