I'm watching the news coverage right now and it seems pretty chaotic and no one really knows what's going on.
2007-08-01 13:31:49 · 15 answers · asked by Susan G 6 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Accident. The US infrastructure is in serious trouble but for some reason it is not a priority to spend money on this. It's not a new thing either, when I was living in Jersey I would often go to New York City, there was a section of the Cross Bronx Expressway interchange that went over the East River that had chicken wire underneath to keep chunks of concrete from falling onto the cars below.
2007-08-01 13:39:54 · answer #1 · answered by acydskull 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Terrorism has been ruled out at this point. They're looking at structural causes, but it will take quite awhile to figure out what exactly caused the collapse. Any specific reason is just a guess at this point.
FYI - Minnesota does not have a large Jewish population. The bridge was built in 1967, so it's 40 years old, which is not old for a bridge.
2007-08-02 10:55:15 · answer #2 · answered by Sturm und Drang 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live there, and i have been across that bridge many times, its strong, its only around 45 years old, they were doing contrustion on it.. like paveing it over, but i think it can be a sign of terroism, even thought there was no explosion... plus, minnesota has a high population of jewish people.
P.s. For KitKat: The bridge is only about 45 years! That is pretty young for a bridge, it was strong, i wonder that happened..
2007-08-01 21:04:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Of course there's bound to be a lot of chaos when such tragedies happen, such as this one, but I'm thinking it was poor engineering or structual problems, that caused this bridge to collapse. So far, there are three known fatalities.
2007-08-01 20:46:06 · answer #4 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's crazy that they can't get any idea of what's goin on... I doubt it was anything "sinister" I'd say it's just an older bridge that was under too much pressure.
2007-08-01 20:58:59 · answer #5 · answered by Rhiannon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I hope people will NOT make judgements on the cause of this disaster. At this point, the cause is not known and all we can do to help is pray for those whose lives have been touched by this happening and ask God to be with the victims, their loved ones and the rescuer workers who are trying to help them.
2007-08-01 20:58:35 · answer #6 · answered by missingora 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
second one in 2 days, the one under construction yesterday now this one. but l would still say tragic accidents.
2007-08-01 20:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by edie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think its probably an accident, but they don't have enough information to tell anything yet. I think it was probably an accident though.
2007-08-01 20:34:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just an accident, I don't think some terrorist detinated the bridge or anything.
2007-08-01 20:34:37 · answer #9 · answered by I ? Colbert 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
i live near Minneapoils and everyone is pretty shook up and are just trying to get people out...but many people say there was no explosion and last weekend it was closed for repairs..
2007-08-01 20:43:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋