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May 18, 2025 4 mins
Last night a Mexican Ship Crashed into the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, Journalism rallies from way off the pace to win the second-leg of Horseracings triple crown, Hordes of robes and tassels spotted around the streets of Boston. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Mostly sunny, sixty six degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock.
Good Sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. I'm Sherry
Small and here's what's happening. A mix of sun and
clouds this morning and later some rain.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
This afternoon will be breezy and less humid compared to
yesterday as sunshine fades behind increasing clouds. Could be a
shower or two into the early evening as well.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
And that's hack you weather meteorologist Bill Dicker. The full
forecast is coming right up. Last night, a Mexican ship
crashed into the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. The NTSB now investigating.
We get the latest from ABC's Rena Roy.

Speaker 3 (00:38):
The training ship had been docked at a nearby pier.
It had just departed for its journey to Iceland. Flavio
Morira was sightseeing with his family for his graduation weekend
when he saw it all happen.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
I just remember thinking, Wow, this is so odd. It's
getting too close, and then it crashed. It crashed under
the bridge.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Of the two hundred and seventy seven on board. At
least two killed, according to officials, seventeen others injured too,
still in critical condition.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Police see. It initially appeared a mechanical problem led to
the crash, although nothing final has been determined yet. Israel
releasing a barrage of strikes on Gasa overnight and announcing
that it is launching extensive new ground operations there. Dozens
are dead. Jerusalem says the ramp up is meant to

(01:26):
pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages.

Speaker 4 (01:30):
We've had a few details out apart from some key
points on which I think both sides agree. That is
that Hamas would release about nine of the living Israeli
hostages in exchange for about sixty days of a ceasefire.
It will be unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners released from
Israeli jails, and quite importantly, about four hundred AID trucks

(01:54):
each day being allowed into Gaza to alleviate the humanitarian
crisis in Gaza.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
And that's a BBA sees Weery Davis reporting the humanitarian
crisis in the region is only getting more dire, and
last night strikes forced the main hospital in northern Gaza
to close. Journalism rallies from Way off the pace to
win the second leg of horse Racing's Triple Crown.

Speaker 5 (02:19):
There was an inquiry because things got a little physical
in the final twenty to thirty yards, but the results
stand the favorite wins. Journalism came from behind, surging multiple
lengths to earn the Black Eyed Susan's. Saturday's race marks
the final preakdistakes at Pamlico Park before the stands are
knocked down and they begin renovating the track. The race
is expected to be held at nearby Laurel Park for

(02:39):
at least the next couple of years.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
And that sports reporter Erica Herskowitz and now to Billdegger
for the four day WBZ achu weather forecast.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
This afternoon will be breezy and less humid compared to
yesterday as sunshine fades behind clouds. Watch for a shower
or two into the early evening as we go up
to seventy two clouds around tonight, breezy, low fifty three
of sunshine, windy and cooler Tomorrow high sixty seven. Can't
roll out a shower to start the work week, clouds
and cooler Tuesday fifty seven ahead of a cloudy, cool Wednesday,

(03:08):
with rain arriving by afternoon. Hijus fifty three. I'm ack you,
weather Mediciologist Bill Degger WBZ, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
Right now, we're seeing it looks like mostly sunny sky
sixty six degrees in the city, sixty seven in Danvers,
partly cloudy, sixty six in Falmus, and clouds as well,
cloudy in sixty four in Worcester, and in Brompton cloudy
and sixty eight degrees. A massive flag display in the

(03:37):
Seaport honors those military members who gave their lives in
the War on Terror.

Speaker 6 (03:41):
It's a sea of red, white and blue in Boston Seaport.
Thousands of American flags on the lawn at the mass
Fallen Heroes Memorial as the organization kicks off Patriot Week.
Jason Farrar is with the group Mass Fallen Heroes.

Speaker 7 (03:57):
Three times a year we put this flag gotten in
Now there's almost six thousand flags in this area escape
right next to the memorial, which lists every name from
being the first killed in the Pentagon at September eleventh
up until the most concurrent.

Speaker 6 (04:18):
The flags will be on display through Memorial Day. Next
week there'll be a rededication ceremony with more names added
to the glass panels in tribute to the most recent
fallen heroes in the War on Terror in Boston Seaport
Mike Macklum, WBZ Boston's news Radio.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Sherry Small, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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