As a Minnesotan myself, it is really hard and rather shocking to try to understand how such a tragic event has occured.

If you don't know, Minnesota had one of their most active bridges fall into a river and down upon traffic below at 6:05 PM, central time. This happened during our rush hour, and many people were injured. Up to right now, 6 are officially dead and dozens critically or severely injured. Of course, this is only for those accounted for on or around the accessable areas of the bridge. This doesn't include those who fell into the river itself, since they need to find the bodies and the cars.

The bridge was not old, but was built in 1967 which is relatively new in bridge standards. It went through inspections in 2005 and 2006, and they said that renovation would not be needed until 2020. So they do not understand how the bridge fell, and only minor cement construction was being done on non-critical areas of the bridge. It doesn't appear to be terrorism (terrorists would attack our 35E bridge, not this one if you want a more active brige) and so people are really scratching their heads.

The big news is, for Minnesota standards, this is the most shocking and tragic experience we've had since the big floods back about nine years ago and they don't even compare right now.


I just ask if people could please pray and keep the people and their families involved in this tragic occurance in their thoughts. ;_;


* Also, keep in mind that all their death and injury tallies are only those found on the bridge. According to our local Minnesotan news, they haven't even begun estimating or investigating those who fell and are missing in the river yet. Also, many internet sources mention the construction done on the bridge but as of now they say the construction was minor and wouldn't/shouldn't have affected the structural intergity of the bridge.