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Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving two people dead

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127 points teleforce | 2 comments | 18 May 25 06:23 UTC | HN request time: 1.726s | source
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55555 ◴[18 May 25 07:24 UTC] No.44019621[source]▶
RIP to everyone who died. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but when you're standing on the mast, how can you not tell that you're about to collide with the bridge?
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ceejayoz ◴[18 May 25 07:26 UTC] No.44019628[source]▶
You can. You just can’t get down in time.
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brador ◴[18 May 25 09:07 UTC] No.44020015[source]▶
Why not just jump into the water?
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1. eCa ◴[18 May 25 09:39 UTC] No.44020143[source]▶
An unprepared 40 meter jump onto water? Even if you manage to miss the boat, water is like concrete from that height.
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2. pmalynin ◴[18 May 25 11:18 UTC] No.44020488[source]▶
My back of the envelope math says velocity of about 28 m/s — call it an even 100km/h. Yeah seems kinda tough.