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00:00Two people have been killed and at least 19 others injured after a tall Mexican Navy training

00:05sailing ship crashed into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge. Police said the Cuauhtémoc,

00:10with 277 people on board, lost power on Saturday as the captain was maneuvering the vessel,

00:17forcing it to head for the bridge abutment on the Brooklyn side.

00:21Footage shows the ship's towering masts clipped the bridge as it passed under the structure.

00:25Crew members were standing on the masts as they snapped and fell to the deck, authorities said.

00:32Brooklyn resident Nick Corso, who witnessed the accident, said the area erupted in panic.

00:38There was lots of screaming, some sailors hanging from the masts, he told AFP.

00:44New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed on X that two people died and two of the 19 injured

00:49were in critical condition. Brooklyn Bridge did not suffer any major damage and was

00:55reopened after a preliminary inspection. Police said they believed mechanical issues

01:00and a power cut had caused the collision. The New York Coast Guard said the Cuauhtémoc

01:06lost all three masts. All personnel on the ship had been accounted for and no one had fallen in the

01:12water. Crowds fled from the water's edge as the ship hit the bridge. Another witness, Kelvin Flores,

01:20told the BBC he was at work when he saw the crash. He came out into the street to find a lot of

01:26commotion and a lot of chaos, with fire engines and police trying to reach the scene but the roads

01:31clogged with traffic. Just seeing the actual damage was insane, he said. People carrying stretchers,

01:39they were trying to get the injured out. Mexico's president Claudia Scheinbaum said she was

01:44deeply saddened by the loss of two crew members in the accident.