May 18, 2025 - Mexican Navy training ship hits Brooklyn Bridge | CNN

May 18, 2025 - Mexican Navy training ship hits Brooklyn Bridge

Michelle Watson

Helen Regan

By Michelle Watson, Hanna Park, Helen Regan, Matthew Rehbein and Alex Stambaugh, CNN

Updated 2:14 AM EDT, Mon May 19, 2025

Photos captured on Sunday morning show the damage to the mast of the Mexican Navy ship after it crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening.

CNN correspondent shows extent of damage to Mexican Navy ship

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CNN correspondent shows extent of damage to Mexican Navy ship

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What we covered here

• Two people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured after a Mexican Navy training ship struck the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge, according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

• The ship, called Cuauhtémoc, was carrying 277 people when it “lost power” and struck the bridge, Adams said. It was on a global goodwill tour and en route to Iceland at the time of the incident Saturday night, officials said.

• The ship was moving in the “wrong direction,” a senior city official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN, pointing in part to the current of the East River.

• City officials earlier said “mechanical issues” may have caused the ship to strike the bridge, though the cause of the collision remains under investigation.

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Family of América Yamilet Sánchez, killed in Brooklyn Bridge collision, demands answers

From CNN's Hanna Park

Relatives of America Yamileth Sanchez pray in Xalapa, Veracruz state, Mexico on May 18.

Relatives of America Yamileth Sanchez pray in Xalapa, Veracruz state, Mexico on May 18.

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In Xalapa, Veracruz, the home of América Yamilet Sánchez has become a place of mourning, with flowers and the soft glow of candles surrounding her portrait.

Family and friends gathered on Sunday to honor the 21-year-old naval cadet, one of two people killed when the Mexican Navy training ship Cuauhtémoc struck the Brooklyn Bridge. The incident has left her loved ones demanding answers.

Sánchez’s mother, Rocio Hernandez, told Reuters that she is in communication with US authorities regarding the repatriation of her daughter’s body.

City council in Oaxaca, Mexico identifies second victim in Navy boat crash in Brooklyn

From CNN's Ana Melgar and Marlon Sorto

The local city council of San Mateo del Mar, in Oaxaca, Mexico, has identified the second victim of Saturday’s training ship crash at the Brooklyn Bridge as Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos.

In a Facebook post, the city council said they lamented the passing of the sailor and expressed their “heartfelt condolences to his family and other loved ones.”

Maldonado Marcos is the second victim identified by Mexican Authorities from Saturday’s crash. Earlier, the governor of the Mexican State of Veracruz identified the first of the victims as cadet América Yamilet Sánchez.

“All my love, support and solidarity to her family,” she said in the post while wishing the injured a “speedy recovery.”