‘Fought for his life’: How a construction worker was able to survive Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse

As the Dali cargo vessel approached Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, construction workers on it were repairing potholes. In the seconds before the ship struck the bridge, its pilot made a mayday call. That enabled local law enforcement to help stop any additional traffic from driving on the bridge. But, according to attorneys for Julio Cervantes, one of two workers who went fully into the water and survived, the crew wasn’t warned about the imminent collision. Instead, they said, the workers were sitting in their cars on a break.