Fisherman Pulled From Water After Taiwan Bridge Falls

This is the moment rescuers retrieve the a fisherman from the Taiwanese fishing harbour where a 450-foot-long steel bridge collapsed and landed on top of his vessel.

The latest images supplied to Asia Wire by the island’s Coast Guard Administration as well as the National Fire Agency show search and rescue operations continuing into the early hours of today (2nd October).

The Nanfang’ao Bridge in the township of Su’ao, which is in Taiwan’s eastern county of Yilan, collapsed into the sea at the Nanfang’ao Fishing Harbor at roughly 9:30am on 1st October.