Two 5,000-horsepower tugs, which only minutes earlier had helped guide the ship out of its berth at the Port of Baltimore and peeled off, quickly turned back and raced toward the Dali. But it was too late.
@#15 ... I read yesterday the the current required bridge maintenance bill in the US is $125 Billion. Where to start? ...
So, the question seems to become, when to go on a bridge, do you hope you will be able to leave that bridge?
Am I reading this incorrectly?
Mianus River Bridge Collapses (2018)
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... Not long after midnight on June 28, 1983, a section of the Mianus River Bridge on I-95 in Cos Cob collapsed. Within seconds, two tractor-trailer trucks and two passenger cars plunged into the river. Three people were killed and three injured.
The immediate concern was rescue and safety. Decisions had to be made quickly and not necessarily in accordance with training. For example, a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) volunteer described moving a girl trapped in a car without the use of a backboard: "If we delayed there could have been a bigger problem with an explosion or fire. You have those diesel trucks with hundreds of gallons of fuel."
A Connecticut state trooper, the first official to arrive at the accident scene, praised the cooperation of the agencies. Stamford and Greenwich Marine Police and the Coast Guard were called; Greenwich firefighters and the Cos Cob firehouse ambulance responded; Greenwich police blocked off the turnpike; the National Guard came with helicopters. Ordinary citizens stepped forward that night. Everyone worked at a feverish pace to save lives and minimize the extent of the disaster. One unnamed hero, a man journeying home to Atlanta with his wife, had, upon spotting the collapse, exited his car and waved traffic to a stop. His quick action likely prevented more vehicles from plunging off the bridge. ...
@#17
At the time. one of my co-workers told me thta she had driven across the Mianus Bridge mimutes before it had collapsed, driving back from the airport.
She was a fortunate one.
A repeat...
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