Everyone in Minneapolis okay?

 

It's been an amazing day. Dozens of people are walking around that should be dead. We all seem to know someone that was down there, decided to take a different route at the last minute due to traffic, was working in the area, or is responding to the disaster. How so many people can fall 60 feet and walk away can only be explained as a miracle.

 

My wife takes that bridge to and from work. She went through there about 40 minutes before it fell. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the families that are involved.

 

I'm glad to see you guys checking in.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the friends and families involved in this tragedy as well.

 

Hi this is Glen from up here in Saskatchewan, Canada. Sorry for your loss down there and I hope all you ford truck guys family's well and safe. My condolences to the ones injured and lost in your disaster. Again my condolences.

 

My thoughts and prayers go out to all the families and friends of the people involved. I crossed that bridge in the morning,just like every week day for the past 9 months.

 

Prayers to the victims and families!

Can anyone imagine what traffic is gonna be like in the winter now?

 

The devastation is amazing.

 

Yes the devastation is incrediable. It looks like one of the cement bases along the shore tipped a bit into the river. I wonder if the river eroded the ground out from its base causing it to sink and tip under the weight.

 

Scarey thing is, how many other recently inspected bridges are about to collapse?

 

Had one up here. A small bridge was just inspected a month earlier and what happen was at night some poor woman came to cross it and flew right across. The lucky thing for her was the opposite side slab was still there slopping into the gulley. Her van it that and bounced up over the top back onto solid ground. She got both legs broken and her kids suffered soft tisue damage. Lucky no one else had the unfortunate luck to join her.

 

Some funny thoughts for you conspiracy guys out there, got these from AM1500 radio, a caller to the Garage Logic show.

Bridge collapse happened on 8/1 at 6:05pm. 8+1= 9, 6+0+5= 11

Happened on Interstate 35W. 3+5= 8 (first day of eighth month) and under president George W Bush .

I've never laughed so hard in my life...

 

I was listening to that show when I learned that you can't say the word "flies" on the radio.

Some caller was talking and said "they were all over that like you know what on dog sh&*"

I still laugh over that one.

 

a little late on checking in but better late then never. i was down at the site within a half an hour.......mass chaos.......people screaming, yelling, swearing, pedestrials helping navigate rescue vehicles through the tiny one way streets, was crazy.