Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott appeared to ask CNN on Tuesday to stop airing “traumatizing” footage of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
“I’m going to be the first to ask that CNN and everyone else stop showing the video,” Scott told CNN’s Sara Sidner. “No one needs to see a possibility of their family member being severely injured or otherwise over and over and over again.”
“It’s just traumatizing our community.”
The Francis Scott Key Bridge sustained a “catastrophic collapse” at about 1:30 a.m. after a cargo ship rammed into one of the supports for the structure, sending people and vehicles into the water below.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott holds a news conference after a container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner via
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