Biden later met the families of the six people killed in the accident
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden took an aerial tour on Friday of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help in rebuilding the span, an idea some Republican lawmakers in the US Congress have resisted.
Speaking with the fallen bridge behind him as an imposing backdrop, Biden vowed, "We will not rest" until the bridge is rebuilt and the area is back to normal."I'm here to say your nation has your back and I mean it," Biden said. "We're going to get this paid for." Shortly before the president's flyover, dive teams recovered the body of one of the missing highway repair workers, Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38, of Honduras, officials said. Three other bodies remain trapped beneath the underwater debris. Two others were previously recovered.
The Port of Baltimore ranks first in the US for volume of autos and light trucks and farm and construction machinery handled, according to the state of Maryland. Most of that traffic has been suspended since the accident, though some terminal operations outside the affected area have resumed. The House Freedom Caucus, a bloc of roughly three dozen hardline Republicans who can wield outsized influence over House Speaker Mike Johnson, on Friday issued a series of demands in exchange for their cooperation.Hours after the bridge collapse, Biden said the US government would "pay the entire cost" of reconstruction and his administration announced $60 million in emergency relief last week.
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