Baltimore Bridge collapse survivor opens up about losing friends and family in tragic accident
Julio Cervantes Suarez was one of seven construction workers fixing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed into the Patapsco River.
BALTIMORE — Julio Cervantes Suarez endured the unthinkable when a 100,000-plus-ton cargo ship crashed into the bridge he was working on, collapsing the critical structure and sending him tumbling into the dark, unforgiving waters below.
Cervantes Suarez, 37, was one of seven construction workers who had been fixing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it went crumbling down into the Patapsco River in the early morning hours of March 26. The men, who were all Latino, included his nephew, brother-in-law and friends he had known for years. They were all on break, some inside their cars and others in construction vehicles, when the bridge fell.
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