Footage of the 26th street retaining wall collapse - Baltimore

Holy Moses that’s harsh. One guy is standing there helplessly as his car is leaning too far to be saved by the time he gets there.

They should all think themselves lucky - the last wall collapse in my town killed three people. Imagine if any of those people had been in their cars, trying to drive them out.

It’s amazing that a cop walks by & doesn’t tell the guy taking pictures to move back. That collapse could have easily taken ½ the street…& him with it.

HOLY SHIT! :eek:

I was waiting to see someone get into one of those cars and try to drive it away!

The one guy shows up to do just that - and realizes that he can’t. Just imagine having to stand there watching it happen! ::shudder::

I’m so glad that there wasn’t anyone in those cars! I’m also glad that none of those people were injured who were just standing there and watching.

Wait, what does the other side of the wall look like? Did it fall into a river?

The magic work is “insurance”.

It overlooked a rail line. The 10 or so cars that went over the side ended up on a bed of mud, rock, clay, and god knows what covering the tracks, after falling 20-40 feet.

Aftermath