NTSB awaiting permission to board ship that crashed into Brooklyn Bridge 00:29. A pilot from New York was in control at the time the Mexican naval ship crashed into the Brooklyn B

A Mexican Navy tall ship called the Armada de la República Mexicana (ARM) Cuauhtémoc struck the Brooklyn Bridge at about 8:24 p.m. EST Saturday, May 17 killing two sailors and injuring over a dozen more.

Dozens of people gathered overnight in the street where one of the Mexican naval cadets who died when their training vessel hit the Brooklyn Bridge lived.