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Memories of the Minneapolis bridge collapse.

I lived <1 mile from it at the time it went down, and had crossed it earlier in the day on my commute.



Yeah. I was out of town hiking in Wyoming at the time and was told it was the 35E bridge by a passing hiker who relayed the news to me. My mom drove the 35E bridge twice a day. I couldn’t hike out and call home fast enough. I didn’t know anyone who was on the bridge when it fell but I do know many who missed being on it by minutes. Scary stuff.


I remember standing not far from edge of that shortly after it happened (https://www.flickr.com/groups/35w-bridge-disaster/), and still get a little panicky when I'm in slow traffic on a bridge. This event will affect the city, the port, and its people for a long time.




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