Fundraiser held for families of victims in Key Bridge collapse
The fundraiser additionally served as a primary responder appreciation occasion.
REMOVE DEBRIS AND WRECKAGE FROM THE PATAPSCO RIVER. 11 NEWS REPORTER TORI GEORGE JOINS US LIVE FROM SPARROWS POINT. AND TORI, WE KNOW THAT UNIFIED COMMAND SAID THAT THEY WERE SET TO START REMOVING CONTAINERS EARLIER THIS WEEK. ACTUALLY. RIGHT. KHIREE THEY JUST NEEDED A BREAK IN THE WEATHER. THAT’S WHAT THEY TOLD US EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THEY WERE STAGED AND READY FOR THIS PROCESS TO HAPPEN. AND TODAY IT DID. THE FIRST OF SEVERAL CONTAINERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE DOLLY SHIP OUT ON THE PATAPSCO RIVER ONTO BARGES. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT THAT PROCESS FROM THE UNIFIED COMMAND HAPPENING TODAY. THEY SAY REMOVING THOSE CONTAINERS WILL HELP THEM GAIN ACCESS TO THE PIECE OF THE KEY BRIDGE THAT’S LYING ON TOP OF THE DOLLY SHIP. EVENTUALLY, THIS WILL LEAD TO THE MOVING OF THE SHIP AS WELL. THEY SAY THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE IN THE COMING DAYS, SO LONG AS WEATHER ALLOWS. AND AS THIS IS HAPPENING, CREWS ARE STILL REMOVING THE PARTS OF THE BRIDGE THAT ARE KIND OF TO THE LEFT OF THE DOLLY NEAR THE DUNDALK SIDE. I SHOULD SAY WE’VE TOLD YOU THERE ARE ALTERNATE, ALTERNATE, EXCUSE ME, TEMPORARY CHANNELS FOR LIMITED TRAFFIC TO GO THROUGH. SO FAR WE KNOW 32 TUGS OR BARGES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THOSE CHANNELS GOING TO OR FROM THE PORT. AND AS WORK CONTINUES ON, THE WATER, WE KNOW THERE ARE STILL GRIEVING FAMILIES FROM THE KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE. AND TONIGHT WE WENT TO TIKI LEE’S DOCK BAR HERE IN SPARROWS POINT. THEY WERE HOLDING A FUNDRAISER AND TELLING ME THAT THAT MONEY IS GOING STRAIGHT TO THOSE FAMILIES, BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO GIVE BACK TO THE FAMILIES WHO LOST, LOVED ONES IN THE KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE. WE LOST SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE THIS WEEK. YOU KNOW, AND THEIR FATHERS, THEIR SONS, THEIR HUSBANDS, THAT THAT AGAIN, LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, WE CAN’T BRING THEM BACK. SO WE’RE TRYING TO JUST DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. DAVE BERKHEIMER IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BRONNER BUILDERS. THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THE VICTIMS WERE WORKING FOR. FOR HIM, THIS FUNDRAISER TODAY WAS EXTRA EMOTIONAL AS HE KNEW ALL SIX VICTIMS. THIS FANTASTIC PLACE HAS DECIDED TO TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS AND SUPPORT THESE FAMILIES. AND WE CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THEM. UM, IT’S BEEN A FANTASTIC, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER. COMING TOGETHER AT TIKI LEE’S AND SPARROWS POINT, WHICH NOW HAS THIS NEW MURAL OF THE KEY BRIDGE, THE OWNER HERE SAYS 15% OF ALL OF THEIR RESTAURANT SALES TONIGHT, PLUS THE RAFFLES 50, 50 AND MERCHANDISE SALES ARE ALL GOING TO THE FAMILIES. WE HAVE SO MUCH STUFF. I MEAN, I HAD PEOPLE WALKING INTO MY OFFICE I NEVER, NEVER MET BEFORE THAT WERE JUST DROPPING OFF DONATIONS, UH, GIFT CERTIFICATES. I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY OVERWHELMING. ALL FOR THIS FUNDRAISER, WHICH ALSO SERVED AS A FIRST RESPONDER APPRECIATION NIGHT, RECOGNIZING THEIR WORK IN THIS TRAGEDY. TODAY’S EVENT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE JUST STEPPING UP TO SAY WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE OUR NEIGHBORS GET THROUGH THIS, WE’RE GOING TO DO IT. AND IT GIVES ME A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CONFIDENCE FOR THE DAYS AHEAD. WE’RE NUMB. I MEAN, HOW IS LIFE? WE’RE MISSING OUR FAMILY RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS WERE PART OF OUR FAMILY. THEIR FAMILIES ARE PART OF OUR FAMILY. AND WE’RE MISSING THEM. IT HURTS A LOT. AND WE CAN TELL YOU THAT TOMORROW, CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION THAT WILL HONOR THE EFFORTS OF THE FIRST RESPONDER IN SOUTH BALTIMORE AT THAT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE SITE, AS WELL AS, REMEMBER, FOR THE VICTIMS THAT WERE LOST IN THIS LIVE TONIGHT FROM SPARROW
Fundraiser held for families of victims in Key Bridge collapse
The fundraiser additionally served as a primary responder appreciation occasion.
An occasion to boost cash for the families of the six victims, whereas additionally exhibiting appreciation to the primary responders in the Key Bridge collapse, was held Sunday in Sparrow’s Point.The occasion was hosted at Tiki Lee’s Bar Dock, the place they’d reside bands, raffles, merchandise gross sales and meals and drinks. “I’m from Dundalk, my father was an iron employee, so the Key Bridge could be very near our household, very near our coronary heart,” stated proprietor of Tiki Lee’s Dock Bar, Dave Carey. “I simply thought it might be nice to carry the group collectively since you take for granted one thing just like the Key Bridge, till it is gone, and then you definately notice how a lot it performs an element in on a regular basis life.”Carey stated 15 % of the restaurant gross sales made Sunday evening will go to the families of the six males who died in the collapse. In addition, all the cash made in raffles and merchandise gross sales may even go to the families. “We have a lot stuff, I imply I had individuals strolling into my workplace I had by no means met earlier than that had been simply dropping off donations, reward certificates, it was actually overwhelming,” Carey stated. “(Fundraising) will likely be (Sunday) and we are going to proceed it by means of the month.””(This) occasion is one other instance of individuals simply stepping as much as say ‘no matter now we have to do to verify our neighbors get by means of this, we’ll do it,'” stated Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski. ” Key brewing did final week, Tiki Lee’s right here, simply instance after instance of group organizations, companies, stepping as much as say how can I assist.” “This improbable place has determined to help our efforts, help these families and we got here out to help them. It’s been a improbable alternative for the group to come back collectively,” stated Dave Berkhimer, vp of Infrastructure for Brawner Builders, the development firm the six males had been working for. “We’re numb. We’re lacking our household proper now. These guys had been half of our household, their families are half of our household and we’re lacking them. It hurts quite a bit.”Birkhimer stated he knew all of the victims and Brawner Builders is continuous to fundraise for the families.”(The families) reside a nightmare. This is one thing we could not predict and it is past our management. Please simply maintain supporting these families. That is the one factor that issues at this level,” Birkhimer stated.
An occasion to boost cash for the families of the six victims, whereas additionally exhibiting appreciation to the primary responders in the Key Bridge collapse, was held Sunday in Sparrow’s Point.
The occasion was hosted at Tiki Lee’s Bar Dock, the place they’d reside bands, raffles, merchandise gross sales and meals and drinks.
“I’m from Dundalk, my father was an iron employee, so the Key Bridge could be very near our household, very near our coronary heart,” stated proprietor of Tiki Lee’s Dock Bar, Dave Carey. “I simply thought it might be nice to carry the group collectively since you take for granted one thing just like the Key Bridge, till it is gone, and then you definately notice how a lot it performs an element in on a regular basis life.”
Carey stated 15 % of the restaurant gross sales made Sunday evening will go to the families of the six males who died in the collapse. In addition, all the cash made in raffles and merchandise gross sales may even go to the families.
“We have a lot stuff, I imply I had individuals strolling into my workplace I had by no means met earlier than that had been simply dropping off donations, reward certificates, it was actually overwhelming,” Carey stated. “(Fundraising) will likely be (Sunday) and we are going to proceed it by means of the month.”
“(This) occasion is one other instance of individuals simply stepping as much as say ‘no matter now we have to do to verify our neighbors get by means of this, we’ll do it,'” stated Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski. ” Key brewing did final week, Tiki Lee’s right here, simply instance after instance of group organizations, companies, stepping as much as say how can I assist.”
“This improbable place has determined to help our efforts, help these families and we got here out to help them. It’s been a improbable alternative for the group to come back collectively,” stated Dave Berkhimer, vp of Infrastructure for Brawner Builders, the development firm the six males had been working for. “We’re numb. We’re lacking our household proper now. These guys had been half of our household, their families are half of our household and we’re lacking them. It hurts quite a bit.”
Birkhimer stated he knew all of the victims and Brawner Builders is continuous to fundraise for the families.
“(The families) reside a nightmare. This is one thing we could not predict and it is past our management. Please simply maintain supporting these families. That is the one factor that issues at this level,” Birkhimer stated.
