Third body pulled from water after Baltimore bridge disaster
Divers recovered a third body after the Baltimore bridge collapse.
The body of a third victim of the Baltimore bridge disaster has been recovered.
A third missing victim has been pulled out of the water almost two weeks after a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
Divers found the body of Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, 38, on Friday.
The Honduran man was part of a maintenance crew of immigrant workers who were fixing potholes on the bridge in the middle of the night.
Six workers who vanished were from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
It came just hours before the US President Joe Biden visited the site where workers are clearing debris.
The Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement: ‘This evening the Unified Command announced that divers were able to bring Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, one of the remaining missing workers, home to his family.
‘While I take solace in knowing this brings us one step closer to closure, my heart continues to be with all the families still waiting anxiously for their loved ones.’
Joe Biden said after visiting the crash site: ‘I’m here to say your nation has your back and I mean it.
‘I’ve come here to grieve with you, we all have.’
Biden also praised the rescue efforts and greeted the police officers who helped to stop traffic just moments before the crash.
He vowed to ‘help you rebuild and maintain all the business and commerce that’s here now.’
Three more men remain missing and are presumed dead after the massive Dali cargo ship ploughed onto the bridge.
One of the missing is dad-of-three Miguel Luna, 40, from El Salvador.
Eight workers were on the bridge when it collapsed from underneath their feet on March 26.
Only two survivors were pulled out from the cold Patapsco River and taken to hospital shortly after the disaster.
The bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Baltimore, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, of Dundalk, Maryland, were pulled from a red pickup truck under 25 feet of water the following day.
Fuentes was originally from Mexico and Cabrera from Guatemala.
Officials have previously said the remaining bodies are likely stuck under concrete and mangled metal from the bridge.
State authorities also promised to find closure for each of the families.
A total of $60,000,000 (£47.4m) has been allocated for the clean up.
But building a new bridge could cost as much as $1bn, Maryland Democrat congressman David Trone told CBS.
Baltimore port is expected to return to normal capacity by end of May, the White House said.
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