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Officers With the Maryland Transportation Authority Acted Fast During Bridge Collapse – RedState

Baltimore, Maryland, is sadly, one of those towns that doesn’t have much appreciation for law enforcement. In 2020, they cut an astounding $22 million from the police budget, and that summer, City Hall was surrounded by crowds of protesters demanding that all funding for city police be cut.

On Tuesday, two Maryland Transportation Authority officers, realizing that the MV Dali was about to hit the Francis Scott Key bridge, acted fast to close the bridge and doubtlessly saved lives. The Western Journal contributor and former Republican campaign worker Rachel M. Emmanuel described how it’s certain no throngs of people will turn out to recognize their feat.

The impact from the massive cargo vessel caused the entire 1.6-mile-long bridge to catastrophically collapse.

According to The Baltimore Banner, the Dali sent a distress signal as it began to lose power, which was picked up by the…

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