NEW YORK: A Mexican Navy sailing ship festooned with lights and a giant flag crashed into the landmark Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, shearing the top of its masts and causing at least 19 injuries, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said.
Videos online showed the training vessel Cuauhtémoc as it approached the iconic bridge over the East River, close to the Manhattan side of the span, which connects the borough with Brooklyn.
Its 147-foot (45-m) masts were too tall to clear the arched bridge at that point and toppled when the vessel sailed underneath.
Naval cadets dressed in white uniforms could be seen dangling from the ship's crossbeams after the crash.
