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Breaking news: Bridge Collapses Into Mississippi River

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This is so tragic - I''m watching it on the news right now. Just horrible!
 
It is so scary! FI and I were just getting into my car, about a half mile away when we saw the smoke and noticed all the sirens. I hope everyone is OK!
 
This is so tragic, what a nightmare. I''m in total shock over this...I feel terrible for everyone who was on that bridge when it collapsed.
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I work in downtown Mpls. We were safely home at the time, and most all of my family has checked in o.k. Bound to be someone I know involved, though. Not sure about going to work tomorrow. The bridge is right downtown, just a block or two from the Metrodome where the Twins are playing. The main hospital is across the street from the Dome. My office is about a 1/2 mile west of the bridge.

So terrible. Seems like we are seeing the survivors right now on the news. There must be a lot of people missing.
 
Date: 8/1/2007 10:08:31 PM
Author: Fly Girl
I work in downtown Mpls. We were safely home at the time, and most all of my family has checked in o.k. Bound to be someone I know involved, though. Not sure about going to work tomorrow. The bridge is right downtown, just a block or two from the Metrodome where the Twins are playing. The main hospital is across the street from the Dome. My office is about a 1/2 mile west of the bridge.

So terrible. Seems like we are seeing the survivors right now on the news. There must be a lot of people missing.
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Glad to know you''re ok Fly Girl. It''s a catastrophe of enourmous proportions. The images are horrific. My prayers go out to all that are impacted by this tragedy. So very sad.
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So tragic. I feel horrible for all the people who were on the bridge at the time. When I heard/saw there was a school bus full of 5-17 year olds in the middle of the bridge my heart sank!

lehcarm and Fly Girl, I''m glad you are ok!
 
How terrible, and during rush hour. I am sure it is a well traveled bridge...what a terrible thing to have happen.
 
Just catching up on the news this morning.
How awful :{
 
I just saw this on the news this morning and kept my ears tuned on NPR for updates. I heard stories from the survivors and my heart just breaks for all the victims of this incident.
 
As bad as this is, and not to take away from the tragedy and loss, it could have been worse. I''m surprised at the low level of deaths, but grateful.
 
This is dreadful, my thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by this.
 
Date: 8/2/2007 10:02:04 AM
Author: Ellen
As bad as this is, and not to take away from the tragedy and loss, it could have been worse. I''m surprised at the low level of deaths, but grateful.
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I don''t know Ellen. There''s still cars under the water and under the rubble. I had a feeling the death will mount today as they continue their search this morning.
 
This is horrible...our main vendor is in Minneapolis and one of the gals on a conference call this morning says she typically takes the bridge to and from work...so glad she wasn't on it. It brings back bad memories of the 89 quake here in N. CA where the collapsed portion of the BayBridge bridge injured and killed so many.
 
Date: 8/2/2007 10:06:24 AM
Author: Chrono

I don''t know Ellen. There''s still cars under the water and under the rubble. I had a feeling the death will mount today as they continue their search this morning.
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Oh, I do realize there may be more, but still....
 
My thoughts and prayers outgoing to the friends and families.
 
The images of vehicles that somehow managed to cling on to the steep incline of wrecked bridge stun me. I can''t imagine what I would do if I were in one of them; I''d be terrified to get out and try to make my way up that incline.

So tragic, my heart goes out to the people there. I thought of the ''89 bridge collapse in SF too Mara. At least with that one, there was a reason -- earthquake (small comfort I know). Why on earth did the Minn. bridge collapse?
 
Date: 8/2/2007 11:26:29 AM
Author: Maria D
The images of vehicles that somehow managed to cling on to the steep incline of wrecked bridge stun me. I can''t imagine what I would do if I were in one of them; I''d be terrified to get out and try to make my way up that incline.

So tragic, my heart goes out to the people there. I thought of the ''89 bridge collapse in SF too Mara. At least with that one, there was a reason -- earthquake (small comfort I know). Why on earth did the Minn. bridge collapse?
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The exact cause is still undetermined as far as I know... but they suspect that it was structural integrity that gave out. They were doing construction on the bridge when it collapsed.

Very tragic. My prayers to all those involved.
 
From what I understand, the construction they were doing was only resurfacing the concrete surface, which should not have any influence on the structural integrity of the actual structure. It is actually probably a blessing that there was construction because that meant one lane in each direction was closed, so less cars were actually on the bridge.
 
that''s my brother''s bridge home from work
scared us when the phone lines were so jammed we couldn''t reach him
thank goodness he and those he knows are safe

Continuous prayers to those who aren''t
 
So very sad. These images were posted on another board. I had tears in my eyes while viewing these. They are amazing and devastating images. Prayers outgoing to anyone who may be hurt by this tragedy.


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Date: 8/2/2007 11:07:48 AM
Author: Mara
This is horrible...our main vendor is in Minneapolis and one of the gals on a conference call this morning says she typically takes the bridge to and from work...so glad she wasn''t on it. It brings back bad memories of the 89 quake here in N. CA where the collapsed portion of the BayBridge bridge injured and killed so many.
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I remember how horrible that tragedy was, Mara. Seeing it happen here in the midwest with no quake to blame it on is tough. I have two aunts and uncles in that area and one of my uncles takes the bridge to/from work at 3M every day, I called them last night and they were both safe. That same aunt had a terrible phobia of driving across bridges for years and I was so worried for her, we''ve discussed her phobia since I had a couple panic attacks while driving last year and I learned that one day she just "got over it" and started driving across bridges again. She would seriously avoid them or make someone else drive so she could close her eyes while crossing them and pretend she wasn''t on them. She told me that she didn''t think this would affect her and cause her to revert back to that phobia again but I wonder.

Other family on my mom''s side lives around the twin cities as well...she called me this evening to report that she''d called everyone she knew there and they were all ok, I''m just hoping none of them were touched by this tragedy as far as friends or extended family. I read today that MN called for an inspection of all similar bridges to be done ASAP, so at least they are doing what they can to prevent another tragedy.
 
I was very sorry to read about this is the newpaper. We had an overpass collapse in the Montreal region last year and they''re still talking about it, pointing fingers and closing down bridges and overpasses, so it felt kind of creepy to read that.
 
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