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Workers set off explosives to free ship from fallen Baltimore bridge

A salvage crew detonated a cluster of tiny explosives Monday to free the Dali from the Francis Scott Key bridge it destroyed.

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May 13, 2024 at 6:23 p.m. EDT
On May 13, a salvage crew set off a cluster of explosives to free the Dali cargo ship from the fallen Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore's Patapsco River. (Video: The Washington Post)
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Seven weeks after a cargo ship was first trapped under a portion of the Baltimore bridge it destroyed in March, a salvage crew detonated a cluster of tiny explosives Monday evening to free it.

There was a loud burst of dozens of coordinated blasts that broke apart the towering truss of the Francis Scott Key Bridge known as Section Four, which had fallen across the bow of the container ship Dali.