India, May 18 -- Chaos erupted in New York on Saturday when the Mexican Navy's training ship slammed into the Brooklyn Bridge, ripping off the top of its towering masts and leaving uniformed sailors dangling from crossbeams.

The tense moment was caught on video and quickly spread across social media. Footage shows the ship, with some 200 people on board, gliding toward the historic suspension bridge before its masts violently collide with the bridge's steel undercarriage.

Clad in white naval uniforms, dozens of crew members were seen clinging to the rigging on the damaged masts.

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