NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City mayor says says 19 people were injured, four seriously, when a Mexican tall ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge. The span was spared major damage.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Mexican navy sailing ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a promotional tour in New York City, the top of its three masts slamming into the iconic span and partially collapsing as the boat floated in the East River.

The New York Fire Department press desk confirmed that authorities responded to injuries but had no details about how many people might have been hurt or whether they were on the vessel or on the bridge.

In a scene captured in multiple eyewitness videos, the masts could be seen snapping and partially collapsing as they crashed into the deck of the bridge. Videos showed heavy traffic on the span at the time of the collision.

The vessel, which was flying a giant green, white and red Mexican flag, then drifted toward the edge of the river as onlookers scrambled away from shore.

A masted Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, sits stranded after colliding with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyle Viterbo)

Sydney Neidell and Lily Katz told The Associated Press they were sitting outside to watch the sunset when they saw the vessel strike the bridge and one of its masts snap. Looking closer, they saw someone dangling from high on the ship.

“We saw someone dangling, and I couldn’t tell if it was just blurry or my eyes, and we were able to zoom in on our phone and there was someone dangling from the harness from the top for like at least like 15 minutes before they were able to rescue them,” Katz said.

They said they saw two people removed from the ship on stretchers onto smaller boats.

The Mexican navy said in a post on the social platform X that the Cuauhtemoc, an academy training vessel, was damaged in an accident with the Brooklyn Bridge that prevented it from continuing its voyage.

It added that the status of personnel and material was under review by naval and local authorities, which were providing assistance.

A Mexican navy ship sits in the water after it hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Kyle Viterbo)

It added that the status of personnel and material was under review by naval and local authorities, which were providing assistance.

“The Secretary of the Navy renews its commitment to the safety of personnel, transparency in its operations and excellent training for future officers of the Mexican Armada,” it said in Spanish.

The Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in 1883, has a nearly 1,600-foot main span that is supported by two masonry towers. More than 100,000 vehicles and an estimated 32,000 pedestrians cross every day, according to the city’s transportation department, and its walkway is a major tourist attraction.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry said on X that its ambassador to the U.S. and officials from the Mexican consulate in New York were in contact with local authorities to provide assistance to “the affected cadets,” but it did not mention injuries.

The Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in 1883, has a nearly 1,600-foot (490-meter) main span that is supported by two masonry towers. More than 100,000 vehicles and an estimated 32,000 pedestrians cross every day, according to the city’s transportation department, and its walkway is a major tourist attraction.

The Cuauhtemoc — about 297 feet long and 40 feet wide, according to the Mexican Navy — sailed for the first time in 1982.

Each year it sets out at the end of classes at the naval military school to finish cadets’ training. This year it left the Mexican port of Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, on April 6 with 277 people onboard, the Navy said then.

The Mexican consulate said May 13 on X that the Cuauhtemoc, also called the “Ambassador and Knight of the Seas,” arrived that day and docked at pier 17. It invited people to visit it through May 17.

The ship was scheduled to visit 22 ports in 15 nations, including Kingston, Jamaica; Havana, Cuba; Cozumel, Mexico; and New York.

It had also planned to go to Reykjavik, Iceland; Bordeaux, Saint Malo and Dunkirk, France; and Aberdeen, Scotland, among others, for a total of 254 days, 170 of them at sea.

Eric Ramsay was questioned Wednesday and validated Saturday.

The Minnesota United head coach’s decision to make a startling eight changes to the starting lineup at Houston midweek led to a disjointed 2-0 loss. His revision back to his primary starters on the weekend ended with a rejuvenated 3-0 win over St. Louis at Allianz Field.

Minnesota (7-4-3, 25 points) cut down on its habit of dropping points to clubs much lower in the West standings. Mired in 14th place, St. Louis (2–75, 11 points) is now winless in a club-record 10 matches since mid-March.

Tani Oluwaseyi scored in the 33rd minute off a corner kick from Joaquin Pereyra and an assist from Nico Romero. The crafty back heel finish was the Canadian’s first goal in more than six games since an opening-minute tally against New York City on April 6.

Joaquin Pereyra doubled the lead in the 62nd minute, benefitting from Robin Lod, Bongi Hlongwane and Oluwaseyi’s playmaking.

Julian Gressel subbed into the match in the 76th minute and scored in the 78th, burying a nice cross from Pereyra.

After making eight changes to its starting lineup for the 2-0 loss to Houston on Wednesday, Minnesota returned to the same XI they used in the 4-1 home win over Inter Miami last Saturday.

The Loons’ 5-4-1 formation had Oluwaseyi as the lone striker, Pereyra and Robin Lod as attacking midfielders, Carlos Harvey and Wil Trapp as defensive mids.Anthony Markanich came back from an ankle injury to play left wingback. The center back trio were Romero, Michael Boxall and Jefferson Díaz, with Bongi Hlongwane at right wing back. Dayne St. Clair started his 14th straight game in net.

Up 3-0 in the 78th minute, Ramsay used his last four subs, bringing in Kelvin Yeboah, Sang Bin Jeong, Owen Gene and Sam Shashoua, with a U.S. Open Cup match against St. Louis coming Wednesday in St. Paul.

City will travel back to Missouri before returning to Minnesota early next week.

Three tidbits

MNUFC has held moments of silence when opponents are dealing with tragedies back home. On Saturday, Loons did one pregame for deadly tornados in St. Louis. In April, United did another when Vancouver was mourning fatalities at a Filipino street festival. … Gene returned to field after missing seven MLS matches since injuring his ankle on March 29 vs. Real Salt Lake. … Timberwolves fan Boxall has “confidence they can go all the way” to the NBA championship. He believes they match-up better against Oklahoma City with Denver’s big man Nikola Jokic “is just scary.”

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MILWAUKEE – The difference between this season’s lengthy winning streak and last season – when the Minnesota Twins won 12 in a row, but ultimately missed the playoffs – per manager Rocco Baldelli, is pitching. And after Saturday’s decisive 7-0 win in Milwaukee, there’s also a matter of streak length.

Twins starter Pablo Lopez was brilliant, allowing just a pair of Brewers hits in six innings of work, as Minnesota cruised to a 13th consecutive victory, gaining a game on AL Central-leading Detroit in the process. Lopez is now 4-2 after striking out six Brewers on Saturday.

Designated hitter Ryan Jeffers homered, singled twice and doubled, bringing in a pair of runs as Minnesota scored in each of the first six innings, quieting Milwaukee’s second sellout audience of the season. With clean sheet wins in Baltimore on Thursday, in Milwaukee on Friday and again in Milwaukee on Saturday, the Twins have back-to-back-to-back shutouts for just the second time in team history. And the scoreless ninth gave them 33 consecutive innings without allowing a run, which is a new club record.

Minnesota got single-inning relief efforts from Justin Topa, Jorge Alcala and Kody Funderburke in the win.

Adding another dose of early inning offense to their resume, Jeffers hit Milwaukee starter Tobias Myers’ third pitch of the game deep to left center for an early 1-0 lead. For a Brewers team that has struggled to score, giving up early offense hurt.

“For them, it’s like just a punch of the mouth. As soon as we score early, like with how well we’re pitching, it definitely puts them in a hole and then gives us utmost confidence to continue swinging the bat,” Jeffers said.

Lopez needed 23 pitches to escape the first inning without surrendering a run, and survived yet another Twins injury scare when Brewers leadoff hitter Brice Turang laced a hard shot back to the mound that hit Lopez in the upper right leg for an infield single. After a cursory examination by trainers, Lopez stayed in the game. Turang made it as far as third before Sal Frelick bounced out to second, ending the threat. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said it looked like the ball hit Lopez on the side of his rear end.

“Not the way you want to start things. Pablo’s got a big strong behind. I think he can handle taking a line drive off of that thing,” Baldelli said. “But if you’re going to catch a legitimate major-league-caliber line drive off of something, that’s where I would want Pablo taking it.”

Royce Lewis led off the second and came in to score on a RBI single by Christian Vasquez for a 2-0 Twins lead. They made it 3-0 in the third when Jeffers’ leadoff double was one of four straight hits to start the inning. Ty France brought Jeffers home with a fly ball to deep right that Frelick grabbed with what appeared to be a diving catch, only to have the ball come out of his glove when he hit the warning track.

In the next at-bat, Kody Clemens singled to right, and Brooks Lee tried to score from second base but was tagged out at the plate on a nice throw by Frelick. Clemens, who came to the Twins in a late April trade with Philadelphia, has been a surprise source of offense.

“One of the first things that Rocco says every spring training to everyone in the clubhouse is ‘hey, at some point we’re going to need a lot of you guys. Don’t think because you didn’t start the season on the 26-man roster, you’re not going to help contribute,’” Lopez said, after Clemens went 3-for-5 in the game. “Lo and behold, a couple of weeks later, we have guys in the lineup that were not part of the Opening Day, but were part of that philosophy, that mentality that we’ve been building that everyone in here competes.”

Minnesota kept up its one run per inning pace in the fourth, chasing Myers by stringing together a trio of two-out hits, with Trevor Larnach scoring on a RBI single to right by Lee. Myers allowed 11 hits and struck out four Twins in 3-⅔ innings for Milwaukee.

Myers’ replacement, Grant Anderson, saw Clemens send a ball over the right field fence to open the fifth inning, putting the Twins up 5-0. They stretched the lead to a half-dozen in the sixth when Larnach led off with a single and scored on Lee’s sacrifice fly.

Topa relieved Lopez in the seventh, pitching his way into, and out of a jam. With one out, Topa gave up a single, a walk and a hit batter to fill the bases with Brewers. But pinch hitter Isaac Collins popped out to the pitcher, and Turang hit a bouncer to first to end the threat.

The Twins tacked on a seventh run in their final at-bat when DaShawn Keirsey singled to score Clemens from third. Minnesota pounded out 18 hits in the win.

“It’s just like there were no easy innings. You know, If we’re making the opposing team work every inning like that, you’re going to win a lot of games. And I was real happy with that. I mean, in a big way,” Baldelli said. “You’re like, that’s what it looks like. You’re working hard every inning, having exceptional at bats, every inning. You know, there’s homers, there’s stringing hits together, there’s grabbing a walk, there’s making the pitcher work hard. All of it. That was good.”

Myers fell to 1-1 with the loss.

The series finale is a 1:10 p.m. CDT start on Sunday with Twins right-hander Zebby Matthews making his first start of the season versus Milwaukee right-hander Freddy Peralta.

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Minnesota adapted softball runs through Dakota County.

For the second straight season, Dakota United won both the PI and CI Division state titles, as the Hawks swept the championships again Saturday at Chanhassen High School.

PI DIVISION

The Hawks claimed their fifth-straight title via a 14-4 victory over Rochester. The program has now won 61 consecutive contests.

Dakota united is made up of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Eastview, Farmington, Hastings, Lakeville North, Lakeville South and Rosemount.

On this year’s team are Sean Wilson, Bryce Andrews, Dominik Albus, Sammy Jordheim, Nick Smock, Bennett Herrmann, Will Warder, Dylan Burns, Chloe Shibata, Thomas Klobe, Ellie Deyo, Reece Martin, Ben Schussler, Jose Collado Baez, Laura Wagner, Liv Grossbauer, Jae Bahma and Cayden Needham.

CI Division

Dakota United got vengeance for an 11-8 season-opening defeat at the hands of New Prague with a 4-2 victory in Saturday’s final, largely thanks to the long ball and some sound defense.

The co-op is made up of Apple Valley, Eagan, Eastview, FIT Academy, Hastings and Rosemount.

On the Hawks roster are Chelsea Ludvigson, Max Pucci, Remington Benedict, Joshua Jackson, Malina Finch, Nolan St. Sauver, Jake Jackson, Myles Johnson, Logan Healy, Mustafa Adnan, Henry Eisele, Anthony Dyakin, Ada Kramer, Colin Price, Oran Hill, Makai Smith and Jacob Staats.

Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville beat South Washington county 9-8 in the third-place game.