US President Joe Biden vowed to “move heaven and earth” to help Baltimore recover from a deadly bridge collapse that blocked the city’s port.
He added the government will “help you rebuild and maintain all the business and commerce that’s here now”.
Along with killing six workers, the collapse trapped a massive ship in one of the busiest ports on the East Coast, used by companies such as Amazon.
So far, $60m (£47.4m) has been earmarked for the clean-up effort.
The final cost of clearing the waterway and rebuilding the bridge is likely to be far higher, with some lawmakers estimating it could rise to hundreds of millions of dollars. One, Maryland Democrat David Trone, told CBS, the BBC’s US partner, that he believes the cost could be as high as $1bn.
A few hours after the president’s remarks, officials in Baltimore announced that dive teams had recovered the body of a third construction work at the site of the bridge collapse.
The body of Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval was found at around 10:30 local time on Friday, Unified Command said.
The bodies of two other victims – Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, were recovered last week.
The remaining three victims have not yet been found, but Colonel Roland Butler Jr, the superintendent of Maryland Department of State Police, said he was “fully committed to finding closure for each of these families.”
Source BBC News
