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Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: 2,000 cruise passengers bused from Norfolk to Baltimore

By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Cargo ship Dali under collapsed bridge.
Bridge collapse FILE PHOTO: The cargo ship Dali sits in the water as it is shrouded in rain after running into and collapsing Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this week on March 28, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Of the road repair crew who were working on the bridge when the ship hit it at 1:30AM Tuesday, two survivors were pulled from the Patapsco River immediately after the collision, while two bodies were pulled from the water on Wednesday and four people remain missing and are presumed dead after the Coast Guard called off rescue efforts. The accident has temporarily closed the Port of Baltimore, one of the largest and busiest on the East Coast of the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

NORFOLK, Va. — After their cruise ship was rerouted from Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, thousands of passengers on board the Carnival Legend had to get back to Maryland.

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About 2,600 passengers had to be diverted to Norfolk instead of docking at the Port of Baltimore because of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last week.

It took 70 buses and four hours to get them back to their cars parked in the Charm City, WVEC reported.

But not all people thought that a long bus ride was for them. The Virginia Pilot reported that some people may have rented cars while others could have flown back to Baltimore.

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Others had family members pick them up at the port.

“It’s about three hours (to Manassas from Norfolk). It’s better than taking a bus for four or five hours, and then it would be another two hours. My husband just said, ‘I’ll just drive down there,’” Sandy Crow, who was on a sisters’ trip, told the Pilot.

The passengers had left Baltimore for a 7-day cruise, passing under the very bridge that would eventually come down after it was hit by a cargo ship.

“We were all on deck underneath it when we left,” Dave Smiddy told WVEC. Passengers were told about the collapse on Tuesday.

“When I got the news Tuesday morning, it was absolutely… you couldn’t believe it. You know what I mean? I was woken up saying there was a bridge collapse and it was like, ‘no way,’” Baltimore native Michael Lukoski told the television station, “To get back home and not see it there — it’s gonna be surreal. It’s just not gonna make any sense.”

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In addition to the Legend’s passengers, who disembarking at the Norfolk Maritime Discovery Center’s Nauticus, a new slate of passengers went on the ship Sunday afternoon, WJLA reported.

Carnival wasn’t the only cruise line to have to change its final destination. Royal Caribbean has two trips in April that will now leave from Norfolk, WJLA reported.

Like the Legend, Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas also carries more than 2,000 passengers, the Pilot reported.

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