Their story is one of tragedy and resilience. Captive Africans are taken by boat to the slave ship Clotilda in 1860, at a slave port in what's now Benin. In 1860—52 years after the United States ...

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NEW YORK - The investigation into why a Mexican Navy training ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17, shearing the top of its masts, will look into a possible engine failure and the role of a ...

A Mexican navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, collided with the Brooklyn Bridge after losing power, resulting in tragedy. The ship, on a goodwill mission, drifted into the bridge, causing the ...

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A towering Mexican naval sailing ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening during a festive journey down New York City’s East River, snapping two of its masts and killing two ...

(CNN) — A Mexican Navy training ship on a goodwill tour struck the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge, leaving two crew members dead and over a dozen injured. The image of the tall ship, outfitted ...

(CNN) — Just before 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, several onlookers in Brooklyn were enjoying one of New York City’s sunnier days, when they witnessed a Mexican Navy training ship hit the bottom of ...

(CNN) — After several days in New York, it took less than five minutes for a Mexican Navy ship to hit the city’s iconic Brooklyn Bridge, snapping the masts like matchsticks and leaving two ...