Brooklyn Bridge Hit By Ship

[Plutonic Panda]

Almost lost the Brooklyn Bridge /s

https://fb.watch/zF346s_xCC/?mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e

[Max Rockatansky]

Watched the video, how exactly did you come to that conclusion with such a small vessel?

[Plutonic Panda]

Watched the video, how exactly did you come to that conclusion with such a small vessel?

It was a joke. How the fuck did this even happen is the real question. It should have been obvious that there was no way that boat was gonna clear under the bridge. Drunk captain?

[Max Rockatansky]

A better version of the sail hitting the bridge:

https://fb.watch/zF7sJNiLT2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

FWIW I wasn't aware until this evening that Mexico has a Navy. 

And another I found this morning:

https://fb.watch/zFCCkbsagv/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[wanderer2575]

The captain's day job is driving trucks under the 11-foot-8 bridge in Durham.

[pderocco]

The captain's day job is driving trucks under the 11-foot-8 bridge in Durham.

What was the tugboat doing? It doesn't look like it was pulling the boat. Was it trying to catch up and warn the captain?

[The Ghostbuster]

At least the bridge was undamaged, and likely won't be closed. It's very unfortunate that two people died and nineteen were injured in the crash.

[roadman65]

https://abc7ny.com/post/mexican-navy-ship-hits-brooklyn-bridge-emergency-response-training-boat-nyc/16453075/

[Scott5114]

Watched the video, how exactly did you come to that conclusion with such a small vessel?

It was a joke. How the fuck did this even happen is the real question. It should have been obvious that there was no way that boat was gonna clear under the bridge. Drunk captain?

The article that I saw said the ship lost steering control. Not really sure how that happens on that kind of ship. Some of the other articles say it "lost power", but how the fuck does a sailboat lose power?

[roadman65]

Watched the video, how exactly did you come to that conclusion with such a small vessel?

It was a joke. How the fuck did this even happen is the real question. It should have been obvious that there was no way that boat was gonna clear under the bridge. Drunk captain?

The article that I saw said the ship lost steering control. Not really sure how that happens on that kind of ship. Some of the other articles say it "lost power", but how the fuck does a sailboat lose power?

It will be interesting what the investigation will uncover

[LilianaUwU]

Watched the video, how exactly did you come to that conclusion with such a small vessel?

It was a joke. How the fuck did this even happen is the real question. It should have been obvious that there was no way that boat was gonna clear under the bridge. Drunk captain?

The article that I saw said the ship lost steering control. Not really sure how that happens on that kind of ship. Some of the other articles say it "lost power", but how the fuck does a sailboat lose power?

I've lived in a windy area for half of my life, and sometimes wind just... stops. Hope this helps!

No, but really, those sails might be decorative.

[roadman65]

Watched the video, how exactly did you come to that conclusion with such a small vessel?

It was a joke. How the fuck did this even happen is the real question. It should have been obvious that there was no way that boat was gonna clear under the bridge. Drunk captain?

The article that I saw said the ship lost steering control. Not really sure how that happens on that kind of ship. Some of the other articles say it "lost power", but how the fuck does a sailboat lose power?

I've lived in a windy area for half of my life, and sometimes wind just... stops. Hope this helps!

No, but really, those sails might be decorative.

Operation Sail was that way in the Bicentennial year.  Sailboats that had combustible engines for power as the sails were to create a historical image.

[Scott5114]

I've lived in a windy area for half of my life, and sometimes wind just... stops. Hope this helps!

I lived in Oklahoma and then I moved to Las Vegas, which is somehow just as windy. Those that don't know wind aren't in my shoes of my neighborhood.

But still, if the wind just stopped, I guess it was the river current that caused them to hit the bridge? You'd think they would have a plan for that, since "sometimes the wind stops" and "rivers usually have a current" aren't exactly unforeseeable.

[Max Rockatansky]

Questions nobody seems to be asking:

-  Why does Mexico have a Navy?
-  Why are they rocking sailboats?

And yes, the sailboat we discussing has engines:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cuauht%C3%A9moc

[Big John]

Mexico has 2 coasts. It would be natural to have a Navy to defend them. Why they were so far off the Mexican coast beats me.

[Max Rockatansky]

From what I'm reading the Mexican fleet is pretty small and more resembles the U.S. Coast Guard.  They have five frigates and two missile boats:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Navy

[LilianaUwU]

Now, I wonder what people on Twitter think of this situation!


...maybe I should remain clueless.

[Rothman]

Keep in mind Mexico prevented an American invasion during WWII...

[Max Rockatansky]

Wasn't it World War I where Germany tried petition Mexico to join the Central Powers?

[kphoger]

From what I'm reading the Mexican fleet is pretty small and more resembles the U.S. Coast Guard.

The actual fleet may be small, but the impact of the Mexican Navy in recent history has been larger than you might imagine.  The special operation in December 2006 (Operativo Conjunto Michoacán) that is widely considered to be the starting point of Mexico's ongoing war on drugs was a joint operation between the PGR, SEGOB, Army, and Navy.  Two years later, when the federal government took over the police duties in Ciudad Juárez during Operativo Conjunto Chihuahua, the Navy was a key player in that special operation as well.  You may recall that two of the largest drug cartels in Mexico are named after coastal areas:  Sinaloa and Gulf.  Naval operations have been a key component of the war on drugs since its beginning.

[Scott5114]

Why does Mexico have a Navy?

Why would they not? I would assume every country that borders the ocean has a navy.