Baltimore Bridge Worker’s Body Recovered by Divers Over 1 Week After Deadly Collapse

Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval's body is the third that divers have recovered since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 26

Divers have recovered a third body following the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

A press release from the Key Bridge Response Team issued Friday, April 5, said that the body of Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval was found around 10:30 a.m. local time. He was 38.

Divers discovered "what they believed to be the missing construction worker and notified the Maryland Department State of Police," officials continued in the release. The state police's Underwater Recovery Team then deployed multiple dive teams who found Suazo-Sandoval.

Officials later told his family.

"The collapse of the Key Bridge is undoubtedly one of the most challenging tragedies we have faced as a law enforcement agency. Along with our local, state and federal public safety partners, we will not give up," Colonel Roland L. Butler, Jr., Superintendent of the Maryland Department of State Police, said.

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He added, "There are families still waiting to hear if we have found their loved one.  I can promise you, we are fully committed to finding closure for each of these families."

Suazo was an employee of Brawner Builders, which was doing maintenance work on the structure before a container ship collided with it at 1:30 a.m. local time, his loved ones told Noticias Telemundo, per NBC News.

The Honduran native is dad to an 18-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter, his brother Carlos Alexis Suazo Sandoval revealed to the outlet. He is also survived by his wife, María del Carmen Castellón.

“He fought day after day for our family to get ahead. He looked for a way to make a living,” his sister Norma Suazo told the Spanish-language outlet, as his other brother Fredy Suazo described the victim as someone who was “smiley, the type of person that always fought for the well-being of the family.”

Two of the six construction workers who had been doing work on the bridge were recovered the day after the bridge collapsed. Authorities identified them as Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Baltimore, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, of Dundalk.

The victims also include Miguel Luna, a father of three from El Salvador who was a Maryland resident for about 20 years, according to nonprofit organization CASA.

According to the Associated Press, officials said they need to clear away the mangled debris so the bodies of the other missing workers can be found.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said at a press conference after the collapse that the freighter lost power before the crash, prompting crew members to issue a “mayday” call.

That advance warning allowed officials to “stop the flow of traffic so that more cars were not on the bridge” at the time of the crash and collapse, Moore said.

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The Dali contained nearly 4,700 metal shipping containers, 56 of which had hazardous materials inside, according to the AP. Thirteen of those were destroyed, but the evaluated contents were perfumes and soaps, the Key Bridge Joint Information Center said.

Engineers and the builders of the bridge looked over the bridge's design on Thursday to determine how much each piece weighs to predict how the metal will react to being cut up and hauled out, per USA Today.

“We can't leave any concrete, any pieces of containers, any reinforcing bar," Commander and Chief of Engineers for the Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon told the outlet. “It's got to be a complete clean bottom for safe transit of vessels.”

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"Our hearts are with the families," Moore said at a news conference before the Orioles' home opener, per CNN. "And to all the families, we are so sorry for this tragedy."

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