Around 1:17 in the morning on March 26, 2024, light music started playing in the bridge of the Dali.
Ten minutes later, the ship will strike the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its collapse and creating one of the largest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
Six construction workers on the Key Bridge will be killed from the impact — and through all the chaos, the music played.
The latest release from the National Transportation Safety Board shows recorded communications between the crew of the ship and gives an intimate look at what happened the night the Key Bridge fell.
Read more (and listen) at WYPR.
