The Issue: Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapsing after a cargo ship collision early Tuesday morning.
As someone who has spent time in Baltimore and driven across the Francis Scott Key Bridge, I was saddened to learn of the bridge’s collapse (“The bridge is down,” March 27).
How, in this high-tech age, we can have a ship hit a supporting column resulting in the collapse of the bridge is beyond me. This tragedy demonstrates that our national infrastructure is woefully neglected, as this is not the first time a bridge has collapsed. I offer my sympathies to all those who have been affected by this tragic incident.
Michael Pravica
Henderson, Nev.
Another tragic event right here in the United States. Sadly, six men who were working on the bridge lost their lives.
President Biden needs to make an appearance in Baltimore, soon.
Ron Zajicek
Cortlandt
I wonder if those who complain about migrants “invading” our country realize that the men who lost their lives in the Baltimore bridge collapse were immigrants from Latin America.
These men were filling potholes in the middle of the night, when most of us were at home, sleeping. Migrants often work dangerous jobs that are crucial to the country, jobs which many of us would rather not step into.
Gloria Zola-Mulloy
Fleischmanns
The tragic accident resulting from a large ship crashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is a wake-up call that the nation’s infrastructure needs to be re-inspected.
There are hundreds of roads and bridges that are quite old and it is imperative that these all be structurally sound. Congress must immediately appropriate the necessary funds for this important and critical job, so that a tragedy like this does not happen again.
John Amato
Fresh Meadows
The Issue: Recent incidents of antisemitism in Teaneck, home to New Jersey’s largest Jewish community.
Thank you for the article shedding light on the terrible antisemitism that is rearing its ugly head in Teaneck, NJ (“Target: Teaneck,” Karol Markowitz, March 23).
It felt so poignant reading Markowitz’s statement that if the KKK drove through a black-majority town, then there would be public outcry, and rightly so. Yet once again it feels like the Jews of Teaneck are alone.
Where is the outcry over antisemitism?
Shoshana Poloner
Teaneck, NJ
Markowitz’s last two sentences struck me as distressingly prophetic: “You are not safe here. You are not safe anywhere.”
Of course, this message is being directed to Jews. Unfortunately, it has increasing validity in today’s world, only amplified by recent events.
Samuel Frazer
Fort Myers, Fla.
I wanted to thank The Post for this article regarding incidents of antisemitism in Teaneck.
As a child of a Holocaust survivor, the events happening in our town are traumatic and upsetting. It has been proven that hatred that begins with Jews spirals and eventually affects all segments of the world.
Silence is complicity. Thank you for not remaining silent with regard to this issue.
Faye Schwartz
Teaneck, NJ
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