A tweet allegedly posted by boxer Ryan Garcia has gone viral, with people claiming the 2021 lightweight champion predicted the tragic Baltimore bridge collapse before it happened.
Huge cargo ship Dali lost control and ploughed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday, causing a large section of the 1.6-mile-long bridge to fall into the Patapsco River. Six missing construction workers who were working on the bridge fixing potholes are presumed dead, authorities have said. The search for their bodies was suspended overnight but resumed Wednesday morning, local time.
As rescue efforts continue, a video posted on TikTok has claimed that professional boxer Garcia predicted the disaster before it even happened. The video, which has been viewed more than 290,000 times, shows a post on X (formally Twitter ) which Garcia allegedly posted. "SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN BALTIMORE MARYLAND ON MARCH 26TH 2024," the post reads.
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A conspiracy theory has emerged online claiming Ryan Garcia predicted the tragic bridge collapse in Baltimore (Getty Images)A voice on the video can also be heard saying: "Ryan Garcia knew it was going to happen." The post shows Garcia's name and profile picture on X, but does not include the date and time it was allegedly posted.
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Mirror Online has checked Garcia's social media accounts and found no evidence of the post at the time of publishing. Many people took to the comments on the video to say it was fake.
"Can't be real," one person said. Another commented: "Yall dumb, he never said this would happen." A third said: "He didn’t tweet about Baltimore. He tweeted about a big earthquake happening in June though."
Garcia did post on X about an earthquake in June. In a post published on March 6 the boxer said: "June 6th Earthquake BAD."
The 25-year-old, who is scheduled to fight Devin Haney on April 20 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, did post on X about the bridge collapse on Tuesday. He said: "First off I send my condolences to the people effected [sic] in this tragedy.
Baltimore Governor Wes Moore has declared a State of Emergency (PA)"Some things come to my mind seeing this. How long before they realized the boat has lost all control. Did they try to warn people on the radio. Could they not try to anchor the ship down, how many people were on that ship and why didn’t they try to get off the boat before it crashes like jump into the water.
"The bridge collapsed fairly fast and looked sus in a way due to the matter it collapsed. All speculation, but my heart goes out to the people who are injured and effected by this tragedy."
The collapse happened at around 1.30am local time (5.30am UK time). Baltimore Governor Wes Moore has declared a State of Emergency over the incident which has been described as a "mass casualty event."
Two people were rescued from the water, and the remaining six still unaccounted for are believed to have been working on the bridge when it collapsed (JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to
The bodies of the missing workers have not yet been recovered, but they are presumed to have died given the water’s depth and the amount of time that has passed since the crash, he said. Jeffrey Pritzker, executive vice president of Brawner Builders, who employed the workers on the bridge, said the crew was working in the middle of the bridge when it came down.
“This was so completely unforeseen,” Mr Pritzker said. “We don’t know what else to say. We take such great pride in safety, and we have cones and signs and lights and barriers and flaggers.”
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Brandon Scott, mayor of Baltimore, said: “Never would you think that you would see, physically see, the Key Bridge tumble down like that. It looked like something out of an action movie."
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