A sailor from the Mexican navy's Cuauhtémoc training ship recalled moments before a tragic collision with the Brooklyn Bridge, recounting his failed attempts to alert others. Despite his shouts, the vessel drifted off course, resulting in the loss of two cadets' lives and injuries to 19 others. The collision caused chaos, with sailors thrown from rigging and cadets sustaining serious injuries. The boatswain expressed despair over the incident, detailing how quickly the ship approached the bridge and the confusion that ensued.
It was very, very ugly," the unnamed boatswain said in a chilling audio interview this week with Mexican news outlet Milenio.
I started yelling at them, 'Hey, we're going against the [bridge]! We're going against the [bridge]!' but no one reacted."
When we came to see it, we were against the [bridge]. The three masts broke, and that was it."
Obviously, we had all the cadets up there, and there were too many injured... I think a cadet fell from the bridge, which is the highest point up to the deck, so she is in very serious condition and it is not known if she will survive.
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