Minneapolis bridge collapses during rush hour
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Minneapolis bridge collapses into Miss. River
NBC: All city’s ambulances called to scene; vehicles fall into water
MINNEAPOLIS - A busy highway bridge that spans the Mississippi River just northeast of Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour Wednesday, sending a school bus, other vehicles and tons of concrete crashing into the water.
The entire span of the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed about 6:05 p.m. A tractor-trailer caught fire, and flame and black smoke billowed into the sky.
Local media reported 20 to 30 injuries but initially no deaths. NBC News reported that every Minneapolis ambulance had been requested to the scene.
Local television stations captured video of injured people being carried up the riverbank. Divers were also in the water.
Workers have been repairing the bridge surface as part of improvements along that stretch of the interstate, StarTribune.com reported. At least eight cars and a truck fell into the river.
Some people were stranded on parts of the bridge that aren't completely in the water.
A tractor-trailer is on fire at the collapse scene.
NBC: All city’s ambulances called to scene; vehicles fall into water
MINNEAPOLIS - A busy highway bridge that spans the Mississippi River just northeast of Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour Wednesday, sending a school bus, other vehicles and tons of concrete crashing into the water.
The entire span of the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed about 6:05 p.m. A tractor-trailer caught fire, and flame and black smoke billowed into the sky.
Local media reported 20 to 30 injuries but initially no deaths. NBC News reported that every Minneapolis ambulance had been requested to the scene.
Local television stations captured video of injured people being carried up the riverbank. Divers were also in the water.
Workers have been repairing the bridge surface as part of improvements along that stretch of the interstate, StarTribune.com reported. At least eight cars and a truck fell into the river.
Some people were stranded on parts of the bridge that aren't completely in the water.
A tractor-trailer is on fire at the collapse scene.
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Reminds me of that "Mothman Prophecies" movie and that earthquake in Oakland during the World Series.
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on a side note... just to point out how our modern language has been perverted... they are talking about how horrifying this event is, and that 30 kids left the bus with bloody faces and were frantic and crying... all of the abulances in the twin cities area have been dispursed to the scene.. and possibly 50 cars fell 40 feet into the mississippi river... and there is a crawler at the bottom of the screen saying " not terror related" NOT TERROR RELATED????? what would constitute terror related? i know what they mean of course... but it just goes to show how absurd the whole "war on terror" phrase is. "not terrorist related" seems more appropriate.
Anytime there is something this large and devistating , they will mention something about it being terror related or not ...because that's what people are thinking.
This is bad, in any event
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i know.... but the use of that word is just so absurd..... cnn said it even worse than the crawler on msnbc... the reporter said and i quote " we have no reason to believe that terror was involved" MY ASS! I guaran-mutherfuckin'-tee that terror was greatly involved. what was happiness involved? at least if i was driving across a bridge and my car fell 40 feet into the mississippi river, terror would have been a major factor for me. again, i know they are talking about terrorist activity, but it does not make it any less absurd to see all that devistation and hear the news reporter say that terror was not a factor in the event. it is as if the word has been transformed from an emotion or state of mind into an enemy... i hope when we win the war on terror we can go to war against sorrow, feeling lonely, and boredom.
Also how can they say for certain it isn't so soon after the fact?
I mean I'm sure it isn't but that seems like bad journalism to me (I do have a Journalism degree).
Anyway, yeah it looked like an earthquake hit but obviously there wasn't one. I'm shocked there are only 3 fatalities so far with so much traffic on there.
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I think we all know what he is trying to say... and in some respects, in the truest sense of the word "terror" he is right.
however, it is a really silly thing to bring up. Perhaps it is another topic he should start. The word terror has been taken over by Terrorist activities and that context of the words... and most would agree that the media overuses the term "terror," however in this case it was important to inform the public that this was not "terror" related.
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Thats what CNN says. This I guess in contrast to Iraqis who are kind of used to surviving harrowing tales of escape from nightmares - along of course with the tales of the hundreds of thousands that escaped all their nightmares until that last one.
I don't think that's what he meant.
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Ya, I know what you mean. Somehow it'll be W's fault, and his fault alone, that the bridge collapsed.
Dude I didn't even post in this thread until now. lol...I'm flattered.
9/11 was a strategy move I think everyone can see that now.
If the media put a terrorist spin on the bridge, then yeah, it's more of the same means. Every little bit of the war on terror helps lube up the gears of U.S global dominance.
Otherwise it's just a tired overworked bridge.
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