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LIVE UPDATES: BALTIMORE’S FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSES, MAJOR RESCUE UNDER
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BY CATHERINE NAYLOR

Updated March 26, 2024 — 8.53pmfirst published at 7.23pm
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RESCUE TEAMS PREPARED FOR ‘VERY DARK AND COLD WATER’

BY MICHAEL IDATO

Almost all the agencies involved in the Baltimore rescue effort have underwater
search and rescue teams, according to CNN’s senior law enforcement analyst
Andrew McCabe.

“These are such specialised skills, people who have the competence and the
capability to deploy very specialised underwater equipment used to deal with
particular shapes in very dark and cold water, which I’m sure you’re dealing
with here,” McCabe said.



A screenshot from BBC TV shows the container ship Dali and the collapsed Francis
Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.Credit: BBC TV

Those teams include an FBI-specialised underwater search and rescue team “that
typically is used for identifying and recovering evidence from crimes”.

He said the multi-agency response would bring enormous resources to the rescue
effort.

“There is an incident command system which provides the structure of the
response to any event like this,” McCabe said.

That process defines which agencies lead in which situations, and designates
which individuals are in overall command.

“Then that’s broken down into all sorts of other systems, and I would expect,
you know, the officials involved are going through that process right now and
getting as many hands involved in this problem as they possibly can,” he said.

“The response to a mass casualty event like this is really a science in and of
itself, and it takes folks with vast experience and familiarity with the
resources that are available in the region and the connections ... to bring the
right folks to the table at the time.”

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