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dashcam footage of the FIU bridge collapse

Posted on 3/17/18 at 11:48 am
Posted by MastrShake
SoCal
Member since Nov 2008
7281 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 11:48 am
you should know what to expect from this, so dont click if you dont want to see.

life and death are so fricking random, and fate is cruel beyond belief at times.

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This post was edited on 3/17/18 at 11:49 am
Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
48964 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 11:50 am to
Nope
Not watching that shite
Posted by TigerBait1971
PTC GA
Member since Oct 2014
14865 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 11:50 am to
That's fricked up.
Posted by baybeefeetz
Member since Sep 2009
31638 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 11:51 am to
It’s not really that impactful in terms of carnage.
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
54210 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 11:54 am to
Notice the people on the walkway on the right side. Go sliding down to the ground like we used to do at recess.
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
67954 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 11:54 am to
those cars in the left lane, so close







ETA: I am giving you an upvote for making a thread that is not dripping with leftist pablum.


UPDATE: There is a political angle to this, I have added on page 2.
This post was edited on 3/18/18 at 9:20 am
Posted by momentoftruth87
Member since Oct 2013
71467 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:02 pm to
Such a shitty thing to happen, but gives me hope seeing all these people get out of their vehicles so quickly.
Posted by Got Heeem
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
3631 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:09 pm to
Glad they went help. Encouraging.

Ban bridges tho
Posted by MastrShake
SoCal
Member since Nov 2008
7281 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:10 pm to
quote:

ETA: I am giving you an upvote for making a thread that is not dripping with leftist pablum.
theres a video i saw but cant find now showing people run out of the surrounding buildings toward the bridge, seemingly to help. dozens of people, maybe over a hundred. its actually kind of inspiring. i truly believe that people are essentially good, that what Chaplin said here is true...

quote:

"I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way."
quote:

"You don't hate, only the unloved hate. The unloved and the unnatural."

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This post was edited on 3/17/18 at 12:22 pm
Posted by Jack Bauers HnK
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
5713 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:38 pm to
That school bus on the right. Could have been a lot worse.
Posted by MastrShake
SoCal
Member since Nov 2008
7281 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:41 pm to
quote:

Notice the people on the walkway on the right side.
and the workers on top of the bridge to the left, just under the crane. hope they made it.
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79177 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:47 pm to
Whoa. Did the guy on the crane boom survive? That is brutal
Posted by the LSUSaint
Member since Nov 2009
15444 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:48 pm to
Look closely in the crane area...there was a guy on the roof of the walkway. If he survived, he's not feeling well
Posted by IllegalPete
Front Range
Member since Oct 2017
7182 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:49 pm to
Crazy.

The bridge dropped so fast that dude was suspended in mid air for a second.
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
20896 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:51 pm to
I still think it failed due to the precast strands in the top left corner.
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
55309 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:52 pm to
A school bus just a few cars back, this could have been so much worse
Posted by mtntiger
Asheville, NC
Member since Oct 2003
26641 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 12:58 pm to
Not sure what that means.

Are there cables running through hollow sections of concrete to reinforce it?
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112489 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 1:02 pm to
It's what happens when you give advantages to "minority owned" in contracts. That company is Cuban and has had issues before this.
Posted by The Great McGinty
Member since Jan 2017
1384 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 2:17 pm to
Can't believe those guys weren't tied off!
Posted by BourreTheDog
Member since May 2016
2345 posts
Posted on 3/17/18 at 2:23 pm to
Looks as if the crane had just placed something on top of the roof span, causing the floor span to snap due to the weight
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