Editing Brooklyn Bridge (section)

== Notable events ==
=== Stunts ===
[[File:Odlum jumps.jpg|thumb|alt=A sketch depicting Robert E. Odlum jumping from the bridge|[[Robert Emmet Odlum]] jumping from the bridge on May 19, 1885]]
There have been several notable jumpers from the Brooklyn Bridge. The first person was [[Robert Emmet Odlum]], brother of women's rights activist [[Charlotte Odlum Smith]], on May&nbsp;19, 1885.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/lifeadventuresof00odlurich |title=The Life and Adventures of Prof. Robert Emmet Odlum, Containing an Account of His Splendid Natatorium at the National Capital |last=Odlum |first=Catherine |publisher=Gray and Clarkson |year=1885}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Raising More Hell and Fewer Dahlias: The Public Life of Charlotte Smith, 1840–1917 |last=Stanley |first=Autumn |publisher=[[Lehigh University Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-934223-99-7 }}</ref> He struck the water at an angle and died shortly afterwards from internal injuries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1885/05/20/archives/odlums-leap-to-death-a-fatal-plunge-from-the-brooklyn-bridge-he.html |title=Odlum's Leap to Death |date=May 20, 1885 |newspaper=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331 |access-date=April 15, 2008 |page=1}}</ref> [[Steve Brodie (bridge jumper)|Steve Brodie]] supposedly dropped from underneath the bridge in July 1886 and was briefly arrested for it, though there is some doubt about whether he actually jumped.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1886/07/25/archives/brodies-path-to-wealth-he-is-wanted-by-various-museum-managers-he.html|title=Brodie's Path to Wealth; He Is Wanted by Various Museum Managers|date=July 25, 1886|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name="McCullough pp. 546-547" /> [[Larry Donovan (bridge jumper)|Larry Donovan]] made a slightly higher jump from the railing a month afterward.<ref name="McCullough pp. 546-547" /> The first known person to jump from the bridge with the intention of suicide was Francis McCarey in 1892.<ref name="McCullough pp. 546-547" /> A lesser known early jumper was James Duffy of [[County Cavan, Ireland]], who on April&nbsp;15, 1895, asked several men to watch him jump from the bridge. Duffy jumped and was not seen again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059228/1895-04-18/ed-1/seq-3/|title=Leaped to His Death|date=April 18, 1895|work=Warren Sheaf}}</ref> Additionally, the cartoonist [[Otto Eppers]] jumped and survived in 1910, and was then tried and acquitted for attempted suicide.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1910/06/30/archives/youth-dives-off-brooklyn-bridge-youngster-eludes-the-police-and.html|title=Youth Dives Off Brooklyn Bridge; Youngster Eludes the Police and Plunges Into the East River, Escaping Unhurt|date=June 30, 1910|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref> The Brooklyn Bridge has since developed a reputation as a [[suicide bridge]] due to the number of jumpers who do so intending to kill themselves, though exact statistics are difficult to find.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/01/nyregion/neighborhood-report-brooklyn-bridge-a-stately-span-a-fatal-lure.html|title=Neighborhood Report: Brooklyn Bridge; A Stately Span, A Fatal Lure|last=Baram|first=Marcus|date=June 1, 2003|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref>

Other notable feats have taken place on or near the bridge. In 1919, [[Giorgio Pessi]] piloted what was then one of the world's largest airplanes, the [[Caproni Ca.5]], under the bridge.<ref>{{cite book|title=Above the War Fronts: The British Two-Seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, The British Two-Seater Fighter Observer Aces, And the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian And Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918|last1=Franks|first1=Norman L. R.|last2=Guest|first2=Russell|last3=Alegi|first3=Gregory|publisher=Grub Street|year=1997|isbn=978-1-898697-56-5|pages=150–151|name-list-style=amp}}</ref> In 1993, bridge jumper Thierry Devaux illegally performed eight acrobatic [[bungee jumping|bungee jumps]] above the East River close to the Brooklyn tower.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/08/25/liberty.jump/|title=Frenchman Hung up on Lady Liberty: 'I Love America' – August 25, 2001|last=Hirschkorn|first=Phil|date=August 25, 2001|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=July 8, 2019}}</ref>

=== Crimes and terrorism ===
[[File:NYPD training exercise on Brooklyn Bridge.jpg|thumb|alt=NYPD officers take part in a training exercise on the Brooklyn Bridge by climbing a large cable leading to a pillar. Under the supervision of a helicopter.|A police training exercise on the bridge]]
[[1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting|On March&nbsp;1, 1994]], Lebanese-born Rashid Baz opened fire on a van carrying members of the [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] Movement, striking 16-year-old student Ari Halberstam and three others traveling on the bridge.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/02/nyregion/4-hasidic-youths-hurt-in-brooklyn-bridge-shooting.html |title=4 Hasidic Youths Hurt in Brooklyn Bridge Shooting |last=Sexton |first=Joe |date=March 2, 1994 |newspaper=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331 |access-date=June 30, 2010}}</ref> Halberstam died five days later from his wounds, and Baz was later convicted of murder. He was apparently acting out of revenge for the [[Cave of the Patriarchs massacre|Hebron massacre]] of Palestinian Muslims a few days prior to the incident.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/19/nyregion/bridge-gunman-gets-141-year-term.html|title=Bridge Gunman Gets 141-Year Term|last=James|first=George|date=January 19, 1995|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 19, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After initially classifying the killing as one committed out of [[Road rage (phenomenon)|road rage]], the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] reclassified the case in 2000 as a terrorist attack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/nyregion/us-decides-94-attack-on-hasidim-was-lone-act.html|title=U.S. Decides '94 Attack On Hasidim Was Lone Act|last=Dewan|first=Shaila K.|date=December 6, 2000|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 19, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The entrance ramp to the bridge on the Manhattan side was dedicated as the Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp in 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 12, 1995|title=A Bridge Memorial to Slain Teen|pages=1247|work=New York Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-bridge-memorial-to-slain-te/134965589/|first=Donald|last=Bertrand|via=newspapers.com|access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/nyregion/28signs.html|title=In Signs Leading to Brooklyn Bridge, A Tribute to Ari Halberstam|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=December 27, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 19, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Several potential attacks or disasters have also been averted. In 1979, police disarmed a stick of dynamite placed under the Brooklyn approach,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/01/archives/stick-of-dynamite-is-discovered-under-a-brooklyn-bridge-ramp.html|title=Stick of Dynamite Is Discovered Under a Brooklyn Bridge Ramp|date=April 1, 1979|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> and an artist in Manhattan was arrested that year after another bombing attempt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/05/archives/manhattan-artist-seized-in-case-of-bridge-bomb.html|title=Manhattan Artist Seized In Case of Bridge 'Bomb'|date=August 5, 1979|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> In 2003, truck driver [[Iyman Faris]] was sentenced to about 20 years in prison for providing material support to [[Al-Qaeda]], after an earlier plot to destroy the bridge by cutting through its support wires with [[blowtorch]]es was thwarted.<ref>{{cite news|first=Eric|last=Lichtblau| title=Trucker Sentenced to 20 Years in Plot Against Brooklyn Bridge | work=The New York Times |language=en-US|issn=0362-4331 | date=October 29, 2003 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/us/trucker-sentenced-to-20-years-in-plot-against-brooklyn-bridge.html | access-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref>

===Arrests===

At 9:00&nbsp;a.m. on May&nbsp;19, 1977, artist Jack Bashkow climbed one of the towers for ''Bridging'', a "media sculpture" by the performance group Art Corporation of America Inc. Seven artists climbed the largest bridges connected to Manhattan "to replace violence and fear in mass media for one day". When each of the artists had reached the tops of the bridges, they ignited bright-yellow [[flare]]s at the same moment, resulting in rush hour traffic disruption, media attention, and the arrest of the climbers, though the charges were later dropped. Called "the first social-sculpture to use mass-media as art" by conceptual artist [[Joseph Beuys]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carey |first1=Brainard |title=John Halpern |url=https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/john-halpern/ |access-date=November 20, 2019 |agency=Praxis Interview Magazine, Museum of Nonvisible Art |publisher=WYBC, Yale University Radio |date=September 29, 2017}}</ref> the event was on the cover of the ''[[New York Post]]'', received international attention, and received [[ABC News (United States)|ABC Eyewitness News]]' ''1977 Best News of the Year'' award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Art Corporation of America Incorporated BRIDGING 1977 |url=https://festival17.summerhall.co.uk/exhibition/bridging-1977/ |publisher=Summerhall Festival 2017 |access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref> [[John Halpern (artist)|John Halpern]] documented the incident in the film ''Bridging, 1977''. Halpern attempted another "bridging" "social sculpture" in 1979, when he planted a radio receiver, gunpowder and fireworks in a bucket atop one of the towers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tarozzi Goldsmith |first1=Marcella |title=Future of Art, The: An Aesthetics of the New and the Sublime |date=September 1, 1999 |publisher=[[SUNY Press]] |isbn=978-0-7914-4315-6 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ySM8NLm_nUC&pg=PA202|access-date=November 18, 2019}}</ref> The piece was later discovered by police, leading to his arrest for possessing a bomb.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manhattan Artist Seized In Case of Bridge 'Bomb' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/05/archives/manhattan-artist-seized-in-case-of-bridge-bomb.html |access-date=November 20, 2019 |work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331 |date=August 5, 1979}}</ref>

On October 1, 2011, more than 700 protesters with the [[Occupy Wall Street]] movement were arrested while attempting to march across the bridge on the roadway.<ref>{{Cite news|title=700 Arrested After Protest On Brooklyn Bridge|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/10/01/140983353/about-500-arrested-after-protest-on-brooklyn-bridge|access-date=July 28, 2020|publisher=NPR|date=October 2011|language=en}}</ref> Protesters disputed the police account of the events and claimed that the arrests were the result of being trapped on the bridge by the NYPD.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 3, 2011|title=Occupy Wall Street – the Story of the Brooklyn Bridge 'Trap'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2011/oct/03/occupy-wall-street-brooklyn-bridge-arrests|access-date=July 28, 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The majority of the arrests were subsequently dismissed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=May 1, 2012|title=What Happened to Those 732 Occupiers Arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge?|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/what-happened-those-732-occupiers-arrested-brooklyn-bridge/328715/|access-date=July 28, 2020|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref>

On July&nbsp;22, 2014, the two [[Flag of the United States|American flags]] on the flagpoles atop each tower were found to have been replaced by bleached-white American flags.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/White-Flags-Brooklyn-Bridge-American-268110482.html |title=American Flags Bleached White Appear Atop Brooklyn Bridge |date=July 22, 2014 |work=[[WNBC]] News |access-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28427078 |title=Brooklyn Bridge 'White Flags' Stump Police |date=July 22, 2014 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Initially, [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] activism was suspected as a motive,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Brooklyn-Bridge-Bleached-White-American-Flags-NYPD-Video-Four-Young-People-268361812.html |title=NYPD Looking for 4 Young Adults in Brooklyn Bridge Flags Probe: Official |last1=Esposito |first1=Richard |date=July 23, 2014 |work=WNBC News |last2=Winter |first2=Tom|access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Brooklyn-Bridge-White-Flags-Investigation-Cellphone-Surveillance-Social-Media-DNA-268507692.html |title=NYPD Running License Plates, Examining Cellphone Transmissions, Collecting DNA in Brooklyn Bridge White Flags Investigation |last1=Glorioso |first1=Chris |date=July 24, 2014 |work=WNBC News |last2=Esposito |first2=Richard|access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref> but on August&nbsp;12, 2014, two Berlin artists claimed responsibility for hoisting the two white flags, having switched out the original flags with their replicas. The artists said that the flags were meant to celebrate "the beauty of public space" and the anniversary of the death of German-born John Roebling, and they denied that it was an "anti-American statement".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/08/12/germans-put-flags-on-brooklyn-bridge.html |title=Germans Put Flags on Brooklyn Bridge |date=August 12, 2014 |work=Daily Beast |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28770540 |title=Artists Claim Brooklyn Bridge Stunt |work=[[BBC News]] |date=August 13, 2014 |access-date=August 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/German-Artists-Claim-White-Flags-Brooklyn-Bridge-270977621.html |title=Artists Claim White Flags on Bridge |last=Dienst |first=Jonathan |date=August 12, 2014 |work=WNBC New|access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref>

===Anniversary celebrations===
[[File:Brooklyn Bridge seen from One World Trade Center Skypod.jpg|thumb|Brooklyn Bridge seen from One World Trade Center Skypod]]
The 50th-anniversary celebrations on May&nbsp;24, 1933, included a ceremony featuring an airplane show, ships, and fireworks,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/05/25/archives/brooklyn-bridge-opened-again-as-symbol-of-50-years-progress-mayor.html|title=Brooklyn Bridge 'Opened' Again As Symbol of 50 Years' Progress; Mayor Re-Enacts Ceremony of 1883 as Planes, Ships and Fireworks Salute Parade – Growth of United Cities Hailed as Tribute to Roebling's Vision|date=May 25, 1933|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> as well as a banquet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/05/23/archives/brooklyn-bridge-jubilee-dinner-committee-is-named-for-golden.html|title=Brooklyn Bridge Jubilee; Dinner Committee Is Named for Golden Anniversary Tomorrow|date=May 23, 1933|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> During the centennial celebrations on May&nbsp;24, 1983, a flotilla of ships visited the harbor, officials held parades,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/24/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-the-only-bridge-of-power-life-and-joy-turns-100-today.html|title=Brooklyn Bridge, 'The Only Bridge of Power, Life and Joy,' Turns 100; Today|last=Carmody|first=Deirdre|date=May 24, 1983|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="nydn19830525">{{cite news|first1=Suzanne|last1=Golubski|first2=Don|last2=Flynn|title=Million Hearts Given to Buy B'klyn Bridge|date=May 25, 1983|work=New York Daily News|pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33568127/ 2], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33568132/ 3], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33568174/ 31]|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and [[Grucci Fireworks]] held a fireworks display that evening.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/23/nyregion/biggest-fireworks-show-planned-at-bridge.html|title=Biggest Fireworks Show Planned at Bridge|date=May 23, 1983|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="nydn19830525" /> For the centennial, the [[Brooklyn Museum]] exhibited a selection of the original drawings made for the bridge's construction, including those by Washington Roebling.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/08/arts/brooklyn-bridge-show-on-view-into-september.html|title=Brooklyn Bridge Show On View Into September|date=June 8, 1983|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> Media coverage of the centennial was declared "the public relations triumph of 1983" by ''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/19831101/8676.html|title=Selling the Brooklyn Bridge|last=Hartman|first=Curtis|date=November 1, 1983|work=[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]|access-date=January 9, 2012}}</ref>

The 125th anniversary of the bridge's opening was celebrated by a five-day event on May&nbsp;22–26, 2008, which included a live performance by the [[Brooklyn Philharmonic]], a special lighting of the bridge's towers, and a fireworks display.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/05/22/2008-05-22_brooklyn_bridge_turns_125_with_a_bang.html|title=Brooklyn Bridge Turns 125 with a Bang|last1=Burke|first1=Kerry|date=May 23, 2008|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=August 1, 2009|last2=Hutchinson|first2=Bill|archive-date=September 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922162405/http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/05/22/2008-05-22_brooklyn_bridge_turns_125_with_a_bang.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other events included a film series, historical walking tours, information tents, a series of lectures and readings, a bicycle tour of Brooklyn, a miniature golf course featuring Brooklyn icons, and other musical and dance performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascemetsection.org/news-events/section-news/history-heritage-committee/121-brooklyn-bridge-125th-anniversary-celebration|title=Brooklyn Bridge 125th Anniversary Celebration|publisher=[[ASCE]] Metropolitan Section|access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref> Just before the anniversary celebrations, artist [[Paul St George]] installed the [[Telectroscope]], a video link on the Brooklyn side of the bridge that connected to a matching device on London's [[Tower Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/arts/design/21tele.html|title=Telescope Takes a Long View, To London|last=Ryzik|first=Melena|date=May 21, 2008|newspaper=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=August 1, 2009}}</ref> A renovated pedestrian connection to [[Dumbo, Brooklyn]], was also reopened before the anniversary celebrations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/welcome-to-dumbo-its-right-under-you/|title=This Way to Brooklyn, This Way|last=Farmer|first=Ann|date=May 21, 2008|newspaper=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=August 1, 2009}}</ref>

===Collisions===
{{see also|Cuauhtémoc Brooklyn Bridge collision}}
Over the years, numerous vessels have [[Allision|allided]] with the bridge.<ref name="nyt-2025-05-18" /><ref name="Danner u188">{{cite web |last=Danner |first=Chas |date=May 18, 2025 |title=2 Dead After Mexican Navy Sailboat Hits Brooklyn Bridge: Updates |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ship-hits-brooklyn-bridge-cuauhtemoc-mexican-navy-live-updates.html |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Intelligencer}}</ref> In 1921, the steel mast of the schooner ''[[Edward J. Lawrence]]'' was bent while being towed under the bridge deck.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1921-02-04|title=Ship Bends Mast on Brooklyn Bridge|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/02/04/archives/ship-bends-mast-on-brooklyn-bridge.html|access-date=2025-05-18|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news|date=1921-02-04|title=Brooklyn Bridge Bends Ship's Wireless Mast|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-union-brooklyn-bridge-bends-ships/172650310/|access-date=2025-05-18|work=Times Union|pages=6|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and in 1935, three of the four steel masts on the freighter ''Tirpitz'' hit the bridge deck.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1935-10-03|title=Masts of Freighter Hit Brooklyn Bridge; Captain of German Vessel Believes the Tide Was Abnormally High.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/10/03/archives/masts-of-freighter-hit-brooklyn-bridge-captain-of-german-vessel.html|access-date=2025-05-18|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news|date=1935-10-03|title=Ship's Masts Strike on Brooklyn Bridge|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-ships-masts-stri/172650434/|access-date=2025-05-18|work=Democrat and Chronicle|pages=7|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Additionally, the radar of the freighter ''Hai Soo'' was destroyed in 1986 when it struck a net below the Brooklyn Bridge's deck.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Anderson|first=Susan Heller|last2=Bird|first2=David|date=1986-04-11|title=New York Day by Day; Scraping By|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/11/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-scraping-by.html|access-date=2025-05-18|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The masts of the [[Mexican Navy]] training ship [[ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01)|ARM ''Cuauhtémoc'']] [[Cuauhtémoc Brooklyn Bridge collision|smashed into the bridge deck on May 17, 2025]], with approximately 200 people on the ship.<ref name="Collision 2025-05-17">{{Cite web |last=Prussin |first=Mark |date=2025-05-17 |title=Brooklyn Bridge struck by Mexican navy training ship |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brooklyn-bridge-incident/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=CBS News |language=en-US |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/us/video/brooklyn-bridge-struck-mexican-navy-digvid |title=Brooklyn Bridge Struck by Mexican Navy Sailing Ship |publisher=CNN |date=May 18, 2025|access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref><ref name="AP-2025-05-17" /> The ship masts were at least {{Convert|20|ft}} higher than the Brooklyn Bridge's navigational clearance of {{convert|127|ft|m}}.<ref name="AP-2025-05-17">{{cite news |title=Mexican navy ship hits Brooklyn Bridge, injuring crew and damaging tall ship |url=https://apnews.com/article/mexican-navy-ship-cuauhtemoc-brooklyn-bridge-0d4821125f020fc0e0ad7ea11ea7a029 |agency=Associated Press |date=May 17, 2025 |access-date=May 17, 2025}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2025-05-18" /> Two persons were killed and 19 injured, but the structure of the bridge was undamaged.<ref name="nyt-2025-05-18" /><ref name="Collision 2025-05-17" />