Watching it here at the shop...Sad...
QFT. These first responder's have a hell of a job in front of them. I can not imagine what they are going to see and have to deal with over the next hours. Thoughts and prayers going out to them and the family's that have lost love ones.
That is either a huge engineering/construction screwup, or somebody did something to it.I would hate to be the one that did final QA inspection.
That has to be just a terrible scene to work. 950 tons of material and you know what is underneath. Praying for all of them.This is sad and terrible on so many levels.
It is terrible for the dead and the injured, and their families.
The first responders have a gargantuan task ahead of them, working at a horrific scene.
And, that this new technology, implemented to address safety concerns, has failed in such a terrible and dreadful way. As Fargo notes, either this is a huge screwup with this new technology, or someone did something.
I read and watched several of the articles; I cannot imagine what it is like for those directly affected by the tragedy as well as those on the scene trying to sort it out.
This is what it looked like when they were setting it in place.
News report from just four days ago.
‘Instant’ bridge aims to make a dangerous crossing safer for thousands of students[FONT=&]BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI
aviglucci@miamiherald.com
[/FONT][FONT=&]March 10, 2018 01:21 PM[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Updated 2 hours 33 minutes ago[/FONT]
UPDATE: The FIU pedestrian bridge collapsed, less than a week after installation.
Instant bridge? Not quite, but in a single morning Florida International University dropped a new elevated pedestrian span into place over the Tamiami Trail to provide students a safe route over the perilous roadway for the first time.
Once it’s finished in early 2019, the new pedestrian bridge will link FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus directly to the small suburban city of Swee****er, where the university estimates 4,000 of its students live.
The rapid span installation was the result of months of preparation. The bridge’s main 174-foot span was assembled by the side of the Trail while support towers were built at either end.
Some engineer , somewhere, is sweating bullets right now![video=youtube;BMR0irwxSkc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMR0irwxSkc[/video]
Engineering firm, the contractor and the materials suppliers will all be pointing fingers. And they're lawyers are browsing yacht websites right now.Some engineer , somewhere, is sweating bullets right now!
Until you arrive somewhere with a d*** for a nose, and you’re pissing out of your nose! ETA: the nanny filter doesn’t filter the “D” ?Teleporters can't come soon enough.