BALTIMORE UPDATE: Analysis from specialists in predictive behavioral analytics, counter-terrorism, hazardous materials, maritime attacks, cyber, national security & intel - this is their view:

X ^ | 3/27/24 | Lara Logan

[Augie]

You’ve never operated a watercraft.

You’ve formulated a BY GOD fact from viewing one video on the interwebs.

You’re unwilling to consider the possibility that you might not be correct in your assumptions.

And from that I’m deaf, dumb, blind, a fed, and a transvestite. That’s quite a stretch, even for a FReeper.

[Robert DeLong]

Actually, there is evidence that the power came back on. If you look at the video with this perspective, you will see a plumb of black smoke and lights. Depending on the rudder position, the vessel would indeed jerk immediately to the right if the propellor was suddenly reversed.

But what remains unanswered is why were both tugboats not still present until the vessel had been safely moved beyond the bridge.