Then a container ship lost power and slammed into a concrete pier, and the Baltimore bridge plunged into the water. With it went the six men, officials said, all of them construction workers with Brawner Builders, repairing masonry and potholes. They are now presumed dead.
More than a day after the disastrous collapse, there was still little known about their deaths: why the ship crashed, why the bridge fell, and what happened in those final moments when the men were suspended in the air. But their losses have left an international trail of grief — two of the victims were from Mexico, a 26-year-old and a 35-year-old were from Guatemala, another victim was from Honduras, and a sixth was Salvadoran —