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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:34 pm


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Soooo... last week I went on a trip to Minnesota... And now a bridge collapsed. D=

As I'm watching the Kare 11 live feed right now and I'm a bit shocked.

... But the drugs like me.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:42 pm


Yeah I saw that on Cnn. Anything new happen?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:46 pm


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Yeah I saw that on Cnn. Anything new happen?
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The numbers keep changing between 1 and 3 killed and there are 6 critical and 22 non-critcal injured. 60 kids that were on a bus on a trip are all ok, a couple minor injuries.

And they still aren't saying anything about probable cause.

EDIT: Just heard onthe news feed. Confirmed 6 dead. injured numbers remain the same.

EDIT2: Possible 12+ dead including cars trapped underwater that haven't been searched.

... But the drugs like me.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:08 pm


Oh my .. I heard about that a little while ago

How terrible

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:20 pm


Yeah. That's pretty terrible.
PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:21 pm


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I don't like the drugs...

7 known dead and 58 total known injured.

EDIT: More dead expected in the next day or so... It's no longer a rescue operation, it's recovery now... so they're expecting everyone they find to be dead...

... But the drugs like me.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:16 pm


How sad..7 people.


I wanna know why the bride just suddenly collapsed
PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:13 am


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How sad..7 people.


I wanna know why the bride just suddenly collapsed
So do I.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:13 am


Oh, that's terrible... =(
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How sad..7 people.


I wanna know why the bride just suddenly collapsed
So do I.

I heard they said because of the structure wasn't stable or something. the bridge hadn't been inspected since 2005

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:52 pm


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How sad..7 people.


I wanna know why the bride just suddenly collapsed
So do I.

I heard they said because of the structure wasn't stable or something. the bridge hadn't been inspected since 2005
Shouldn't inspections be more frequent then that? At least ever year?
PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:16 pm


That's really sad. I didn't hear about it till yesterday. D:

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:22 pm


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How sad..7 people.


I wanna know why the bride just suddenly collapsed
So do I.

I heard they said because of the structure wasn't stable or something. the bridge hadn't been inspected since 2005
Shouldn't inspections be more frequent then that? At least ever year?


yea it should. which is why the bridge collapsed. if they had inspected it like they were supposed to then that wouldn't of happened
PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:26 pm


I heard about this a few days ago. It's so terrifying...I think my parents mentioned that it was rush hour at the time, so I can get why the bridge was pretty heavy. Still, it's scary that even in this time of supposedly amazing technology things like this can happen.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:35 pm


I gotta say, I was really terrified when I heard about this (I have to cross 2 bridges everyday on my way to and from work, and I am absolutely terrified of drowning). I never heard the final number, but I was relieved to see that they seemed far lower than I expected, for bumper to bumper rush hour traffic, at least. Can you imagine those poor kids in that school bus? Man, I can't imagine how that must affect anyone, let alone a kid...
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