Two sailors dead, 20 injured as Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtémoc hits Brooklyn Bridge. No one fell into the water. Incident under investigation for mechanical fault.

Video taken at the moment of the crash shows dozens of sailors lined up on the 147-foot masts as it set off on its journey for Iceland with 277 on board following a goodwill visit to New York City.

From multiple angles, New Yorkers watched in astonishment as a Mexican Naval training ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, leaving some crew members swinging violently from the mast ...

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Dozens of crew members on the Mexican navy training ship Cuauhtemoc were lined up, standing with their arms apart, along rigging for the craft’s 147-foot-high masts around 8:20 p.m. Saturday in ...

A Mexican navy ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a promotional tour in New York City, the top of its mast brushing the iconic span as it sailed through the East River.

The ship had left Acapulco on an eight-month good-will tour in April. Its itinerary included stops in New York; Reykjavik, Iceland; and ports in Barbados, Cuba, Jamaica, England, Scotland, and Spain.

A sailor aboard the doomed Mexican navy training ship that smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge May 17 recalled the moments of sheer panic before the deadly crash – and his warnings going unheard.