“Cables to WHERE? The pylons were not yet constructed.”
Maybe the crane was supporting the bridge. Maybe they were tightened the crane cable and it snapped. I don’t know what he meant. It was obvious that he knew what he meant, but the dumb ABC reported did not ask him to elaborate. In fact the ABC reporter was acting like he did not want to hear what the guy had to say.
One local newsie said they were doing a scheduled stress test on a portion of the bridge when the collapse started.