Infrastructure Week Comes Early!
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Not great timing, Mexican Navy! JD Vance and Stephen Miller are probably already planning to make this part of the casus belli for drone strikes in Mexico.
A Mexican Navy sailing ship on a good will tour drifted directly into the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, smashing its masts and rigging and killing two crew members.
There were 277 people on board the ship, the Cuauhtémoc, at the time of the crash, and everyone is believed to be accounted for, a New York Fire Department official said.
Mayor Eric Adams said in a social media post after midnight that two people had died, and that the ship had lost power before the crash.
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said on social media that the two people who died were crew members on the Cuauhtémoc.
At least 22 others were injured in the crash, including 11 who were in critical condition and nine in stable condition, the Mexican Navy said in a statement.
For the record, ARM Cuauhtémoc (named after the last Aztec Emperor, although modern usage discourages both “Aztec” and “Emperor” to describe the political confederation and its rulers) is an 1800 ton barque commissioned in 1982 and home ported in Acapulco. She’s used for sail training and good will missions around the world. She has sister ships in Colombian, Ecuadoran, and Venezuelan service. Beautiful vessels. Deepest condolences to the injured and deceased and to their families, of course.
A few months back Loomis sent me a Mexican Navy cap that I’ve enjoyed wearing about town; make have to take some care moving forward…
