‘It seems impossible’: Baltimore residents grapple with bridge collapse

Locals gather at convenience store near entrance of bridge – closest they could get – as search under way for missing

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Across Baltimore residents were struggling to make sense of what had happened after waking up to news of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, one of the city’s main thoroughfares. “It seems impossible,” said Reginald Jones, a 67-year-old Baltimore resident.

The bridge crumpled into the Patapsco River like a house of cards at 1.30am Tuesday after it was struck by a giant cargo ship leaving the city’s port.