AP: New York Fire Department says authorities are responding to injuries after ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge.

[Dennis Donovan]

Phil Lewis
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fire Department says authorities are responding to injuries after ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge. (Video: thewillienelson/x)
A video of a ship colliding with the Brooklyn bridge

May 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM

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[dem4decades]

1. That's a shame, but who did the calculations?

[Liberal In Texas]

2. This is very odd.

There's a tug boat on the starboard side. If the sailing ship's engine had a problem, why would the tug drag it into the bridge?

[Renew Deal]

3. Drivers keep going

I wonder if they felt anything on the bridge.

Idiotic mistake by the boat captain. Not sure how that's even possible

[C_U_L8R]

4. Crazy currents on the East River

That's no place to lose power.

[Renew Deal]

5. Some news popping up. It happened around 8:30PM NY time

And it's a Mexican Navy ship

[dalton99a]

6. Mexican Navy ship ARM Cuauhtemoc

[haele]

7. Sad, it was a Tall Ship

That seems like it's a tug boat or pilot error. There may be an engine onboard, but that engine isn't going to help much if the current is being tricky around the bridge.
Ships like these are very dependent on the tugs.

[onethatcares]

8. ok, someone has to fess up

which multi billionaire celebrated his daughters quincienera on that boat?

[Dennis Donovan]

9. WaPo: Mexican naval ship rams into Brooklyn Bridge, killing 2 and injuring 19

WaPo - (archived: https://archive.ph/LdFio ) Mexican naval ship rams into Brooklyn Bridge, killing 2 and injuring 19

The ARM Cuauhtémoc was sailing on New York City’s East River when the captain lost control of the ship. All the victims were crew members.

Updated
May 18, 2025 at 5:08 a.m.

By Kelly Kasulis Cho, Emmanuel Felton and El Calabrese

A towering Mexican naval sailing ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening during a festive journey down New York City’s East River, snapping two of its masts and killing two crew members, officials said.

Nineteen others were injured, and two remained in critical condition, Mayor Eric Adams said shortly after midnight Sunday. The injured were all also crew members, according to the Mexican government.

The captain of the ARM Cuauhtémoc lost control of the vessel after a mechanical failure, and the ship struck one of the bridge’s pillars, said Wilson Aramboles, the chief of special operations for the New York Police Department. Adams said the ship lost power before the crash.

The Cuauhtémoc, a roughly 150-foot-tall Mexican naval ship built more than 40 years ago in Spain, was shown in social media videos drifting along the river when it slowly crashed into the bridge, causing two of its masts to break and dangle in the air. The ship had attracted the attention of admirers before the crash, its brightly lit string lights, Mexican flags and dozens of white sails glowing against the evening skyline. Some fled the walkway along the water as the ship ground to a halt.

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