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The U.S. government awarded the state ofMarylandan initial $60millionin emergency funds on Thursday to clear debris and beginrebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott KeyBridgeinBaltimore, an extraordinarily fast disbursement after such a disaster...
Such funding typically takes days, but President Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday he directed the federal government to "move heaven and earth" to quicklyrebuildthebridge, which forms part of a highway looping aroundBaltimore...
Moore told a press conference the top priority was to recover the missing construction workers who were conducting repairs on thebridgewhen the vessel known as the Dali struck a support column around 1:30 a.m..
We're talking 3,000 or 4,000 tons of steel that's sitting on top of that ship," Moore said.. Until diving operations were suspended due to safety concerns on Wednesday night, divers searching for the victims had been impeded by the volume and density of the debris that blocked out sunlight...
Marylandofficials said the emergency funds would support "mobilization, operations, and debris removal, laying the foundation for a rapid recovery" and that the state may seek additional emergency funding as damage assessments progress...
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