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Headline : Port workers in Baltimore face uncertain future

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Since the Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck by a cargo ship and collapsed early Tuesday. Questions continue about what's ahead.

Salvage and recovery efforts continue in Baltimore as crews work to clear debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. Maryland officials say that will likely take months. The bridge collapsed very early on Tuesday morning after a massive cargo ship struck it, causing the structure to crumble into the Patapsco River. Authorities said the bodies of two victims were recovered yesterday. Four other construction workers who went missing when the bridge went down are now presumed dead. Reporter Emily Hofstaedter of member station WYPR is here with the latest. Hey, Emily.

CHANG: So as the work to clear the wreckage of this bridge gets underway, what has happened to the search for people who are still missing right now?

HOFSTAEDTER: Unfortunately, right now the search is temporarily suspended. Sonar from the fire departments and the state police shows that there is - that there are additional vehicles in the water. But due to water conditions and wreckage, concrete - they're encased in there. The conditions are unsafe for further diving. It could be weeks or months even before we recover those bodies, which is clearly very difficult for the families. Two workers were recovered yesterday - their bodies. Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes and Dorian Castillo Cabrera were found in a red pickup truck submerged in about 25 feet of water under what was the mid span of the bridge. Fuentes was 35 and a Baltimore resident originally from Mexico. Cabrera was 26 and lived in Dundalk, Md. He was originally from Guatemala.

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