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In reply to the discussion: Please stop about the pedestrian bridge collapse [View all]mia
(8,439 posts)44. Thanks for your perspective. I share your angst.
My daughter works for FIU and the 20 minutes I spent texting and calling her seemed so long. Thankfully, she was safe, but I still grieve for the victims. FIU is dear to my heart. I was a student there back in the days when there were only 2 buildings and the old airport tower stood beyond the parking lot. As a member of the Miami-Dade community for nearly 50 years, I feel that this accident will have long range effects that I hope will improve our ways of doing business for the better.
I imagine that the many who were involved in the processes that led up to this tragic accident are searching their souls. I don't think that any one person is to blame.
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No. Stupid is not just as bad. And "mistake" doesn't necessarily mean "stupid." nt
LAS14
Mar 2018
#36
So give me a rosy scenario - One where a bridge falls on eight cars and it's nobody's fault. nt
Xipe Totec
Mar 2018
#16
Having decorative cables and a restraining tower for a structure like that would be insane.
Blue_true
Mar 2018
#32
The pictures that I saw looked like the large concrete piece had re-bar support.
Blue_true
Mar 2018
#64
That was EXACTLY what I thought.. It was the first thing that ran through my
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Mar 2018
#8
Speculation? The bridge collapsed. Either there was bad engineering or bad materials or both.
stevenleser
Mar 2018
#29
In hindsight the Space Shuttle *WAS* stupid... it was hype and politics turned literally deadly.
hunter
Mar 2018
#43
That's not very accurate. The speculation is both benign and inconsequential.
LanternWaste
Mar 2018
#33
There is a cadre of DUers who've programmed their responses to certain things
Dreamer Tatum
Mar 2018
#45