A container ship crashes into Baltimore's iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six people, including a father of three from El Salvador.
The U.S. Coast Guard announced late Tuesday that it had concluded the men had died and would be suspending a major search-and-rescue operation.
All are part of the crew working on the bridge and are believed to be nationals of Latin American countries.
Little information has been released about their true identities, but here's what we know so far.
Boats and helicopters are taking part in a massive operation to search for the six missing people. Two other people were pulled from the water, one in critical condition.
Local media reported that the six workers were nationals of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. The BBC has not independently confirmed this and has contacted consular authorities for comment.
One of the missing workers from El Salvador has been identified as Miguel Luna by Casa, a nonprofit organization serving Baltimore's immigrant community.
“He is a husband, father of three, and has called Maryland home for over 19 years,” Gustavo Torres, Casa's executive director, said in a statement.
Miguel Luna's son, Marvin Luna, told The Washington Post that he knew his father had been on the bridge all night, but that it wasn't until he received a call from a friend that the bridge collapsed. He said he didn't know he had done it.
The Associated Press reported that a Honduran man, Mayor Yasir Suazo of Sandova, was among the missing.
Guatemala's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that two of the workers are Guatemalan nationals from the Petén and Chiquimula regions, but has not yet released their names.
The six people were employed by local contractor Browner Builders, which performs bridge maintenance work in Maryland.
Jesus Campos, who has worked on the company's bridges and knows members of the crew, said he heard they were taking a break and some were sitting in their trucks.
“I know I was there a month ago, and I know how it feels when the trailers go by,” Campos told The Associated Press.
“Imagine if you knew it was going to fall. It would be so hard. You wouldn't know what to do.”
“They were a great family,” Jeffrey Pritzker, executive vice president of Browner Builders, told the New York Times, adding that the six had “spouses and children.”
“Today is a very, very bad day.”
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