2007 Complete Guide to the Minnesota Bridge Disaster - Collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis, August 2007, Documents, Reports, Investigation (CD-ROM)
Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group that goes around the country staging anti-gay rallies at some of the most inappropriate places (e.g. the funerals of former White House press secretary Tony Snow, victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, and U.S. troops) with messages like “Thank God For AIDS” and “God Hates Fags.” This [...]
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About 130 people are affected by the settlement with Progressive Contractors Inc., attorneys said. Hennepin County Judge Deborah Hedlund, who approved the agreement, said financial awards for victims will be kept confidential. Thirteen people died in the collapse and 145 were injured.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Attorneys say a construction company that was working on the Minneapolis bridge when it collapsed in 2007 have settled lawsuits filed by victims.
In the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, part of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed. A replacement, costing at least $6 billion, is not expected until 2013 and the bridge was closed last week when a cable snapped. Thirteen people died in a 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse (pictured here) that happened after Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed millions for highway and bridge fixes. Meanwhile, China and...
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Click on photo for larger version From WWL TV, a story about the dedication - if you will - of a marker to commemorate the site of the initial breach in the 17th Street Canal four years ago this Saturday. Not a hint of this story shows up at the Nola dot com website. From the WWL website: With the help of Levees.org, Roy Arrigo, a former Lakeview resident, put up the marker, which includes a scathing...
A couple of quick hits because I actually have to go to work soon (bah) , no, actually I like my job. It's just hard when my feet are so sore. I never knew all of the different places on my body I could get blisters and abrasions from fabric. I have a blister on my big toe from the seam in my sock, a wicked looking thing where my water belt rubbed against the skin on my back (yeah, that goes most of...
July 31, 2009 State Officials say White House Insistence on "Shovel Ready" Projects Preventing Vital Infrastructure Work Tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending stimulus money on spans that are already in good shape or on easier projects like repaving roads, an Associated Press analysis shows. President...
The state of Minnesota wants a design firm and a construction company to reimburse it for $37 million paid to victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse.
The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Today is the two-year anniversary of the 35W bridge collapse and, accompanying the tragedy, was a seminal moment in Minnesota's burgeoning citizen journalism community. WCCO TV's Jason DeRusha blogs about his experience reporting the collapse today. I thought I'd share links to my thoughts about citizen media's roll in the coverage ...
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