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Bakery Worker Narrowly Escapes Baltimore Bridge Collapse Disaster

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore

A bakery worker who narrowly escaped the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week is counting his blessings after being one of the last individuals to cross the bridge before the tragic incident.

Larry Desantis, the head baker at Herman’s Bakery in Dundalk, shared his harrowing experience of crossing the bridge just moments before disaster struck. Desantis recalled that he passed the bridge around 1:26 to 1:27 a.m. on his way to work, narrowly avoiding the catastrophic event that unfolded at 1:29 a.m. when a support pillar was struck by the cargo ship Dali.

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