Officials are sharing more details about the moments leading up to a Mexican Navy tall ship hitting the Brooklyn Bridge in May, an incident that left two crew members dead and 19 others hurt.
Authorities said the ship was sailing backwards, then picked up speed moments before it hit the historic bridge, the New York Post reported Monday.
There were over 200 people onboard when the crash happened and numerous people were watching from land around 9:00 p.m. on May 17, per Breitbart News.
Video footage recorded from land shows the moment the ship smashed into the bridge as bystanders ran for safety:
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The Post article cited a report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The agency identified a tugboat called the Charles D. McAllister
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