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controlled demolition rips through wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge into port. Its crew, 20 from India and one from Sri Lanka, have not been allowed to leave the ship stuck in the Patapsco River since the March 26 collision that caused the bridge’s collapse, killing six construction workers. The men have been maintaining the vessel and helping investigators.

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