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RitcheyRch
08-01-2007, 03:47 PM
A bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis has collapsed, sending cars into the water, The Associated Press reports.
djunkie
08-01-2007, 03:54 PM
Watching it on the news right now. Its a phuckin mess.............:( :(
RitcheyRch
08-01-2007, 03:59 PM
Very sad. Guess they have been working on the bridge.
hairysituation
08-01-2007, 04:04 PM
Not good, not good. I wouldnt be on the bridge next to it.
73kona455
08-01-2007, 04:06 PM
WOW.. what a mess:(
Ziggy
08-01-2007, 04:16 PM
Thats really sad and sucks big time....
Lets all hope for as little or no fatalities as possible...:(
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/US/08/01/bridge.collapse.ap/art.lacroix.irpt.jpg
Miss Perfect
08-01-2007, 04:22 PM
:(
http://img.viacomlocalnetworks.com/images_sizedimage_213200728/xl
Tom N
08-01-2007, 05:46 PM
This is bad news. I'm from Minneapolis and have crossed this bridge hundreds of times. A buddy just called me and said he went across at 4:30...it went down around 6:00. I will be interested to see what caused this, so it never happens again. It doesn't make any sense for it to collapse.
So far I hear that three are confirm dead.
RitcheyRch
08-01-2007, 07:12 PM
They claiming atleast 7 people have died. Very sad day in Minnesota.
Hardly Satisfied
08-01-2007, 07:18 PM
Very sad to see, Watching it on the news right now.
Havasu Doug
08-02-2007, 05:14 AM
Video (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/08/02/vosli.mn.i35w.bridge.collapse.side.view.cnn?iref=m pvideosview) of bridge collapse as it happens. :(
Tom N
08-02-2007, 05:41 AM
After seeing the video, it's amazing anyone survived. I heard they estimate about 50 cars are in the river. This is going to have a long term effect on the people in the Twin City area as hundreds of thousands of vehicles used this bridge daily. Traffic will be hell for years.
RitcheyRch
08-02-2007, 06:44 AM
I wonder if that is a traffic monitoring video.
Video (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/08/02/vosli.mn.i35w.bridge.collapse.side.view.cnn?iref=m pvideosview) of bridge collapse as it happens. :(
RitcheyRch
08-02-2007, 06:54 AM
Just saw on the news where they said was a security video. Appears they have also lowered the death toll.
I wonder if that is a traffic monitoring video.
Jbb
08-02-2007, 10:25 AM
divers have said as many as 30 people still sitting in their cars underwater....:(
RitcheyRch
08-02-2007, 10:31 AM
Just heard that on the news. Said they are going to lower the water level in the river to help with retrieval.
divers have said as many as 30 people still sitting in their cars underwater....:(
School bus narrowly escapes.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/school-bus-narrowly-escapes-disaster/20070802064909990002