Friend --

At 1:30 am on March 26th, a cargo ship leaving the Port of Baltimore lost power and hit a pylon supporting Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, which bridge then simply folded, and completely collapsed within 4 seconds.?

Watch here.

The 1.6 mile long bridge, completed in 1977, was named for the author of the American national anthem, Francis Scott Key.? Key had written the "The Star Spangled Banner", while watching the British attack on Fort McHenry and Baltimore during the War of 1812.? "Will our flag still wave?" asked Key. The Francis Scott Key Bridge was the second longest? steel arch continuous through truss bridge in the US, and the third longest such bridge in the world.? It was a critical transportation link around the outer harbor of Baltimore, connecting New York and Washington.? The bridge played a major role in the Port of Baltimore and with what had been, at one time,? the powerful industrial capabilities of the area.

So, what happened?

The Sare symposium tonight, March 29, will discuss the issues behind the bridge's total collapse, including the current state of American infrastructure, the relation of infrastructure to the collapsing industrial capability of the nation, and the misdirection of American industrial capabilities and talents into unending wars.

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New York Symposium, March 29, 2024--Why Did the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse?

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--Diane

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