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'God be the bridge': Turner Station comes together for prayer in Baltimore

By Sheilah Kast,
Maureen Harvie, Melissa Gerr, Wambui Kamau
Published March 28, 2024 at 10:50 AM EDT
A woman lifts her hands in worship at a church vigil that took place at Mount Olive Baptist Church of Turner Station on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Photo: Wambui Kamau, WYPR.
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The Turner Station community in Dundalk located near where the Francis Scott Key Bridge once stood, held a vigil at Mount Olive Baptist Church of Turner Station where people of all denominations were welcome. Here, a woman lifts her hands in worship during the vigil. Photo: Wambui Kamau

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge would be a disaster in any case, but the deaths of six Latino construction workers who were on the bridge makes it a heart-rending tragedy. We hear from Clara Longo de Freitas, a neighborhood reporter at The Baltimore Banner, about a vigil held in their memories and about support coming from the Latino community.

Links:
More FSK Bridge reporting
Support for families of Key Bridge collapse.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Maureen Harvie
Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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Wambui Kamau
Wambui Kamau is a General Assignment Reporter for WYPR. @WkThee
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