Of the six workers who died in this disaster, three are still missing.
The body of one of the four construction workers missing in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was recovered Friday, authorities said.
The recovered person was identified by the Unified Command as 38-year-old Mayor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval. His family was notified, authorities said.
A joint command rescue dive team located what they believed to be a missing construction worker around 10:30 a.m. ET on Friday and alerted Maryland State Police, authorities said. State Police sent a recovery team, along with law enforcement partner dive teams, to recover Suazo-Sandoval.
Gustavo Torres, executive director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), an organization that works with immigrants, said the father of two immigrated from Honduras more than 17 years ago. Torres told reporters last week that he dreams of starting a small business, which he said has brought joy and humor to his family.
Suazo-Sandoval was one of six construction workers killed when a cargo ship collided with the Baltimore Bridge in the early hours of March 26, causing the Port of Baltimore bridge to almost completely collapse.
The bodies of the two workers were covered up the day after the collapse. Divers found two people trapped inside a red pickup truck submerged in about 25 feet of water near the bridge's midspan, Maryland State Police said.
The workers were identified by police as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Mexican origin, who lives in Baltimore, and Dorrian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, of Guatemala, who lives in Dundalk, Maryland.
Three workers are still missing and are believed to have died. Those include Miguel Luna, a father of five from Usultan, Calif., in El Salvador, family members told ABC News.
A 35-year-old man from Camotán in Guatemala's Chiquimula department and a worker from Mexico also remain missing, according to the respective countries' foreign ministries.
“There are families still waiting to hear if their loved ones have been found,” Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Roland L. Butler Jr. said in a statement Friday. “I can promise you, we will do everything in our power to find closure for each family.”
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said the recovery of the third victim brings them “one step closer to closure,” but added, “My heart remains with all the families who are still anxiously waiting for their loved ones.” ” he added.
“We would like to thank the first responders who remained focused on rescuing the remaining victims and continued to work meticulously to clear the waterway,” he said in a statement. “We remain committed to supporting these families and providing them with what they need to overcome this unthinkable tragedy.”
The rescue of the victims took place on the same day that President Joe Biden visited the site of the collapse.
Biden thanked first responders for their efforts and later planned to meet with the families of the six workers killed in the bridge accident.
“These were hard-working workers who worked in the middle of the night to repair holes in bridges that tens of thousands of travelers cross every day,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a briefing Thursday. Ta.
