One of the survivors ofBaltimore bridge collapse last Tuesday he is a worker35-year-old Mexican who managed to get out of his vehicle in a miraculous way, since he does not know how to swim.
Julio Cervantes, a father of two girls, was sitting in his truck when he felt the bridge give in and suddenly collapsed. Before rushing in, he saw his companions falling into their vehicles in front of him.
"He fell and the vehicle little by little was sinking," he toldUnivision Moisés Díaz, whoI was supposed to be on the bridge that morning, but it wasn't because of a shift change.
"He, as best he could, opened the glass of his door and got out through the bed of the truck, from the back. But as he saw that the truck was sinking and sinking, and seeing the turbulence of the water, he jumped in.He does not know how to swim", accurate.
Julio has a chest wound that prevents him from speaking well, but the worst thing is the psychological consequences he is suffering.
Only he and another worker survived the tragedy that morning on the bridge over the Patapsco River in Baltimore, which collapsed after being hit by a boat.
Total,There were eight people there at the time. They were all Hispanic migrants who worked filling potholes in the central section of the walkway.
The six deceased come from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. Only two bodies have been recovered.
This Thursday the authorities announced that they will begin the process of cleaning up the scrap metal and debris in the area in order to open the port of Baltimore and for it to resume its activity.
After the ship hit, containers with flammable or corrosive material fell into the water, in some of which divers have detected cracks.
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