[gg188]

Smith's subsequent explanation for the fall requires several other things to have occurred simultaneously... · A passing truck creating a huge blast of wind, roadway bounce due to heavy traffic; and, · Dr. Wiley had to be standing right at the edge of the guard rail which, because of Wiley's 6' 3" height, would have come only to his mid-thigh.

I am going to have to break down and drive the 20 miles or so from my home to the bridge and look at that rail. My recollection is that the rail is CHEST HIGH to a 6' tall man. Thigh-high would make it, what? Maybe 3 feet at the MOST? That's ludicrous. A three foot tall rail on a bridge a hundred feet above the mighty Mississippi? Admittedly, there is LITTLE foot traffic, but nonetheless, there is a sidewalk for pedestrian traffic, and it would have a railing of adequate height. Heck---I'll go measure it soon; my new grandson lives (with his mom and dad) only maybe five miles or so from the river there.

[razorback-bert]

I thought the Hernando de Soto Bridge was the I-55 bridge, but it has been awhile since I lived in Memphis.

[weegee]

Keep us posted when you check that bridge. I've seen it reported as having a 5 foot barrier but the photos were from too far overhead to see anything.

PING me when you get a chance to look at it.

Right now I'm following the threads on the woman in Tennessee who died in an arsonist's car fire. She was out on bail Sunday morning and died Sunday night. She had sold real Tennessee drivers licenses to 3 illegal aliens from the Middle East (using fake names making them untraceable). This wasn't her first transaction of this sort but it was the first time that she got caught (on the tip from an informant to an FBI agent in NYC). She was slated to talk on Monday.

[LeezaLeeza]

I'm new--what does "bump" mean?

[cyn]

watch out for those trucks.