The workers were all migrants from Mexico and Central America, according to reports.
Jesus Campos, who worked with the victims at contractor Brawner Builders, told The Baltimore Banner that the missing men are from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. He said the men are in their 30s and 40s, with spouses and children, adding that they came to the US in search of a better life, the Banner reported.
"They are all hardworking, humble men," Campos, who used to work the graveyard shift on the bridge before moving to another shift, told the outlet.
The Mexican Embassy in DC confirmed to Business Insider that two of the six missing workers are Mexican nationals and that a third was safely rescued from the wreckage.
The Honduran Embassy and the Salvadoran Embassy did not respond to BI's request for comment.
The six missing workers are presumed dead, the executive vice president of Brawner Builders, Jeffrey Pritzker, previously told Business Insider . Their bodies, and the bodies of any other motorists who were on the bridge at the time of the collapse, have not yet been found, but recovery efforts are underway .
Two people were found alive after the bridge collapse, including one Mexican national. Brawner Builders confirmed that one of them was an employee of the company.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told the Post that he spoke to a survivor, whose experience was "pretty miraculous."
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