In New York, the Ship of the Naval Forces of Mexico Cuuhtémoc, which performed the “tour of goodwill”, crashed into the lower part of the Brooklyn bridge. In the video published in social networks, the ship passing under the bridge hurts its lower part with illuminated matches, they break off. According to the mayor of New York Eric Adams, there were 277 people aboard. At least 19 people were injured and were delivered to hospitals, two are in critical condition. Two more died. Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed condolences to the two dead members of the ship’s crew and thanked the mayor of the Found York for support. The statement of the Mexican Navy says that the ship sailed on April 6 from Acapulco with a mission, the purpose of which was to “exalue the spirit of navigation, strengthen the naval education and convey the Epistle of the Mexican people about peace and goodwill to the seas and ports of the world.” The ship was supposed to go to New York, and then to Iceland, Scotland, Spain and Great Britain. After the preliminary inspection, it was found that the bridge was not damaged, it was already open to the public, wrote Adams. The commercial was moored at the Pierce 17 in Manhattan just below the Brooklyn bridge and was supposed to go south, to leave the Harbor of New York, but instead, apparently, he went in the wrong direction, writes The New York Times with the reference. on the representative of the city emergency department. (Tagstotranslate) News
