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Remember the container ship that crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge
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So its crew members are still trapped on board.
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Almost two months later,
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the crew is made up of 20 Indian nationals and one person
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from Sri Lanka. At the time of the crash,
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they were on their way home,
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but it's still unclear on when they will actually be able to
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They're being held up by visa restrictions and the ongoing investigations by
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the FBI and other agencies.
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So the ship's crew are forced to stay on board even as
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the bridge gets demolished right next to them.
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Like that sounds so unsafe.
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The FBI confiscated their phones so they can communicate with anyone outside
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of the ship. So do their family members probably think like
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the worst that they're dead or something and they're completely isolated from
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them. They're isolated from their family,
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their friends. And I mean,
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that is scary and they don't know when they'll be off and
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a union representing the crew called for their phones to be returned
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because it's causing significant hardship for those with kids.
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Oh, yeah, definitely.
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But in response they have been given temporary phones without data included
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but they still don't have their loved ones,
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contact numbers, family photos or banking apps.
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they're kind of giving them some kind of way to contact the
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outside world but not really.
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A US Coast Guard admiral spoke in favor of the men staying
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on the ship saying they're part of the ship.
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They are necessary to keep the ship staffed and operational.
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It is unclear when they will be able to disembark.
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