Dali, a large cargo ship, crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland (Credit: US Army Corps of Engineers/ Public Domain)

At around 1:30 a.m. ET on March 26, 2024, a massive container ship struck a crucial support column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The impact of the 95,000-ton ship, called Dali, caused a large section of the bridge to collapse into the Patapsco River, plunging several cars into the water. The collision also shut down one of the busiest ports in the United States.