News: The Minnesota Department of Transportation just released video of the collapse of the bridge as it happened. You can see it on the NYT blog and on YouTube. At least 4 deaths have been reported, with many more people still missing (from NPR).
UPDATE: here’s video of the bridge after the collapse.
August 2, 2007 at 10:07 pm |
Hi, I live in Ireland. I have some family in Minnesota. I am so sorry for what happened to you people. It is always the ordinary people who suffer in these tragedies
August 2, 2007 at 11:59 pm |
[...] Video of the Minnesota bridge collapse on YouTube News: The Minnesota Department of Transportation just released video of the collapse of the bridge as it happened. You […] [...]
August 3, 2007 at 4:50 pm |
I live in Minneapolis and have driven over the bridge many times. It’s terrible what has happened and my heart goes out to the victims and theri families.
August 4, 2007 at 12:25 am |
you will find out that the major cause of the collapse is mag chloride. this substance used for such a great deicer, especiailly on bridges causes and least a 10 fold magnitude in metal corrosion. Interesting that minn/ St. Pual is a very cold climate.
Chemists ,check it out for yourself.