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Mexico Navy Sailing Ship on Good Will Tour Crashes Into Brooklyn Bridge

There were 277 people on board when the ship drifted directly into the underside of the bridge on Saturday night, the authorities said. Two crew members were killed.

Today, about approximately 2020 hours, the ship was departing from, from Pier 17, where it was heading out to sea. The pilot, the captain that was maneuvering the ship, lost, I guess, power of the ship in the current. A mechanical function caused the ship to go right into the pillar of the bridge, hitting the masts of the ship where there was a couple of sailors on top of it. These sailors were injured as a result of the masts striking the bridge.

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