NEW YORK
\nTwo people died and 19 others were injured after a Mexican Navy training ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday.
\nThe ship snapped all three of its masts as it collided with the New York City landmark late Saturday, while onlookers enjoying the balmy spring evening watched in horror.
\n\u201cAt this time, of the 277 on board, 19 sustained injuries, 2 of which remain in critical condition, and 2 more have sadly passed away from their injuries,\u201d Adams posted on X.
\nFootage shared online showed the Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtemoc, its sails furled and festive lights draped in its rigging, as it tried to pass beneath the bridge, which sheared off the masts and sent them crashing into the East River.
\nThe Mexican Navy said in a statement that 22 people on board the ship were injured in the crash, three of them critically.
\nThe ship lost power while the captain was maneuvering the vessel, forcing it to head for the bridge abutment on the Brooklyn side, New York police chief of special operations Wilson Aramboles told a press conference.
\nThere was \u201cpanic on the ship,\u201d Brooklyn resident Nick Corso, 23, who was standing near the water, told AFP.
\nHe had been poised to take a photo, but when he realised what was happening he switched to video.
\n\u201cLots of screaming, some sailors hanging from the masts, looked like panic happening on the ship,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cI didn\u2019t see anyone fall into the water but lots of people up top. People ran back and were screaming!\u201d Corso, who does marketing for the entertainment company VeeFriends, said.
\n\u201cThe one thing that stood out to me was the panic on the ship, and there was a guy at the back waving for people to move away from the walkway we were on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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