Bridge falls into Mississippi River

[ShArP]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/...ridge_collapse

whats your thoughts because I was really sorry for them people when i saw this...

[DevilDog#1]

Heads are going to roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[prone]

Yeah, been watching it on the news today, I felt really bad for those involved.

[Scott]

I was in driving back to Winnipeg from camping and herd the news. I live in minneapolis so i'll see if I can get some pictures of the bridge. Sorry it happened to thoes people though Very sad...

[Hellfighter]

i recorded all but my software is goofing it up, but i think you can find it on CNN News www.cnn.com

[Spazz]

Ain't that a b

[Hellfighter]

this is from one of the kids in the school bus what he seen first hand

link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/02/bri...l?iref=topnews

[Matt]

i would like to know how thats possible, they check those bridges fairly frequently for any signs that such an event could occur...

[ShArP]

i saw a video on my news that the video of it falling...

[Hellfighter]

basic it came apart between each section of the bridge way it look, what ever was holding the parts/sections of the bridge together broken lose some how

this is something i all so heard on the news they was resurfacing it (underside) and it falling down?

now why would it do that? could it be the only thing holding it together was paint and rust.

you sand blast the metal to clean a area off to give a under coat then paint on top of it. could it be it was staying up do to the old paint was acting like glue?

[J-Factor]

Collapse Caught on Tape

Click on the URL below to watch the video:

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/launch...ch%20Page&News

[Matt]

Originally posted by Chief ADFP
could it be it was staying up do to the old paint was acting like glue?

i dont think a coat of paint could hold up a couple tons

[Hellfighter]

will it counts how many time they painted that old timer bridge lol

build back in 1967 i think they was done building it

[Hells Bound]

A security cam calught it falling.

[ShArP]

the bridge was last inspected in 2004 if tell you anything...

[.Simon.]

i saw this on the news earlier.


death count has gone up to 5 if im not mistaken?

very sad news..

[Hellfighter]

yea i seen the death count at 5 and they think it may go up as time go by. when they clean the river out of these cars/trucks in the covery

[Mauser 98K]

Originally posted by tril0gy
i would like to know how thats possible, they check those bridges fairly frequently for any signs that such an event could occur...

good question, but also ask why is the FBI involved in this, this shoild be a job 4 the NTSB and local law enforcement unless something else is happening behind the scene, and why did they arest some people that were taking close up pics of the bridge after the collaps?

there are a lot of things going on here that beg for questioning and that would tell ya that they arnt telling us everything.

the FBI being involved, we have had bridges collapse here, 2 that i know of, FBI was never present at any, and the bridge was on state property, was built using state funds and wasnt anything federal about it, so why are they involved, it is like those chuches that burnt here, the BATF was at almost all of them onvestigating the arson, there has never been any other ocasions where some1 has set something ablaze here and the BATF showed up, why would the feds be there? what are they not telling us?

[tail_gunner]

Originally posted by Mauser 98K
good question, but also ask why is the FBI involved in this, this shoild be a job 4 the NTSB and local law enforcement unless something else is happening behind the scene, and why did they arest some people that were taking close up pics of the bridge after the collaps?

there are a lot of things going on here that beg for questioning and that would tell ya that they arnt telling us everything.

the FBI being involved, we have had bridges collapse here, 2 that i know of, FBI was never present at any, and the bridge was on state property, was built using state funds and wasnt anything federal about it, so why are they involved, it is like those chuches that burnt here, the BATF was at almost all of them onvestigating the arson, there has never been any other ocasions where some1 has set something ablaze here and the BATF showed up, why would the feds be there? what are they not telling us?

maybe because they thought it could of been a possible terrorism attack? Thats what the news said the FBI was their

[-Tigger-]

dont start a conspiracy or start picturing things ffs...

the bridge was marked as unsafe since 1990.. the weather conditions and the high volume of traffic probably led to the collapse.. no doubt the construction work will be the thing they will put the cause to