US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (L) and Deputy Commandant for Operations for the United States Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Peter Gautier (R) participate in a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Deputy Commandant for Operations for the United States Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Peter Gautier, attended the news conference to discuss the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge, which left six presumed dead after a cargo ship struck the bridge and destroyed it early on the 26th of March. Photo by Michael Reynolds/UPI