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The FBI seized phones and laptops belonging to crew on board the Dali cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month.
On April 15, the FBI released a statement to the media that agents were on board the Dali conducting court-authorized 'law enforcement activity.'
Crew members were eager to speak to trained Chaplain Associates from the Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) in their native languages when they finally boarded the ship.
The chaplains learned from crew that their mobile phones and computers had been taken by the FBI as part of its investigation, meaning they had lost their contact numbers, WeChat, and WhatsApp applications that they used to connect with family and friends - which made the stranded crewmembers even more isolated on board.
On their second visit, the chaplains brought new SIM cards and other items on board the ship to give to crewmembers, the Maritime Executive revealed.
Six members of a roadwork crew plunged to their deaths on March 26 when a container ship lost power and crashed into one of the bridge's supporting columns.
The 50m-wide ship is marooned under the bridge. It arrived in Baltimore from Norfolk on Monday having previously made journeys to New York City and Panama
SCI workers contacted the U.S. Coast Guard authorities to fend for the crewmembers, and to find out if and when their
