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Workers sifted through the wreckage of the building, searching for bodies.
They cleared the wreckage from the track.
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Today’s updates: Crews pull more wreckage from crash.
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Crews spent the weekend positioning key equipment to begin removing the wreckage.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2025
At a news briefing, Colonel Frank Pera of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore district said that efforts to remove additional pieces of the wreckage, including from the Black Hawk helicopter, will continue, but that the entire process will likely take several days, according to NBC News.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
During Monday's operation, several work stoppages were ordered to recover multiple sets of remains amid the wreckage, Pera said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Crews spent the weekend positioning key equipment to begin removing the wreckage.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2025
At a news briefing, Colonel Frank Pera of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore district said that efforts to remove additional pieces of the wreckage, including from the Black Hawk helicopter, will continue, but that the entire process will likely take several days, according to NBC News.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
During Monday's operation, several work stoppages were ordered to recover multiple sets of remains amid the wreckage, Pera said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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wreckage
noun
wreck·age
ˈrek-ij 
1
a
: the act of wrecking
b
: the state of being wrecked
2
: the remains of a wreck
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