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.
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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 :)
Another on of Biden’s bridge repairs roads not much better.
Right out of the movie “Volunteers”. Never would have happened had Tom Tuttle built it.
Generally, I have noticed that African blacks are far more honorable then their American counterparts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Everything I saw built in Nigeria looked old and used from the day it was finished.
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?
Um, it’s Africa. They’re pretty much all Black guys there.
Like Atlanta.
From the land where ChiCom EV materials are hand dug by children.
Load Bearing Ribbon.
The designers left out structural integrity.
If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
The saddest part of this is that Joe Biden will give them a $500,000,000 “infrastructure improvement grant”.
10% for the big guy!
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