Also worth shouting out the human effort involved: the ship knew it was in trouble, called the relevant authorities, and the local government had shut down traffic on the bridge before it got hit!
It's sort of rare that we can say "look at the tragedy that clearly, undeniably would have happened if we didn't take safety measures and collective precautions," but it doesn't get much clearer than this.
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Date: 2024-03-27 05:44 am (UTC)It's sort of rare that we can say "look at the tragedy that clearly, undeniably would have happened if we didn't take safety measures and collective precautions," but it doesn't get much clearer than this.