Authorities Identify 2 Cadets Who Died After Mexican Ship Struck Brooklyn Bridge

A makeshift memorial near the Mexican Navy training ship, which hit the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17, on the Lower East Side of New York City on May 19, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Mexican authorities have identified the two young cadets who died after the Mexican Navy training ship, Cuauhtémoc, collided with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday night.

They are América Yamilet Sánchez, from Xalapa, Veracruz, and Adal Jair Marcos, from Salina Cruz, Oaxaca.