Curtis Olson wrote: > I've received numerous emails since yesterday evening just checking in > with me to make sure I and my family are all ok after yesterday's major > bridge collapse in Minneapolis. I want to thank everyone for their > concern and let you all know collectively that I and my family are all > ok. So far I haven't heard of any connections to anyone I know or work > with that were hurt. We share all your concern for those that were > directly involved, or hurt, and for all those with family members or > friends that are still unaccounted for. > > This bridge is very close to where I work. I take this highway to my > university job every day, coming in from the north side, but I take the > last exit before the bridge. This is a major artery though the city and > any time we go anywhere on the south side of the city, we cross this > bridge ( i.e. going to the airport, the mall of america, or other events > and activities.) > > My wife's cousin also works at the university of minnesota and she drove > over the bridge just 6 minutes before the collapse. I and my family > drove over it the evening before and another of my wife's cousins and > his 3 kids drove over that morning. 2 days before my wife and her > running club did a workout directly under this bridge. Originally their > plan was to do this workout on the day of the collapse and they could > have easily been under there taking advantage of the shade and getting > ready to run. So we consider ourselves very fortunate, but our thoughts > and prayers go out for all those that are more directly involved as well > as all the rescue and recovery workers. > > Curt. > --
We've had more than our fair share of tragedies over here in the UK. It's always a great shock to everyone, but often wrecks the lives of the survivors and families of those killed and injured. By all accounts, this bidge was recently certified as structurally sound. Lets hope lessons are learned and inspections in the future will be more thorough. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
