‘We’re tough’: Baltimore pulls together after bridge collapse

Residents of the ‘blue-collar melting pot’ are donating meals and ‘stand ready’ to help with recovery – but what will it entail?

Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge took five years to build and then became an artery on which the blue-collar American city relied for nearly 50 years.

But it was gone within a few seconds when a huge cargo ship exiting the city’s port struck it on Tuesday, toppling the landmark and sending at least eight workers plummeting into the frigid waters below. Across Baltimore, as well as the US and the rest of the world, people reacted with shock and horror to videos of the gigantic structure crumpling into the river.

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