One year ago today, in the very early hours of the morning, the Dali cargo ship left the Port of Baltimore. Minutes later, at 1:28am, the ship struck one of the piers of the Francis Scott Key Bridge as it attempted to make its way to sea. The bridge -- that had stood for decades over the Patapsco -- collapsed in seconds. Eight workers were on the bridge at the time. Two were rescued. The other six lost their lives. The tragedy has forever changed the city’s skyline, and even more so the surrounding communities.
But Baltimore came together, as it always does. Plans to build a new bridge are underway. And the families and communities have begun the process, to rebuild, and to heal.
Maria Gabriela Aldana is an oral historian and community engagement specialist and for the past several months she’s been conducting interviews of people from all walks of life, whose lives were affected by the collapse. She is also the co-founder of The Art of Solidarity, which is working with the Baltimore Museum of Industry to document what the collapse of the Key Bridge has meant to our community. It’s called “Echoes from the Key Bridge," funded by the Baltimore Community Foundation.
