Mexican navy cadet is first victim to be identified in Brooklyn Bridge ship collision

América Yamilet Sánchez of Veracruz has been identified as one of two people who died when the Mexican navy tall ship Cuauhtémoc crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said he was fighting for answers about whether President Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency had impacted water traffic control. The Department of Homeland Security responded to Schumer’s accusations that a hiring freeze led to inadequate staffing of the Coast Guard’’s Vessel Traffic Services, calling them “FALSE” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called the tragedy an accident in a video shared by El Universal, a Mexican publication. New York City’s deputy mayor of public safety, Kaz Daughtry, echoed Sheinbaum by calling the incident an “accident,” in an exclusive interview with Fox News. The National Transportation Safety Board or the Mexican equivalent of the NTSB will lead the investigation, whether that is that is the National Transportation and Safety Board.

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