Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday morning that he has met with the families of the six construction workerspresumed deadfollowing thecollapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
“As we have moved now to a recovery effort, the same commitment to families is: ‘We are going to use every asset to bring them a sense of closure,’ " he toldCBS Morningsanchor Tony Dokoupil.
Moore added that his “heart is broken” for the families.
“They received the worst news that they could have possibly received,” the governor said. “When their family members left to go to work, they never imagined that the result would be … a bridge collapsed and now their family member’s missing.”
Officials announced that authorities were moving to arecovery phasemore than 12 hours after a cargo ship struck the Balitmore bridge as the victims were fixing potholes early Tuesday.
The Washington Consulate of MexicosaidTuesday night that the six workers included individuals from Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Moore told Dokoupil that the state would continue to be there for the families.
Francis Scott Key Bridge.JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty
“These were fathersand these were sons and these were husbands and these were people who their families relied on,” he added.
Nonprofit organizationCASAidentified one of the workers as father of three Miguel Luna, who is from El Salvador but has lived in Maryland for over 19 years.
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In a Spanish-language interview with PEOPLE, coworker Jesus Campos said he is acquaintances with the six individuals,describing them all as “good people.”
The men worked for local construction company Brawner Builders, according toThe New York Times.
Jeffrey Pritzker, executive vice president of the company, told the paper that the men were “wonderful family people,” calling Tuesday “a very, very bad day.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Brawner Builders for comment.
source: people.com
