Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge
Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News 1 hour ago
At least 22 people have been injured and three remain in a serious condition after a tall Mexican Navy training ship crashed into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge, the Mexican Navy says.
Footage has emerged showing towering masts of the Cuauhtémoc clipping the bridge as the sailing vessel was passing under the famous structure on Saturday evening.
Parts of the masts reportedly fell on the deck, with US media reporting multiple injuries as members of the crew were standing on the masts at the time of collision.
New York City's Emergency Management (NYCEM) said it was "responding to an incident", without giving any further details. Brooklyn Bridge has not sustained any damage, the mayor of New York said.
The Mexican Navy confirmed that the ship was damaged, saying the incident was being investigated.
Crowds who were watching the ship's trajectory fled from the water's edge as the masts collided with the bridge.
New York City's Fire Department confirmed that authorities were responding to injuries, reports CBS, BBC's US partner.
The department said it had no details about how many people might have been hurt or whether they were on the vessel or on the bridge.
In a statement on X, NYCEM said "the situation is developing and details are not confirmed at this time".
The mayor of New York Eric Adams is at the scene and has been briefed on the situation, CBS reported.
NYPD told residents to avoid the area of Brooklyn Bridge, South Street Seaport in Manhattan, and Dumbo in Brooklyn.
"Expect heavy traffic and a large presence of emergency vehicles in the surrounding area," police said on X.
Media reports say the Cuauhtémoc had more than 200 crew on board.
Senator Uba Sani, the Governor of Kaduna State and the APC Coordinating Governor for the North-West Zone, is hosting a gathering of All APC stakeholders from the North-West Zone in Kaduna State.
The Umaru Musa Yar'adua Hall is the venue for the event, which will include notable figures such as Nasir Idris, the Governor of Kebbi State, Malam Umar A. Namadi, the Governor of Jigawa State, Abbas Tajuddeen, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Barau I. Jibril, the Deputy Senate President, and Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the APC.
The gathering also includes, former governors, senators, National Assembly members, serving ministers from the North-West Zone, as well as members of the APC National Working Committee and state APC chairpersons from the North-West Zone.
“Fellow and worthy party men and women, while other parties are losing their members in droves and without any hope of attracting new members, our party, your party, has become Nigeria’s beautiful bride that is besotted by all. All well-meaning and right-thinking Nigerians are rushing to join the APC”.
- Governor Uba Sani at the ongoing APC North West Stakeholders Meeting
Abdallah Yunus Abdallah is the spokesman of the Kaduna State governor.
Abdallah Yunus Abdallah @Abdool85
Happening Now: Dr. Senator Uba Sani, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State and the APC Coordinating Governor for the North-West Zone, is currently hosting all stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the North-West Zone in Kaduna State.
The event is taking place at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Hall and features key figures, including Dr. Abbas Tajuddeen, the Speaker of the National Assembly; Barau I. Jibril, the Deputy Senate President; and Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the APC.
Also in attendance are current and former governors, senators, members of the National Assembly, serving ministers from the North-West Zone, members of the APC National Working Committee, and state APC chairpersons from the North-West Zone.
Ladies and gentlemen, Porthouse was wrong when she wrote that the South-East has never hosted any major sports competition or national team matches. She didn't know what she was writing about. All the other stuff about time is just an effort to save face.
porthouse7: what year was that, what happened to present day Igbo land
Shifting the goal post. You didn't say anything about year, you said that the South East has never hosted anything and that the Super Eagles and Super Falcons have never played in the South East.
porthouse7: South east never host anything in Nigeria, not even any age grade national team, not even national sport festival, all they do is to escape to other regions
If I say last year, you'll say it was too long ago or too recent, if I say 1989, you'll say it was too long ago or too recent.
Stop desperately trying to shift the goalpost and admit that you were wrong.
porthouse7: 1999? How many years ago, super Eagles never played in the south east
🤣 Oh, you saw 1999 and couldn't see 2009?
Anyway, you are wrong again.
The traditional homes of the Super Eagles and Super Falcons were National Stadium Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu, Ahmadu Bello Stadium Kaduna and Liberty Stadium Ibadan.
The Super Eagles have played in Enugu many many many times (remember the famous match against Congo in Enugu?).
The Super Falcons have also played in Enugu many many times (remember the famous series against the Netherlands when they played one match in Lagos and one match in Enugu).
Just admit that you don't know what you are talking about.
porthouse7: 1998? How many years ago.... Ogun State recently hosted the flamingos
In other words, you were wrong when you said that South East never host anything, right?
porthouse7: South east never host anything in Nigeria, not even any age grade national team, not even national sport festival, all they do is to escape to other regions
What were the venues for the Nigeria '99 and Nigeria 2009 FIFA world cups??
Who is the you that should take back their country? Who are you waiting for? Don't you have hands to take it yourself? Why are you waiting for somebody else to take it for you? Are you going to take it back on Nairaland??