A Johns Hopkins University study has found that catastrophic collisions with bridges by massive freighter vessels is all too likely.

Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake immediate vulnerability assessments.

That’s what he was thinking as he drove toward Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge a year ago, on March 26, in his gray Toyota pickup. His shift in the bakery at the Green Valley grocery store, where he makes the marshmallow doughnuts and sourdough rolls,

The moment that sticks in his mind the most from March 26th, 2024 - meeting with the families of the six men who had gone to work that night, and not come home. During the first of what would be many meetings,