Review

  • It was just 11 months ago, it was the big news item for a while, the Baltimore Bridge Collapse. One thing that made it so fascinating was the video footage that showed exactly when the ship lost power, regained it, then lost it again before it destroyed the bridge.

    This documentary, shown last night on PBS, is a comprehensive study of what happened, why it happened, and what needs to be done not only for the replacement bridge in Baltimore but also for the many aging bridges across the USA. Many experts share their insights, including some of the key people involved in the clean-up operation which took almost three months.

    Very interesting program, it gets into many of the details of salvage and recovery and how there were able to get this very important and very busy harbor operational again.

    On my local PBS station via antenna.