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 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.

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4 Responses to Video of the Minnesota bridge collapse on YouTube

  1. cathy scannell says:
    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

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    August 2, 2007 at 11:59 pm

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  3. rightwayshopping says:
    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.

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  4. juan motie says:
    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.

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