Bridge collapse

I'm sure many of you heard of the 35W bridge collapse here in Minneapolis tonight just after 6 pm. Our son Mark exited just minutes before the collapse, and our son Luke drove over the bridge earlier today.

Everyone we know (at least so far) is okay. We are still waiting for a friend to come back with Tim's truck and trailer, and he's coming from the south end of town. He could possibly take that route back here, but we are hoping his delay is due to traffic and not because he was near the scene.

Tim travels over that bridge all the time. Luke said when he drove over it today, there was lots of construction, jackhammering, and concrete stripped to expose the steel underneath. It was very hot here today, so that could have contributed to the road buckling.

A school bus full of young people was safely evacuated, I believe. It seems dozens of cars fell into the water--the bridge crossed the Mississippi River.

We've been watching the coverage since minutes after it happened. I had turned on the news to see the weather, and caught this awful news instead.

Please pray for the victims and their families, and for the rescuers.

(Update on our friend: he arrived safely at our house around 9:15. He's going to spend the night. He was planning to go back to his empty apartment and sleep there. He's had quite a day--moving out of his apartment to his in-laws. He had heat stroke earlier in the day and hadn't eaten much today. I gave him a glass of iced tea and a big bowl of Neapolitan ice cream.)

Till next time,


Suzi