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Bridge collapses in DR Congo during inauguration
Daily Sun ^ | 9-7-22 | unattributed

Posted on 09/07/2022 7:26:38 AM PDT by dynachrome

A bridge in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) collapsed as officials gathered to inaugurate it, according to local Khaama Press news agency. Videos of the accident are circulating on social media where people are mocking the construction quality.

The small bridge was built to help locals cross a river during the rainy season. The temporary structure that was there before the bridge used to break frequently, the news agency said in its report.

One of the videos shows officials standing on the bridge to formally inaugurate it during an official event. The inauguration would have been complete with the cutting of a red ribbon tied at one end of the bridge. But as soon as one of the delegates - a woman - took out scissors to cut the ribbon, the bridge succumbed to the pressure of the officials.

The video shows that the female official seeking help and ready to jump to safety.

The security personnel immediately rush to the spot and drag the woman from the falling bridge.

(Excerpt) Read more at daily-sun.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: africa; africawins; bongocongo; bridge; congo; drc; quality; splc
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To: 1Old Pro

Nah bro. Look at the vid again. The bigger (fatter) suited black guy actually risks himself to make sure she doesn’t fall.


41 posted on 09/07/2022 8:45:30 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Lazamataz
Nah bro. Look at the vid again. The bigger (fatter) suited black guy actually risks himself to make sure she doesn’t fall.

I'll take your word for it, and humbly stand corrected :)

42 posted on 09/07/2022 8:47:00 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Magnum44

Another on of Biden’s bridge repairs roads not much better.


43 posted on 09/07/2022 8:49:22 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: dynachrome

Right out of the movie “Volunteers”. Never would have happened had Tom Tuttle built it.


44 posted on 09/07/2022 8:52:59 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: 1Old Pro

Generally, I have noticed that African blacks are far more honorable then their American counterparts.


45 posted on 09/07/2022 9:00:57 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: dynachrome

That POC was made from plywood, glue, PVC, and curtain rods. No matter how much money was given to build it I am sure corrupt locals stole 75 percent. That’s how building projects go.


46 posted on 09/07/2022 9:05:24 AM PDT by CaptainPhilFan ( )
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To: Lazamataz

A bunch of Syrian “refugees” and some real refugees from the DRC arrived in my hometown at about the same time during the dark days of Obama Time. The Syrian men were arrogant and rude, blocking sidewalks and grocery aisles as if they owned our country. The ladies from the DRC were super sweet and kindly, generous to a fault, extremely polite and so grateful to be here.

Guess which bunch we kept. Those DRC ladies are hard workers, too.


47 posted on 09/07/2022 9:13:04 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: plain talk

It looks like the ribbon was the best support that bridge offered. She cut the ribbon and the bridge collapsed. Next time just skip the ceremony and duck under the ribbon as you cross.


48 posted on 09/07/2022 9:14:58 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!! The Gestapo closes ranks.)
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To: dynachrome
I suspect that people are drawing the wrong conclusion here. All structures are designed by engineers with certain limits in mind. This was a bridge for foot traffic, not main battle tanks. It's quite possible the bridge was compentently designed and built for the intended purpose of a modest amount of foot traffic.

What it wasn't built for was a crowd of pudgy bureaucrats and politicians stacking themselves up body-to-body the length of the bridge. Without knowing more it's hard to say whether the bridge designer and builder is at fault for not warning those planning the ceremony, or whether those who planned the ceremony are at fault for ignoring common sense any warnings and overloading the bridge. But the bridge designer and builders may well not be at fault.

49 posted on 09/07/2022 9:31:04 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: dynachrome

Everything I saw built in Nigeria looked old and used from the day it was finished.


50 posted on 09/07/2022 9:38:24 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: dynachrome

Water plant failure in Jackson, Miss., Urban blight in Dem run cities, collapsing bridges; they all seem to have something in common but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Can anyone else?


51 posted on 09/07/2022 9:49:34 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: 1Old Pro
After the one Black guy seems to push her aside to save his own skin.

Um, it’s Africa. They’re pretty much all Black guys there.

52 posted on 09/07/2022 10:18:32 AM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: fidelis
Um, it’s Africa. They’re pretty much all Black guys there.

Like Atlanta.

53 posted on 09/07/2022 10:20:34 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dynachrome

From the land where ChiCom EV materials are hand dug by children.


54 posted on 09/07/2022 11:35:05 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Farmerbob

Load Bearing Ribbon.


55 posted on 09/07/2022 2:51:03 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (What did Socialists use before candles? Electricity)
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To: dynachrome

The designers left out structural integrity.


56 posted on 09/07/2022 3:19:26 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Life is what you make it.)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons


57 posted on 09/07/2022 4:26:06 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: dynachrome

The saddest part of this is that Joe Biden will give them a $500,000,000 “infrastructure improvement grant”.

10% for the big guy!


58 posted on 09/07/2022 4:29:29 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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