India, May 18 -- Chilling videos that have emerged show people dangling from the topmasts of a Mexican Navy tall sailing ship while it collided with the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday night, May 17. The ship was carrying at least 200 people on board. The tragedy left two people dead, and at least 17 injured.

The videos and images have left netizens questioning why people were on the masts, and how the captain could sail into the bridge with sailors on the masts. "Why did the captain sail right into the Brooklyn Bridge knowing there were people on the masts? Awful situation all around," an X user wrote, sharing a video that appears to show sailors on the masts.

Many others questioned what those people were doing on the masts.

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