According to reports, rescue workers in Baltimore are looking for as many as seven people after a cargo ship collided with a major bridge in the city's port, causing it to collapse.
Video of the incident shows the silhouetted ship turning towards the bridge early Tuesday morning before the bridge is seen collapsing into the water. In a statement released on Tuesday, the FBI said there was “no specific and credible information to suggest any ties to terrorism at this time" regarding the bridge collapse.
Nevertheless, conspiracy theories about the bridge's collapse began to circulate on social media, with some suggesting it was the result of a "cyberattack," among other theories. One Fox News host even tried to connect the incident to the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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During a segment on Fox Business Tuesday morning during an interview with Florida GOP Senator Rick Scott, host Maria Bartiromo wondered if there was "foul play" involved.
"Let me also get your take in terms of what's going on in world affairs," she told Scott. "The White House has issued a statement on [the bridge collapse], saying there's no indication of nefarious intent in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge ... You've been talking a lot about the potential for wrongdoing or the potential for foul play given the wide-open border ... Why have the Republicans had such a hard time securing this border?"
As it stands, at least 7 people are missing after the incident. While an investigation hasn't yet been completed, some say the ship appeared to lose power before it hit a support beam on the bridge. Two people have so far been rescued from the river. The ship is a Singapore-flagged container ship called the "Dali."
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