A 984-foot cargo send hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early on Tuesday night, causing the gate to decline, leaving six people missing and presumed dead. All six have been identified as american construction workers actually hailing from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Wes Moore, the government of Maryland, claimed that the ship’s crew was able to challenge an emergency headquarters call before colliding with the bridge, which made it possible for authorities to prevent incoming traffic and prevent further casualties. But, reports say the personnel already on the bridge were never given similar instructions. The problem that we should be asking about is why the people on that bridge had no direct access to emergency services when they were evidently working in a potentially dangerous environment, according to journalist Maximillian Alvarez, the editor-in-chief of the Baltimore-based organization The Real News Network, who has been closely following the incident and how it has affected working-class and expat communities. What does this tale genuinely teach us, exactly? That refugees are patching our holes at night so that we can get to work quickly in the morning, Alvarez claims. ” I hope people can see this and the society in us,” he said.
