Social media users were unimpressed by Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s initial response to video of the bridge collapse in Baltimore on Tuesday morning.
Bowser posted an unusual “Oh no” to X, in response to a post on bridge: 27 hours
In a now-deleted post, Bowser responded to the horrific collapse in the neighboring city of Baltimore, Maryland, around 7 a.m. on her personal account on X, formerly Twitter.
Asked to expand on the post, Bowser’s office referred DailyMail.com to a post the mayor made on her official X account two hours after her initial response.
“Our prayers are with our neighbors in Baltimore and everyone affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge,” Bowser wrote on X around 9 a.m.
She added, “This morning I reached out to Mayor Scott (Baltimore), and we stand ready to support Baltimore in these difficult days ahead.”
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s first reaction to the Baltimore bridge collapse on Tuesday morning was “oh no” in a now-deleted post on
Bowser posted to
Search and rescue efforts are still underway despite the icy waters and there is little chance of victims being found alive.
Eight people were on the bridge at the time of the collision and six remain missing after people and cars plunged into the Patapsco River, Maryland’s transportation secretary said hours after the collision.
Despite her official response, X users did not quickly forget her first quick response.
One user wrote on Mayor Bowser’s tweet: ‘This is from someone who commented on another tweet ‘OH NO’. Don’t you have to go to a ribbon cutting ceremony?’
Another just posted a link to her now-deleted response to the Open Source Intelligence Monitor post.
The account posted to he was hit by a large container ship; A Mass Casualty Incident involving over a dozen cars has been reported and many individuals are believed to be in the water.”
“Oh no,” Bowser replied.
A freighter crashed into a support structure of the 2.6-mile bridge at 1:27 a.m. and remains in a destroyed state on the Patapsco River
Bowser released a more formal response to the bridge collapse two hours later via her official mayoral account
Other government and state officials sent messages of prayer and assistance to Maryland and Baltimore in the wake of the tragedy that will continue to affect the region for years to come.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis informed
“The state of Florida stands ready to assist and our prayers are with the victims and first responders,” he wrote.