Philadelphia Democratic Mayor Jim Kenny said Saturday that he ignored a call from a number with the 202 area code, but that the call turned out to be from President Joe Biden.
Kenny and Biden respond to a partial collapse of northbound Interstate 95 in Philadelphia on June 11, when a truck loaded with fuel caught fire and exploded under a bridge. He was one of the officials who spoke at a press conference about The southbound lane did not collapse, but was damaged by the fire, which reportedly killed one person. (Related article: ‘I’ll go someday’: Biden hasn’t visited East Palestine 50 days after he promised to go)
“He called me,” Kenny said. according to He told the Philadelphia investigator, “I didn’t call him, he called us. He called us about this. And he was always there. Kenny added that a staff member had to tell him “the president is calling” before he finally answered the call.
The southbound lane of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia is removed. Technicians determined that the fire in the tanker truck was beyond repair. It didn’t collapse like the northbound lane, but it has caved in and can’t be repaired to support the 160,000 vehicles that use it each day. pic.twitter.com/1GPweQ3TeX
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) June 13, 2023
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the site of the collapse on CBS Philadelphia on Tuesday reportpledged to help reopen interstate highways.
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania announced on Saturday that the highway will reopen in two weeks, FOX News report.
“Traffic will get moving again, thanks to the extraordinary work being done here,” Shapiro said at a press conference.
“As far as I know, there are no more important projects in this country at this time,” Biden said. according to to Fox News. Demolition of the damaged highway was completed days ahead of schedule, Fox News reported.
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