A bridge collapses in downtown Minneapolis, throwing cars into the Mississippi. As far as I know, my family in town is all safe. As a Minneapolis native, married to a bridge engineer, I'm glued to the TV and likely will be for the rest of the night. More on this tomorrow.
Posted by Stephen Silver at August 1, 2007 08:37 PMAnd Kevin Garnett threw out the first pitch to David Ortiz at the Sox game probably 2 minutes before the bridge went down. There's an omen.
Posted by: Jeremy at August 1, 2007 11:49 PMMy legs might tremble now every time I go over the bridges in Philly to NJ. This is like a nightmare come true! So sad.
Posted by: Jessica at August 2, 2007 03:54 PM