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According to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the incident that a Mexican Navy training ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge left two people dead and 19 others injured.

Onlookers enjoying the gloomy spring evening watched in horror as the ship collided with the landmark in New York City, where all three of its masts were snapped.

“At this time, 19 of the 277 on board suffered injuries, 2 of which are still in critical condition, and 2 more have sadly passed away from their injuries,” Adams wrote on X.

The Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtemoc tried to pass beneath the bridge, which sheared off the masts and sent them flying into the East River, but footage from online footage shows it trying to pass, its sails strewn, and festive lights draped in its rigging.

Numerous enthralling spectators had assembled just before the ship’s departure on Tuesday, which had been docked at a pier in southern Manhattan.

Two crew members died in the collision, according to a statement from the Mexican Navy, and 22 more were injured, half of whom were in critical condition.

Claudia Sheinbaum, the president of Mexico, stated on X that the deaths of the two crew members “deeply saddens me.”

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At around 8:20 p.m. (0020 GMT Sunday), the ship lost power as a result of the captain’s maneuvering, forcing it to veer toward the Brooklyn side’s bridge abutment, according to New York police special operations officer Wilson Aramboles at a press conference.

When the ship crashed into the bridge, several sailors on the ship’s top, according to Aramboles.

If these sailors are among the dead, it’s not known.

Nick Corso, a 23-year-old Brooklyn resident who was standing near the water, claimed there was “panic on the ship.”

He had planned to take a photo, but when he realized what was happening, he decided to record it.

He claimed that there were a lot of screaming and sailors hanging from the masts, which sounded like there was panic on board.

“Many people up top, but nobody I saw fell into the water.” People screamed and ran back. According to Corso, who runs VeeFriends’ marketing department.

He said, “The panic on the ship, and there was a guy at the back waving for people to leave the walkway we were on, was the one thing that stood out to me.”

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No one was rescued from the water, according to the Mexican Navy’s statement, and no rescue operation had been launched.

Flags flew off the ship’s stern as it was leaving New York at the time, and there were also some flaming Mexican flags in the rigging.

According to Arturo Acatitla, a 37-year-old New York resident, “suddenly we saw all the lights, how they collided, hit the bridge, and they (the sailors) all fell down” seconds after the ship left the dock.

The New York transportation department posted on X, “While inspections will continue, there are no signs of structural damage to the Brooklyn Bridge.”

Before it resumed, the Brooklyn-to-New York Bridge was closed for about 40 minutes.

According to the Mexican ambassador, Esteban Moctezuma Barragan, at a press conference, victims were taken to hospitals, and nearby sirens could be audible.

The Cuauhtemoc, a barque built in 1982 and having a mast height of 48.2 meters (158 feet), was sailing to Iceland at the time of its collision, according to Aramboles of the New York Police Department.

We celebrated its arrival at Pier 17 in Manhattan with mariachi, folk ballet, and an empathetic community,” according to the ambassador’s post.

The Mexican Navy confirmed in a statement on X that the Cuauhtemoc had suffered damage as a result of the “mishap.”

The Mexican Navy’s Ministry of the Navy reiterates its commitment to the safety of its personnel, transparency in its operations, and excellence in the training of its future officers, according to the statement.

An AFP journalist witnessed the ship being later moved to a location close to the Manhattan Bridge.

Residents of the area on X were advised by the New York Police Department to avoid it because of “heavy traffic” and “a large presence of emergency vehicles.”

In the last two years, a ship has collided into a bridge in Baltimore, killing six road workers, and the second time the ship has done so in less than a year.

Another tragic incident has occurred in the same area nearly seven months after a boat accident that killed over one hundred villagers in Kaiama Local Government Area, Kwara State.

27 people were killed when a boat carrying people returning from a market trip in Niger State capsized this time.

The tragedy occurred three nights ago while they were returning from Niger State, according to an eyewitness and incident survivor. The boat capsized as a result of overflowing, according to the account.
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He added that a storm’s imminent storm and strong winds from an approaching storm also contributed to the incident, though he was unable to confirm the exact number of passengers on board.

The government would no longer tolerate the almost annually occurring repetition of these tragedies, according to the chairman of the Kaiama Local Government Area, Abdullah Danladi, who led a government delegation to the victims’ families.

He announced plans to form a committee to ban nighttime travel, enforce life jacket use, and establish other safety measures.

Two helicopters carrying five people collided in midair and crashed to the ground on Saturday in Finland, killing several people, according to police.

“The accident has left several people dead,” they said. The police said in a statement that the exact number of victims and the passengers’ identities are still being determined.

According to reports from the media, the helicopters had taken off from Estonia and carried two businesspeople in one direction.

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Around noon, according to reports, they collided west of Helsinki. Officials failed to explain the cause of the collision.

Witnesses who were cited by Finnish newspaper Iltalehti, Antti Marjanen, claimed they witnessed one of the helicopters crashing into the other during a manoeuvre.

“One of them slammed like a stone, and the other took it more slowly.” Marjanen was quoted as saying, “I didn’t hear any sound.”

In the midst of the political strife between the two, Nyesom Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, has referred to Siminalayi Fubara as his “boy.”

Although Bola Tinubu, the president’s representative, filed a lawsuit for reparation, Wike, the Federal Capital Territory’s minister, said he was not opposed to the action.

“My son, my boy,” the saying goes. How can we engage in combat? The people I fight are those who want to steal things from their employers.

How will you tell me to make peace and I won’t, I asked the President when I called for peace. In an interview with the BBC Pidgin, he said.

The state experienced a political crisis as a result of Wike and Fubara’s disagreement.

In response, President Tinubu suspended Fubara, his deputy, and the House of Assembly. He also declared a state of emergency in Rivers.

Additionally, he appointed Ibok-Ete Ibas, a retired naval officer, as the state’s sole administrator for the first six months.

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Different groups in the state staged protests and counterprotests in response to the president’s decision.

11 Peoples Democratic Party governors sued Tinubu’s decision in opposition of his decision in the Supreme Court.

The PDP governors’ lawsuit challenging the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, which the National Assembly argued, had procedural flaws and lacked merit, was later dropped.

The court should have awarded the plaintiffs N1 billion in costs for filing what it called a frivolous and speculative lawsuit, it added.

Fubara, however, stated on May 11 that he was not in a rush to run for office.

Do you even know if I want to go back there, he said during the service of songs held in honor of the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, in Port Harcourt, the state capital? He claimed that my spirit has already vanished.

Umo Eno, the governor of Akwa Ibom State, has sent a severe warning to the state executive council and threatened to punish any cabinet members who don’t strictly follow the official rules set forth in their official engagements.

Eno cautioned that those who found themselves ineffective would be immediately fired. &nbsp,

The governor expressed disappointment at some members of his cabinet’s disregard for official procedures during an unscheduled stop at the site of the Judiciary Village in Uyo on Friday.

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He claimed, “I haven‘t found any of the four commissioners.” When I fired a commissioner from your local government, I (would) like to tell everyone. This is insubordination.

If no one else follows the governor, my commissioners, special advisors are my first eleven members, and I do not specify where I will go, that is wrong.

“My commissioners must make sure that I return to the office or the lodge because I could face issues if I stop by anywhere.” &nbsp,

“So that’s why the commissioner there will see me,” she said. In a situation where we arrive at a location and I leave, commissioners depart to unknown locations. Because this is a full-time position, commissioners are not yet qualified to serve as commissioners if they are busy doing their thing. &nbsp,

“As a commissioner, I never let my governor go.” I’m making this statement publicly for the last time today. I stop by any location whenever I leave an event, and I pray the commissioner won’t search for that person. If I search for that commissioner but they aren’t, they will lose their jobs right away.

No commissioner will go anywhere until they arrive at his lodge after an event, according to the governor’s directive to all commissioners in the state immediately. &nbsp,