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Part of a span of the collapsed bridge in Baltimore, March 26, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Handout via REUTERS The pilot of the cargo freighter that knocked down a highway bridge into Baltimore Harbor had radioed for tugboat help and reported a power loss minutes earlier, federal safety officials said on Wednesday, citing audio from the ship's "black box" data recorder.
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