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Families Hold Out Hope as Recovery Efforts Continue After Bridge Collaps

Families are holding out hope as the recovery effort continues for the victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Four people are still missing and presumed dead after a cargo ship crashed into the Key Bridge, likely sending them into the water below.

Officials have identified two victims whose bodies were pulled from the water Wednesday morning – 35-year-old Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes of Baltimore and 26-year-old Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera of Dundalk.

“Our hearts go out to the eight families that are forever changed,” said Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA. “These construction workers are absolutely essential. They work on the night shift to repair a bridge that 30,000 cars and people use every day.”

Footage shows the scene on the bridge about two hours before the collapse, with trucks, cars, and contractors there to patch potholes on the roadway. Two workers survived, while others are still unaccounted for.

Maynor Sauzo Sandoval, originally from Honduras and now living in Owings Mills, is among the missing. He is married with two children and has been in the U.S. for 17 years. His brother expressed concern, saying through an interpreter, “We have been more than concerned…that he will be rescued and will not be forgotten at the bottom of the sea. We are leaving a happy guy who motivated the family.”

The wife of construction worker Miguel Luna, who is originally from El Salvador and has lived in Maryland for over 19 years, told Telemundo that he too was working on the bridge at the time and has not been heard from since the collapse. He has three children.

Torres said of the victims, “We know they were hard workers. We know they loved soccer. We know they loved their families.”

Governor Wes Moore promised the families, “I will devote every single resource to make sure that you receive closure.”