“Coast Guard on paint,” by Daniel Grant

“Coast Guard on paint,” by Daniel Grant

There were many photographs and videos taken of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after a container ship struck one of its piers on the night of March 26, 2024, causing portions of the bridge to collapse and making the Patapsco River in Baltimore unusable for shipping for a period of weeks. Most of those photographs and videos were taken by helicopters and drones from above. One photograph, however, was taken by a Coast Guard petty officer from the v…