Two younger sailors who misplaced their lives within the mechanical failure and crash of the Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtémoc into the Brooklyn Bridge have been recognized as América Yamilet Sanchez and Adal Jair Marcos, Mexican authorities confirmed Sunday.
The vessel — which serves as a faculty ship for cadets — was departing for Reykjavik, Iceland, when it misplaced energy round 8:30 p.m. Saturday and drifted into the bridge, snapping all three masts, killing Sanchez and Marcos.
“América wasn’t just a cadet. She was also an outstanding swimmer, a young woman full of light, commitment and dreams,” Mexican outlet La Jornada wrote in an editorial in regards to the sufferer.
“Hours before the accident, she shared with emotion an image of the ship that would take her to her final voyage, not knowing that this postcard would be her farewell.”
Sanchez, from Veracruz, would have turned 21 in June. Marcos, 22, was initially from Oaxaca. Each had spent the previous 9 months of their lives on the coaching ship.
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The Cuauhtemoc is seen moored at Pier 36 in Manhattan on Sunday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Day by day Information)
“He was a human being who spread his joy with his smiles. A sincere and loyal friend, who always supports others in difficult times.”
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The Mexican naval ship Cuauhtemoc is pictured within the East River in Brooklyn, New York Metropolis after hanging the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, Could 17, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Day by day Information)
Chatting with the Mexican outlet Jornada, Sanchez’s nice aunt demanded solutions to the explanation for the accident.
“Justice, if there were failures by the Mexican Navy or if there were failures by the United States, let there be justice and her body immediately, here with her family, and let it not be forgotten,” Sanchez’s nice aunt Maria del Rosario Hernandez Jacome mentioned.
There have been 277 personnel on the ship, together with 147 cadets. In accordance with the FDNY, 27 of these aboard have been handled for accidents, with 11 in essential situation.
Initially Revealed: Could 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM EDT
