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aug 2
2007

135W

By now you've heard of the tragedy that is the 35W bridge in Minneapolis -- a bridge I know by heart, above and below. To see a little lesson in how crowd-sourced journalism works, the thread on my old site, MNspeak, is pretty amazing.
4 comments

I believe everyone I know is safe, but still waiting on some.

posted by Rex at 2007-08-02 00:50:46

crazy. i was stuck on this bridge for a hour last night. my aunt was on it 5 minutes before it collapsed. my friend was on it, but slid down to safety.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16443053/?GT1=8921" target="_blank"><br /><br /> our disaster response rocked</a>. rescue divers were in the water immediately after this happened. what a nightmare, but i'm proud to be from here tonight.

posted by MN Native at 2007-08-02 01:04:30

Horrible, horrible. Many photos on flickr tonight. Here are a couple of streams:<br /><br /> <br /><br /> http://www.flickr.com/photos/eb78/<br /><br /> <br /><br /> http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevehughes/<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />

posted by Shazz Mack at 2007-08-02 01:17:32

that is so scary. i have a distrust of bridges already, which i guess is a side effect of living in an earthquake zone. (the bay bridge lost a big chunk in '89, and a major freeway collapsed too.) but to just give out suddenly? thats really freaky. <br /><br />

posted by kitty holmes at 2007-08-02 13:02:57