“We are going to rebuild this port as soon as possible, and we are going to do it together“said the president, who is committed to paying for the Administration’s entire cost of repairing the bridge. To do so, he will seek the support of Congress, with the aim of authorizing the repairs as soon as possible and reestablishing the usual service of the port of Baltimore. As indicated by the correspondent Agustín Alcalá, This pier has a very relevant economic weight in the state of Maryland and on the East Coast.

On the other hand, Biden recalled that the authorities consider that the impact of the freighter on the pillars of the bridge It was an accident: “Everything seems to indicate that it is an accident, and we have no indication that it was an intentional act“said the President of the United States, dispelling doubts about the possibility that a terrorist attack had occurred in the North American city.

A shocking collapse

Shortly before 1:30 a.m. this Tuesday – Baltimore local time – a container freighter collided with one of the pillars of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the collapse of the structure and the collapse of the bridge over the Patapsco River. Two people were rescued alive – one of them in serious condition – while authorities They continue to search for eight people missing during the incident.

The chief of the Baltimore Fire Department, James Wallace, has confirmed the presence of several vehicles who would have fallen into the water after the accident: the bridge, inaugurated in 1977, is part off Maryland Interstate 695and has 2.5 kilometers long.