The Mexican school ship Cuauhtémoc He suffered “damage” this Saturday afternoon when he collided in a sails maneuver with the base of the bridge From Brooklyn in New York, as reported in a message in X the Secretariat of the Navy, which does not so far allusion to possible victims.
“During the sailboat maneuver of the Cuahtémoc sailboat in New York, a accident was recorded with the Brooklyn bridge that caused Damage to the School Shippreventing at the moment the continuation of the instruction cruise, “says the message.
The Mexican authority indicated that the naval and local authorities are supporting the “Review” of the State and Material State “in the incidentrecorded by witnesses and shared on social networks, in which the ship seems to collide with a dock at the base of the bridge.
The New York Emergency Management Service also reported through X of a “Incident at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge” To which effective, but did not confirm whether there are victims or the scope of the damage, nor attended to the calls of the press.
Nor did the Mexican consulate responded to the called so far.
The Cuauhtémoc ship arrived at the Big Apple on May 13 in a mission of Public diplomacy, naval training and cultural promotion.
🇲🇽🇺🇸 | Now: ARM Cuauhtémoc, a ship’s sailing school ship of the Mexican Navy, in New York in goodwill, crashed into the Brooklyn bridge when sailing from the South Street Seport. The mast suffered serious damage and there are 12 wounded sailors.pic.twitter.com/rcdnxocxxq
– News 24 alert (@alertaves24) May 18, 2025
🇺🇸🇲🇽 | Now: a Mexican ship with 200 people on board clashes against the Brooklyn bridge in the US while a search and rescue operation is carried out. pic.twitter.com/rfseew2qqy
– News 24 alert (@alertaves24) May 18, 2025
During the Zauhtémoc sailboat maneuver in New York, there was a mishap with the Brooklyn bridge that caused damage to the school ship, preventing at the moment the continuation of the instruction cruise.
The status of the staff and material is found in … pic.twitter.com/7imvezks4m
– Semar Mexico (@semar_mx) May 18, 2025
Another shot of the Cuauhtémoc School colliding with the Brooklyn bridge. My thoughts are with injured cadets. pic.twitter.com/afgqgqbhpz
– Pascal (@beltrandelrio) May 18, 2025
