Terrorist will take any opportunity to kill, causing fear and damage.
This bridge with construction going on would've been relatively easy terrorist target.
Homeland Sec Office said: "It appears to be not terror related incident".
I think this statement at that early stage of the game is premature and irresponsible.
I believe they are going to cover it up even if there is a terrorist link to it.
IF CONGRESS AND BUSH FOUGHT THE WAR ON TERROR THE WAY IT SHOULD BE FOUGHT....we would all come to the conclusion that this was structural.
As I posted earlier, if there were even relatively small quantities of explosive used, everyone in the vicinity could smell it.
Really?
I believe there are several factors at work here that could have contributed to a structural failure completely independent of nefarious behavior:
* Record heat
* Resurfacing operations
* Cracks in steel discovered in inspection last year
* Pile-driving in immediate area scheduled for today
* Redirection of traffic into single lane
* "Jackhammering" sounds moments before collapse began
While I agree with your distrust of the statement, I disagree that its irresponsible. There's a stadium full of people just a couple of blocks away. Don't need any more deaths from a panic.
Just a couple of notes:
- The Minneapolis airport was where the Muslim cabbie incident occurred a couple of months ago (the airport commission refused to allow cabbies to refuse fares because they might be carrying alcohol)
- The bridge next to the collapsed bridge has no traffic on it. Precautionary?