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A day after I-95 collapse, investigators are probing the scene and commuters are plotting new routines

The driver of a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a turn Sunday morning, causing the truck to overturn and ignite under an I-95 bridge, which then collapsed, officials said.

A day after the truck tumbled down an off-ramp and burst into flames, melting steel girders holding up the highway and reducing it to rubble, law enforcement officials were seeking a match for human remains recovered from the wreckage.

Pennsylvania State Police confirmed that a body was recovered, but did not name the driver or the company that owned the tractor trailer Monday. Relatives of Nathan S. Moody, a New Jersey truck driver, said State Police contacted them in an effort to confirm the identity of a driver who may have been killed in the blaze. The relatives said they had not been in contact with Moody since Sunday.

Isaac Mooney said his cousin Nathan started driving for the Pennsauken-based TK Transport Inc., which specialized in carrying hazardous materials, several years ago. Reached Monday, the company declined to comment.

» READ MORE: A day after I-95 collapse, investigators are probing the scene and commuters are plotting new routines

— Anna Orso, Julia Terruso, Thomas Fitzgerald, Ryan W. Briggs

One body recovered from wreckage of collapse, authorities confirm

A body was recovered from the I-95 collapse in Northeast Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania State Police confirmed to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office.

Shapiro’s office announced the recovery of the body in a statement. The body has been turned over to the Philadelphia County Medical Examiner and coroner, who are working to identify the remains.

Earlier on Monday, the family of a New Jersey tanker truck driver, Nathan S. Moody, said they had been contacted by Pennsylvania State Police in an effort to confirm the identity of a driver who may have been killed in Sunday’s blaze.

— Nick Vadala

NTSB expects to issue preliminary report on collapse investigation in two to three weeks

A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board started its on-scene investigation Monday of the I-95 collapse in Philadelphia and the intense tanker truck fire that caused the overpass to fail, the agency said in a statement.

They began gathering data about the truck, and contacted the carrier to get information about its fleet operations, the statement said. The team also collected information from emergency-response teams on the sequence of events.

The team members are specialists in motor carrier and hazardous materials safety, highway and technical reconstruction, and emergency response, a spokesperson for the agency said. They arrived Sunday night.

NTSB is coordinating with the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Pennsylvania State Police, PennDot, and the City of Philadelphia for the investigation, the statement said.

A preliminary report will be available in two to three weeks on the NTSB’s website, the agency said. It will also be posted to the NTSB Newsroom Twitter.

— Thomas Fitzgerald

Looking back at the 1996 tire fire that shut down I-95 in Philly

The effort to rebuild a section of Interstate 95 that collapsed Sunday in Northeast Philadelphia is beginning — and it’s not the first time a section of the highway has been closed due to a fire.

In March 1996, a nearly two-mile stretch of the roadway was closed in Port Richmond after a tire fire left it badly damaged. While the highway didn’t collapse, a portion was in such bad shape that it wasn’t fully repaired for about four months.

Just before 1:30 a.m. on March 13 a heap of discarded tires under I-95 went up in a massive fire, The Inquirer reported. An eight-alarm blaze, the fire burned for five hours, requiring 50 pieces of equipment and 180 firefighters to place under control.

The flames became so hot that they “burned the bottom of I-95 as if it were a pot over an open flame,” The Inquirer reported. As a result, the blaze snapped support wires, charred concrete, buckled guardrails, and caused basketball-sized chunks of concrete to fall from the structure. The smoke was so thick, the city Health Department issued an air quality advisory for people living within three-quarters of a mile of the fire.

As a result of the damage, a complete span of the highway measuring about 63 feet had to be replaced. A stretch between Allegheny Avenue and Bridge Street remained closed for about a week as crews worked to install a temporary fix. At the time, the highway carried an estimated 150,000 vehicles a day.

» READ MORE: Looking back at the 1996 tire fire that shut down I-95 in Philly

— Nick Vadala

Northeast Philly restaurants stand to be impacted by collapse

Northeast Philadelphia is home to many small restaurants with cuisines from around the world. The I-95 collapse stands to impact the flow of their business, as well their suppliers getting to restaurants.

“This will be a little bit of a problem for us,” said Salina Ko, who operates China Gourmet on Bustleton Avenue.

Fortunately for her restaurant, Monday was a busy day anyway with the foot traffic of Northeast High School students coming to celebrate their graduation.

But it was a different story for restaurant patrons and employees trying to navigate the clogged roads and confusion in the wake of the collapse.

Debra Betten, a manager and owner of Sweet Lucy’s Smokehouse on State Road said they had orders canceled because the customers couldn’t get to the restaurant.

Customers and staff who made it to the eatery faced frustrations and inconsistent directions from police directing traffic.

“You have to believe they’ll figure it out, and we’ll be alright, but we don’t really know how to let our customers and our staff know what’s going on,” Betten said. “It seems like it’s constantly changing.”

Arthur Rubinov, operator of Uzbekistan restaurant on Bustleton Avenue, took a philosophical stance. “Today, you just go day by day,” he said.

— Rita Giordano

Food distributors adjusting to try to keep Philly fed

The collapse of the I-95 bridge has put some crimps in food distribution in and around Philadelphia.

“We’ve already taken some measures proactively,” said Fred Bentley, owner of Bentley Truck Services, a day after the crash.

Bentley has a truck collision-repair facility on State Road north of the crash site, and a truck sales and rental dealership, also on State Road, south of the crash, that serves area food suppliers.

“We’ve adjusted our hours to try to move equipment [in] off-peak hours, for the next few days at least, until we have a better understanding of what the closures will be, and what roads will open up,” Bentley said.

He noted that some of the Philadelphia area’s largest food supply businesses are located in the neighborhood adjoining I-95 and on local roads, such as Dietz & Watson, the purveyor of deli meats, and Baldor Foods, which delivers vegetables, fruits, meats and poultry and other fresh produce between Boston and Washington, D.C. I-95, an eight-lane behemoth, is a major food corridor for the East Coast.

Even before the crash, traffic was already so heavy through the neighborhood that companies aimed to dispatch trucks early to avoid rush hours,” Bentley said. “Now we are all going to have to get up earlier,” Bentley said.

Vince Finazzo, owner of Riverwards Produce grocery stores in Fishtown and Old City said a few of his distributors have warned him to expect delays.

The shutdown has also had an impact on the flow of food from nonprofits to people in need.

Vince Schiavone — executive director of Caring for Friends, a Northeast Philadelphia-based food charity — said the group is “sending trucks over to Jersey and back” to reach the Philadelphia Regional Produce Center in the Southwest, and a warehouse the charity runs near Philadelphia International Airport, Schiavone said. “It adds hours” to the trip, he said. “And a lot of people who pick up food at our warehouse can’t get to us.”

» READ MORE: I-95 collapse location particularly tough on Philly-area food suppliers

— Joseph N. DiStefano and Thomas Fitzgerald

City Councilmember Mike Driscoll’s office fields concerns from constituents near collapse

City Councilmember Mike Driscoll, whose 6th District includes the site of the collapsed bridge, said his office is fielding numerous requests from nearby constituents and businesses concerned about the impact the incident will have on the neighborhood.

The concerns include the potential of increased traffic in the area, the impact of the demolition and reconstruction of the bridge, and whether businesses will be negatively affected, Driscoll said. He’s hoping things will be back to normal in a matter of “weeks, not months.”

“I think we’re going to have unprecedented cooperation from the federal and state agencies that will be in charge of the reconstruction,” Driscoll said while sitting in I-95 traffic caused by the incident.

Driscoll said that he spoke with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle after they visited the site of the collapse Monday and was told that U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was “fully invested” in reopening the interstate as soon as possible.

“This is a critical artery for the East Coast,” Driscoll said.

— Sean Collins Walsh

Rerouted traffic causes delays in trash pickup for Northeast Philly

Traffic rerouted off I-95 caused some minor delays in trash and recycling pickup in Northeast Philadelphia Monday, said Keisha McCarty Skelton, spokesperson for the Philadelphia Department of Streets. The department planned to evaluate how disruptive the detours are to trash collection throughout the week, she said, but for now it is not planning any changes to its routine.

— Jason Laughlin

Truck driver’s family says they’ve been contacted in efforts to ID remains

Relatives of Nathan S. Moody, a tanker truck driver who resides in New Jersey, told The Inquirer that Pennsylvania State Police had contacted them in efforts to confirm the identity of a driver who may have been killed in Sunday’s blaze under I-95 that partially collapsed the highway.

Law enforcement officials are seeking a match for remains recovered from the wreckage on Monday morning.

“The only thing we’ve heard is they’ve pulled a body from the truck, but it hasn’t been identified yet,” said Isaac Moody, of Willow Grove, who said he was a cousin of Nathan’s and frequently spoke with the trucker. “They’ve asked his wife to bring some stuff to help identify him. We’re still trying to find out stuff ourselves.”

He and other relatives confirmed they had not been able to get in touch with Nathan Moody since Sunday.

Isaac Moody, who also worked in the trucking industry, said that his cousin had begun driving for the Pennsauken-based TK Transport Inc,, which specialized in the transport of hazard materials, not long after he saved up to buy his own rig several years ago.

A representative for TK Transport declined to give comment when reached by an Inquirer reporter Monday afternoon. A call to a number associated with TK Transport president Paul Kauffman was not returned.

Isaac Moody said his cousin, who is listed on public records as age 53, had obtained a hazmat license to work short distance supply runs to gas stations within the region – as opposed to long haul trucking – in order to spend more time with his seven year old daughter.

“He always said he wanted that girl to grow up with her daddy,” he said. “That little girl was everything to him.”

— Ryan W. Briggs and Ximena Conde

Watch: Northbound traffic is directed off of I-95 following collapse

Peco reports no impact from I-95 collapse

The I-95 bridge collapse has not affected Pennsylvania’s largest utility, Peco, and its ability to provide electric and natural gas service to 1.7 million customers across the region.

“The impact for Peco is minimal,” said spokesperson Brian Ahrens. “We haven’t seen any major delays with any crews or employees getting out to job sites.”

And the utility does not expect that to change, even if the thunderstorms forecast for Monday afternoon and evening were to knock out power to any customers.

“We are constantly monitoring the conditions,” Ahrens said.

Peco employs nearly 3,000 people, directing operations from of a control center in Plymouth Meeting.

Sunday’s collapse did not cause any customer outages, he said, but Peco has been in the area to deenergize a few street lights in advance of bridge demolition.

— Erin McCarthy

Worried commuter found new route that only added 15 minutes

Katie Conallen is a reverse commuter: Five days a week, she’s out the door by 7:15 a.m to take I-95 from Rittenhouse to the far Northeast, where she pulls double duty as a speech therapist in Morrell Park and a swim instructor at the Somerton Swim Club.

“I usually get up there with no traffic in about 35 minutes,” Conallen said.

But when she woke up on Monday morning, Conallen learned that her usual commute would nearly triple, taking an hour and 25 minutes.

“I certainly went through the ‘I need to get a new job in the city’ panic when I checked the maps this morning,” Conallen said.

Conallen, however, called her new route “a breeze”: She drove through the city to take I-76 to Roosevelt Boulevard, which only added 15 more minutes to her usual drive.

— Beatrice Foreman

SEPTA’s real test will come tomorrow, when ridership is higher

Marshaling rail cars and personnel to the right places and at the right times can be a mind-crunching puzzle even on an ordinary day, but Monday was no normal day for SEPTA operations staff.

With a gap in I-95 knocking the freeway out, the transit agency scrambled to rustle up more capacity on Regional Rail trains that serve the northern suburbs and Northeast Philadelphia.

SEPTA decided to bus Cynwyd Regional Rail line passengers, freeing up several rail cars and crews of conductors and engineers for Trenton Line trains on Monday morning, said spokesman Andrew Busch. The Cynwyd Line typically uses two trains per day, running six trips, he said.

Regular schedules did not change, but railroad employees noticed higher than usual traffic on the Trenton, West Trenton and Fox Chase commuter lines, he said.

“Tomorrow probably will be a better test than Monday,” Busch said, noting that ridership is highest mid-week as many people have the option to work at home. Mondays and Fridays are popular for remote work.

— Thomas Fitzgerald

Truck driver lost control of vehicle in I-95 collapse, official says

Officials declined to identify the truck driver or trucking company whose tanker carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed, causing the fire on I-95.

Asked if there were fatalities, state Secretary of Transportation Mike Carroll said “I will defer to the medical examiner for comment on that.”

Carroll said the tractor trailer driver was trying to navigate a curve and lost control of the vehicle, which landed on its side, rupturing the tank and igniting.

He said the bridge, which was 10 to 12 years old was structurally sound before the accident.

State police said the incident is considered an accident and there’s no plan for a criminal investigation. Police said the company has been cooperative, including with identifying the driver.

“We suspect we know but we cannot confirm a name,” said State Police Capt. Gerard McShea.

— Julia Terruso

Southbound I-95 bridge to be demolished

The bridge on Southbound I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia is compromised and will have to be demolished, PennDot Secretary Mike Carroll told reporters Monday afternoon.

Carroll said demolition will begin Monday, and he expects it to be completed in four to five days.

“Obviously it’s a challenge for people to move around the city,” Carroll said. “We’re sensitive to that. We’d ask people to have patience and consider the SEPTA option.”

Officials did not give a timeline for reconstructing the roadway.

“We will do it as speedy as possible,” Carroll said. “But we don’t have a final design plan yet — that’s being worked on as we speak.”

U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, who is from Northeast Philadelphia, thanked state police who he credited with blocking the collapsed roadway quickly, preventing cars from falling in to it.

“While this is an awful shock, to see and for those of us who live here, the next several months are going to be very challenging…we should recognize on the most basic human level, this could have been much, much worse. In terms of loss of life.”

Boyle noted I-95 stretches from Maine to Miami. “I dare you to find a more densely populated 40 or 50 mile area around 95 than right here where we’re standing.”

Sen. Bob Casey promised to bring in funding for the rebuild.

Shailen Bhatt, who heads the federal highway administration said the project would get “Whatever they need.”

— Rob Tornoe and Julia Terruso

Pennsylvania issues disaster declaration for I-95 collapse site

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro issued a disaster declaration Monday in response to the collapse of a section of I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia. The declaration will allow the state to access federal funding for repairs and “expedite the rebuilding of I-95, Shapiro said in a statement.

“My Administration is in regular contact with our federal partners, who have pledged their complete support and assistance as we create alternative routes and rebuild I-95,” Shapiro said. “My Administration is all hands on deck to repair I-95 as safely and as efficiently as possible.”

The disaster proclamation makes $7 million of state funds immediately available for the reconstruction of I-95, according to the governor’s office.

On Sunday, Shapiro said a full rebuild of the collapsed section of the highway is expected to take months. A more accurate timeline will be determined following a Department of Transportation investigation.

“With regards to the complete rebuild of the I-95 roadway, we expect that to take some number of months,” Shapiro said Sunday.

— Rob Tornoe

Local trucks face a ‘nightmare’ making deliveries in Northeast Philly

As the aftermath of the I-95 bridge collapse plays out, long-haul truckers and local trucks making deliveries to businesses are sure to face frustrations and challenges, at least initially.

Steve Riley, partnerships and communications manager at Dietz & Watson, felt the pain before he even got to the office Monday.

“I drove in this morning, it was a nightmare,” he said. “I come in from Newtown, Bucks County, it’s normally half an hour — I started at 6:30 — it took me an hour and a half.”

Local streets near the scene of the collapse remained closed, Riley said, including Van Kirk Street, Comly Street and others around Dietz & Watson’s facility on Tacony Street.

He said trucks going out Monday “are being cautious” as they try to navigate the new landscape.

On Sunday evening, residents already reported an unusually heavy volume of tractor trailers on I-476 northbound, as long-haul truckers bailed on I-95 to meet up with the Pennsylvania Turnpike, where they could head east to rejoin the freeway on the New Jersey Turnpike.

— Joseph N. DiStefano and Thomas Fitzgerald

Pa. lawmakers work to extend emergency declaration for I-95 collapse

Lawmakers in Harrisburg are already negotiating a deal to extend Gov. Josh Shapiro’s emergency declaration past its 21-day expiration date, with the expectation that both sides of the I-95 corridor will need “significant repairs,” said State Rep. Ed Neilson (D., Philadelphia), who chairs the House Transportation committee.

“That would be our part: To make certain the governor’s declaration does not expire,” Neilson said after a committee meeting in Harrisburg on Monday. “

Shapiro announced on Sunday in Northeast Philly that he would be signing an emergency declaration following the I-95 collapse. It’s unclear whether Shapiro has signed an emergency declaration yet.

Pennsylvania voters in 2021 approved a change to the state constitution requiring legislative approval to extend any emergency declarations after 21 days, following former Gov. Tom Wolf’s business closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, lawmakers are required to approve and issue an extension every 21 days for any governor-issued emergency declaration.

State lawmakers will break for summer recess next month, and won’t return to legislating until early fall — well past the 21-day expiration date. Neilson said Democratic and Republican legislative leaders are in negotiations about what an extension will look like, and the length of that extension.

Emergency declarations are necessary so the state can access emergency funding from the state and federal government. The 2021 constitutional amendment requires the state House and Senate to approve concurrent resolutions to continue any emergency declaration, and thus, continue to access emergency funds.

» READ MORE: Pa. lawmakers are already trying to extend the emergency declaration for the I-95 collapse

— Gillian McGoldrick

‘It’s stressful’: Residents cope with short drives becoming long trips

Eileen Bailer just wants to get to her best friend’s mom’s 96th birthday party at Il Fiore in Collingswood.

It was supposed to be a little over a half hour drive over the Tacony Palmyra Bridge from Fox Chase for some calamari, penne alla vodka with pancetta, and some cake. Now, it’s going to take close to an hour and half. Bailer is taking SEPTA’s Regional Rail to Suburban Station and then meeting friends who will drive her to Collingswood.

“It’s stressful,” Bailer said. “There was all this back and forth about whether or not to cancel the whole thing. But she’s 96, so how many more parties is she gonna have?”

How she gets home is a guessing game, Bailer said. She hopes to have her friends drop back off at Jefferson, but she’s concerned they’ll try to drive her to Fox Chase because “they feel bad I came all this way” and then they’ll end up in rush hour traffic “forever.”

— Beatrice Forman

Federal officials to tour I-95 collapse site

Federal officials will tour the I-95 collapse site in Northeast Philadelphia Monday, including Democrats U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle.

The federal elected officials will visit the site to determine what help the federal government can provide now that the major artery in and out of Philadelphia will be closed for the next few months.

Boyle said he’s been on the phone with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and representatives from the Biden administration for the past two days. He said today’s tour will also include the head of the federal highway administration.

“We’re looking into legislative routes we could take if we need more money,” Boyle said. “And personally, I’m one of those people who is completely impacted. I’m trying to figure out an alternate route to get to 30th Street for my 2 p.m. train back to D.C… it’s gonna be a nightmare the next couple months. We’ve gotta get it fixed as soon as humanly possible.”

State officials, including Gov. Josh Shapiro and PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll, spent the day on scene Monday.

— Gillian McGoldrick and Julia Terruso

PennDot opens more of I-95, adds local detours around collapse site

PennDot has new detour routes for local traffic looking to get around the I-95 collapse site in Northeast Philadelphia, where the highway remains closed in both directions.

The local detour routes are:

Though the highway remains closed in both directions, more of I-95 South opened up around 9 p.m. Sunday, according to a PennDot spokesperson.

I-95 South is closed at Exit 30, and reopens where State Road merges with the highway near Longshore Ave.

I-95 North remains closed at Exit 26, and reopens past the collapse site around Exit 32.

» READ MORE: What commuters can do after the I-95 shutdown

— Rob Tornoe

Photos: Morning traffic headaches, investigators assess I-95 debris

Suburban station ‘feels busier’ as Northeast commuters take to trains

The rush hour crowds at Suburban Station were thicker this morning after the I-95 collapse near Cottman Avenue forced commuters from Northeast Philadelphia and parts of Montgomery and lower Bucks counties to find new ways to work.

One SEPTA employee who spoke to the Inquirer on the condition of anonymity said the station “felt busier.” Another — again on the condition on anonymity — said they were annoyed at the amount of customer service inquiries they were fielding.

“It’s like they’ve never taken a train before,” she said.

Several people declined to comment, claiming to be late for work as lines for Dunkin Donuts wrapped around the concourse.

To accommodate commuters, SEPTA has added additional cars to trains on the Trenton, West Trenton and Fox Chase lines, but some faced delays. Some outbound trains to West Trenton operated with delays of up to to 20 minutes due to “crew unavailability,” per SEPTA.

— Beatrice Forman

Free parking at some SEPTA station lots following I-95 collapse

Three lots operated by the Philadelphia Parking Authority are offering free parking due to the I-95 bridge collapse, which has closed the highway in both directions in Northeast Philadelphia.

The three lots offering free parking are:

Parking will remain free until further notice, the city said.

— Rob Tornoe

SEPTA trains on West Trenton line experiencing delays

Why collapsed bridge girders were susceptible to heat

The girders that supported the collapsed I-95 bridge appear to be made of steel, a Drexel University engineer said after looking at Inquirer photos from the scene.

That means they were more susceptible to heat than if they had been made from steel-reinforced concrete, said Amir Farnam, an associate professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering.

“There is no concrete surrounding them,” he said. “That means they are very susceptible to any sort of high temperature.”

Steel melts at temperatures above 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit, depending on the alloy used, but the metal starts to fail at temperatures well below that, Farnam said.

The metal loses about 20% of its strength at 750 degrees, and about half of its strength at 1,000 degrees, he said. Those temperatures are easily achieved with a tanker fire like the one that occurred Sunday morning, he said.

“When you have a fire like this and it lasts for a few hours, the yield strength of the steel decreases drastically, and it fails,” he said.

That doesn’t mean the bridge had a design flaw, he said. Given the tight space constraints, steel girders likely were the appropriate design choice, he said.

“You don’t expect an outdoor structure to experience fire,” he said.

Concrete is, however, used to surround the steel supports in buildings, in part because it’s an effective means of fireproofing.

Unless it fails. That’s what happened on 9/11, Farnam said. When planes hit the World Trade Center, the impact sheared off some of the protective concrete, exposing the steel underneath to high heat until it collapsed.

— Tom Avril

Fire that caused collapse remains under investigation

The Philadelphia Fire Department said it responded to the blaze beneath I-95 about 6:30 a.m. Sunday; crews declared it under control at 7:30 a.m. Authorities have not determined what caused the truck to catch fire — and have disclosed no information on the driver.

No injuries or deaths have been reported, though Kenney said Sunday night “we understand the situation remains fluid.” Shapiro said “at least one vehicle” remained trapped in the rubble.

“We’re still working to identify any individual or individuals who may have been caught in the fire,” he said.

— Thomas Fitzgerald, Kristen A. Graham, Tom Avril, and Aubrey Whelan

PennDot’s suggested detour for avoiding collapse site

PennDot has a recommended detour for getting around the I-95 collapse, and the information is being put on message boards in the region and in states north and south of Philadelphia, spokesperson Brad Rudolph said.

Heading northbound:

Heading southbound:

Meanwhile, SEPTA is adding capacity on the Trenton, West Trenton, and Fox Chase Regional Rail Lines during peak service times.

» READ MORE: What commuters can do after the I-95 shutdown

— Thomas Fitzgerald

Months of repairs and travel headaches are ahead after an I-95 bridge collapsed in a fire

An elevated section of I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia collapsed early Sunday after a tanker truck carrying gasoline burst into flames beneath it, severing the main expressway on the East Coast and causing travel chaos in the region that will be felt for some time.

Four northbound lanes fell onto Cottman Avenue in the city’s Tacony neighborhood after steel girders supporting the roadway were weakened in the searing fire, officials said. The interstate was closed in both directions between Woodhaven Road and Aramingo Avenue.

Standing within view of the collapsed and charred section of roadway Sunday night, Gov. Josh Shapiro said he would issue a disaster declaration Monday morning, a step that will allow Pennsylvania to receive federal aid.

“Remarkable devastation,” Shapiro said, describing his view of the scene from a helicopter. “I found myself thanking the Lord that no motorists who were on I-95 were injured or died.”

» READ MORE: Months of repairs and travel headaches are ahead after an I-95 bridge collapsed in a fire

— Thomas Fitzgerald, Kristen A. Graham, Tom Avril, and Aubrey Whelan