Mayor Declares Inner Harbor Safe for July 4th Swimming

Marylanders are being encouraged to come swim in the Baltimore Inner Harbor this July 4th weekend. The declaration comes despite biologists' concerns.

"Tomorrow's the 4th of July, and we will be open for business. This is going to be one of the best Summer's we've ever had," said Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.

Scott's announcement the harbor is safe for swimming contradicts warnings from out-of-state marine biologists.

According to Massachusetts researcher Mathew Hooper from the Amity Institute, four more enormous sharks’ teeth have been found in the Chesapeake Bay since last summer's huge tooth dredged up by a St. Mary's county waterman was determined not to be a fossil.

"The containership Dali was pushed off course by something massive. Why do NTSB photos show a 27-foot impact to the stern when it hit the bridge head-on?" asked Hooper.

Baltimore officials say their experts are not concerned. "We’ve got a couple thousand summer people coming over here who will gladly use the Rocky Point beaches if they can’t swim in the harbor. We’re not even sure what it was. It’s one chance in a million," Scott said.