The body of the third construction worker killed in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was recovered by authorities Friday.
Divers found Mayor Yasir Suazo Sandoval, 38, among the wreckage around 10:30 a.m., 11 days after the disaster claimed the lives of six workers repairing holes in the bridge.
“The collapse of the Key Bridge is without a doubt one of the most difficult tragedies we have faced as a law enforcement agency,” said Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Roland L. Butler Jr.
“Together with our local, state and federal public safety partners, we will not give up,” Butler said. “There are families still waiting to hear if their loved one has been found. We are committed to doing everything in our power to find closure for each of these families.”
Suazo-Sandoval, an avid fan of the soccer team FC Motagua, sent money to Honduras to buy medicine for a sick relative, a birthday cake to celebrate and soccer uniforms for children in town.
His brother, Carlos Alexis Suazo Sandoval, said the family was relieved that Suazo-Sandoval’s body had been recovered. told the Washington Post “That was the biggest goal.”
“We are heartbroken as a family,” Guardado said, adding that the news was “painful but comforting at the same time.”
“The last thing we asked was that his body be found,” he added.
Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles hours after recovery They announced they would donate $10 million. It will be donated to the Baltimore Community Foundation’s Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Fund, which will benefit families, longshoremen, first responders and small businesses affected by the tragedy.
Officials have not released details about how Suazo Sandoval’s body was recovered or where it was found, but Mayor Brandon Scott said he was at Patapsco when the container ship lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supports. He admitted to being one of the construction workers who fell into the river. Beam.
The workers were part of a construction crew repairing a hole in the bridge and were enjoying a break in their car when the bridge collapsed.
The bodies of two Brauner Builders construction workers were pulled from a red pickup truck that had sunk 25 feet under water near the bridge’s midspan a day after the disaster.
The bodies of the other three have not yet been recovered.
Recovery workers announced earlier this week that they were carefully removing piles of steel and concrete from the collapse site where the remaining bodies of the victims were believed to have been trapped.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the mission will be “extremely difficult and challenging” because the water is only 1 to 2 feet deep.
Divers are using sonar mapping of the destroyed disaster to navigate the shipwreck, bringing back the bodies of victims and salvaging what was once an iconic bridge.
The ship’s owners, Synergy Corp. and Grace Ocean Corp., filed a motion in court Monday seeking to limit their liability, a routine but important step in cases litigated under U.S. maritime law. It is a procedure. A federal court in Maryland will ultimately decide who is responsible and how much is owed.
