Who are the victims in Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse? What we know about those missing and presumed dead
BALTIMORE - Four workers who fell into the Patapsco River when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed are presumed to be dead. Two additional victims were recovered from the water one day after the collapse. They were found inside a red pickup truck.
State Police said the four still missing are believed to be inside vehicles encased in the bridge debris.
The span was struck by a cargo ship shortly after it left the Port of Baltimore early in the morning on March 26.
Officials say that a total of eight people were working on the bridge at the time of the tragedy. Two of them were rescued from the water. One of the rescued workers was unhurt, the other was treated at the University of Maryland Medical Center and released.
Who were the bridge collapse victims?
The men were working for Brawner Builders, filling potholes on the center span of the bridge at the time of the collapse. They were originally from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
One of the missing workers from El Salvador was identified as Miguel Luna by the nonprofit organization CASA.
"He is a husband, a father of three, and has called Maryland his home for over 19 years," CASA executive director Gustavo Torres said in a statement Tuesday night, noting Luna was a "longtime member of the CASA family."
A former coworker, Moises Diaz, described Luna as a kind person who worked hard and always shared his food with other workers and friends. In an interview with CBS News, Diaz said he considered Luna like a brother.
Maryland State Police identified the two men found in the red pickup truck as Dorlian Cabrera, 26, who was originally from Guatemala and lived in Dundalk; and Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, who lived in Baltimore and was from Mexico.
The Honduran Consulate confirmed Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, 34, was among the missing. His brother, Carlos Alexis, described him as a kind, big-hearted and funny family man who came to the U.S. when he was about 20. He had a teenage son and a 5-year-old daughter.
Jose Mynor Lopez, 35, was originally from Guatemala. His wife, Isabel Franco, told WJZ he moved to the U.S. 19 years ago and was a loving father to their child and three stepchildren.
"He had a good heart. He was a hard worker. He was always worried about his family too. He died but he was fighting for us always," she said in Spanish.
The sixth victim, a man named Carlos whose full name has not been released, was also from Mexico.
