Speaking out for the first time since the catastrophic bridge collapse in March, Julio Cervantes Suarez describes to NBC News’ Tom Llamas his fight to survive after he was thrown from the Francis Scott Key Bridge while working. Six other members of the maintenance crew were killed, and even though he didn’t know how to swim, he was eventually rescued from the chilly waters of the Patapsco River.
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