Anyone with a stake, big or small, in the harbor and the port had to at least reconsider their plans and fortunes. Some felt the impact of the disaster like a tsunami, others a breaking wave. The fortunate ones felt just a ripple.

“It’s our port, our city, our channel, our community, and when I say our, I mean everybody,” said Col. Estee Pinchasin, who commands the Baltimore District of the Army Corps of Engineers that is overseeing the collective effort to open the port.

A hydraulic salvage grab that resembles the talons of a giant bird of prey is in the process of being attached to the Chesapeake 1000 crane, another monster piece of equipment that has been an indispensable tool in the removal of thousands of tons of debris left in the Patapsco River after the Key Bridge collapsed.

Exactly four weeks after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, salvage crews removed its biggest piece of debris to date, a section of truss weighing 560 tons, clearing the way to open the deepest and widest temporary channel by the end of this week.

Evan Woodard, the young leader of an organization called Salvage Arc, secured a lease for a space in Fells Point where, if all goes to plan, he will open the the Salvage Arc Foundation Museum and Community Center.

A temporary channel northeast of the main shipping lanes on the Patapsco River has been established and will provide limited access to the Port of Baltimore for commercially essential vessels, the Unified Command, which is overseeing the salvage work on the river, said Friday night.

For the second time in less than a week, recreational vessels will be allowed passage through the Key Bridge safety zone by using the temporary channel off Sollers Point, located on the northeast side of the channel off Dundalk.

Officials did not identify the victim at the request of the family, but he is presumed to be one of the construction workers who fell from the bridge as it collapsed.

The Patapsco River will open briefly for recreational boats on Tuesday, giving mariners a chance to sail in or out of Baltimore’s harbor for the first time since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed.

The Pride of Baltimore II is back in the harbor and ready to welcome visitors.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and other officials provided an update Wednesday on cleanup efforts at the Key Bridge, which was toppled by a massive container ship on March 26.

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The Baltimore Banner boarded the debris removal vessel, the Reynolds, on Thursday with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Estee S. Pinchasin, to get an updated closer look.

Crane operators remained ready Wednesday to begin lifting undamaged containers off the disabled cargo ship Dali, but were held back by thunderstorms and high winds, which made operating the machinery unsafe.

President Joe Biden will visit the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on Friday.

As many as 150 crew members are stuck on enormous ships in the Port of Baltimore.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge was the constant. ‘Whenever I saw the bridge, I knew I was almost home.’

Officials have said concrete and steel debris have to be removed so that divers can safely work in the area again.