http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291790,00.html
“Major Minneapolis Bridge Collapses Over Mississippi River”
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
MINNEAPOLIS —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “One witness says she saw a a construction worker “flying in the air” and another man noticed a big hole in the bridge earlier in the day.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Federal officials and local reports are downplaying the likelihood of terrorism as a cause for the bridge damage.
“We are monitoring the situation through state and local authorities,” said Homeland Security Department Spokesman Russ Knocke. “At this time, it does not appear to be an act of terrorism. There has been construction activity in the area, and all signs point to this being a construction or engineering issue.””
http://www.kare11.com/news/ts_article.aspx?storyid=261140
“Dozens injured in bridge collapse”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The entire span of the 35W Bridge collapsed about 6:05 p.m. where the freeway crosses the river near University Avenue. Traffic in both directions was affected.
There about 100,000 cars a day traveling over this bridge according to MnDOT and it is believed there were at least 50 cars on the bridge when it collapsed.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “One driver who was on the bridge during the collapse said bumper to bumper traffic filled the bridge and road construction crews were slowing things down when all of the sudden the bridge dropped right around 6:00.
That motorist told Joe Fryer that there was shaking from jack hammer and then the bridge just dropped.”
Last Updated: 8/1/2007 8:08:30 PM
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070801/NEWS07/70801094/1054/SPORTS06
“At least 3 die when bridge over Mississippi River collapses”
August 1, 2007
ASSOCIATED PRESS
UPDATED AT 9:05 P.M.: MINNEAPOLIS —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Janet Stately, of Minneapolis, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press she was driving southbound on Interstate 35W from Duluth with her daughter, Brianne. Stately said she exited onto University Avenue just minutes before reaching the bridge. On the overpass, she heard the cracking of the structure and smoke rising from below, the newspaper said on its Web site.”