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What a scary scene. It looks like armegeddon. The whole freakin thing is gone, in the water. Looks like maybe half mile of bridge? The more video/pics I see the scarier it gets.
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I'm guessing when the bridge went it was at least a 40 foot drop for most. Some would land near the shore on both sides others wouldn't be that lucky... even if they could survive the fall.
I can't imagine how this happened. The bridge was under repair at the time. There is a report that several of the supports were questioned at the last inspection.
They just advised that they now have confirmed that seven have died. From the pictures I have been seeing alnight that count is going to go even higher thoughout the night. What a tragic loss for everyone involved. My heart goes out to you guys that live in the area.
DougMN wrote:I work about 2 miles down University Ave from there...very rarely drive 35W though. I can't even comprehend this yet...
Going down to the Cities from Duluth, I always take 35W and drive over that very bridge. If I had been going to the Twins game tonight, I would have been very near that point when it went down. Kind of a scary thought.
I remember thinking, while I was watching the coverage on CNN, that this kind of thing doesn't happen in Minnesota. We get tornadoes and floods, but not this. It's kind of mind numbing.
