My first viewing of the Brooklyn bridge sailing ship collision...how the
hell did they not see this coming? There's a tug boat right there to stop it
** Edited by HokieDan95 at 5/19/2025, 10:11:06 AM
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MikeVT85
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upstream side of the bridge?
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ride was pulling the ship up river
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I'm not totally familiar with the area, but I'm assuming the first time it crossed under the bridge was when this incident happened...
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** Edited by tallahasseehokie at 5/19/2025, 1:13:40 PM
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Does not appear that the tug was engaged with the ship...no lines, not up against it to push it. And a little tug could not stop that thing if it wanted too...
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are relatively light
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they are just there to run alongside but if this happened quickly they wouldnt have had time to tie on or get in position to help maneuver
i didnt stay at a holiday inn express but i did work one summer on a tug
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...that are not under power, or steer ships that are. But just pulling up and stopping a ship under power in a matter of seconds is certainly not in the job description...
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ships out. The sailing ship probably lost power but also wasn't being escorted for whatever reason.
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It seems like whatever happened to get the ship in motion happened very quickly and totally unexpectedly.
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It didn't seem like it was just being pushed by the current. And shouldn't the current be pushing it away from the bridge? Their mast was too tall to have passed under the bridge to move upstream. Now the tides could have been moving the other direction, but don't think they would have propelled it quite that fast.
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That plus strong winds had to make it tough for that ship.
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But I think that is just lazy reporting, where somebody made an assumption and everyone ran with it. Obviously the boat had electricity, and it sure looks like the screws were turning. I think "loss of control" is a better description....
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