José Mynor López of Baltimore, Md. is the final construction worker to be recovered following the fatal Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26. Authorities discovered his body on May 7. (Photo: James Fields / AFRO News)
By Megan Sayles
AFRO Business Writer
msayles@afro.com
Authorities have discovered the sixth victim of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Salvage crews from Unified Command located the body of 37-year-old José Mynor López on May 7.
Investigators and officers from the Maryland State Police, Maryland Transportation Authority Police and the FBI then recovered the late construction worker. López’s family has been notified.
“With heavy hearts, today marks a significant milestone in our recovery efforts and providing closure to the loved ones of the six workers who lost their lives in this tragic event,” said Colonel Roland L. Butler, Jr., superintendent of the Maryland Department of State Police, in a May 7 media release.
“As we mourn with the families, we honor the memory of José Mynor López, Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, Carlos Daniel Hernandez Estrella and Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez.”
Eight men in total were working on the bridge when it was struck by the Dali container ship and subsequently collapsed on March 26. López is one of six construction workers killed in the disaster. Two men were rescued.
Megan Sayles is a Report for America corps member.
Megan Sayles is a business reporter for The Baltimore Afro-American paper. Before this, Sayles interned with Baltimore Magazine, where she wrote feature stories about the city’s residents, nonprofits…
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