Crew on Mexican Navy tall ship seen clinging to rigging after collision with Brooklyn Bridge, video shows

Crew members were hanging onto the rigging of the Mexican Navy tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday night video footage shows Two sailors were killed and nearly others were injured when the Cuauht moc ship struck the bridge at around p m Saturday night Everyone who was injured was on the boat and none of the people onboard fell into the water No one fell into the water they were all hurt inside the ship an NYPD official commented according to WCBS The ship from what I was informed by the supervisors of the ship it was disembarking and going to Iceland Video of the crash from the Brooklyn side of the East River shows the -foot-tall Mexican Navy training ship's three masts snapping after hitting the bridge Personnel declared early indications suggest a mechanical issue may have caused the ship to veer off program and collide with the bridge but the circumstance remains under probe NTSB LAUNCHES 'GO-TEAM' OF SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATORS AFTER BROOKLYN BRIDGE STRUCK BY MEXICAN NAVY SHIPFootage also shows sailors hanging from the rigging ropes on the damaged masts but none of them fell into the water We saw someone dangling and I couldn t tell if it was just blurry or my eyes and we were able to zoom in on our phone and there was someone dangling from the harness from the top for at least minutes before they were able to rescue them eyewitness Lily Katz informed The Associated Press Another witness Nick Corso had his phone out to capture the backdrop of the ship and the bridge against a sunset when he heard what sounded like the loud snapping of a big twig AT LEAST DEAD AFTER MEXICAN NAVY SAILING SHIP COLLIDES WITH BROOKLYN BRIDGE IN DRAMATIC NYC CRASHPeople around Corso began running and pandemonium ensued aboard the ship he stated He later noticed a handful of people dangling from a mast I didn t know what to think I was like is this a movie he mentioned The bridge did not sustain any damage from the collision We are praying for everyone on board and their families and are grateful to our first responders who fleetly jumped into action ensuring this accident wasn t much worse Adams revealed at a news conference on Saturday night CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum offered solidarity and backing to the families of the deceased crew members after the crash We are deeply saddened by the loss of two crew members of the Cuauht moc Training Ship who lost their lives in the unfortunate accident in New York Harbor Our sympathy and help go out to their families she wrote Saturday night on on X The Cuauht moc was built in Bilbao Spain in and has won the Tall Ships Races twice according to Sail Training International The ship was in New York City as part of a promotion for an event next year that celebrates America s th birthday