Baltimore bridge collapse

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Happened this morning on the 695 bridge

7-confirmed casualties

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Very sad, prayers sent. Looks like the lights go out on the ship before impact, brutal situation.

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Positive thoughts to the families of those involved.

Now I understand why my mom is so afraid of bridges. There was no reaction time at all.

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Man o man, huge best wishes for all involved!

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Just saw it on the news. Hope they can get to the people that are in the water. Prayers for the people affected and to the rescuers.

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OMG can’t like that!

Hoping all the best for everyone involved :cry:

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Prayers to those affected.

Been a difficult couple of years all around.

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That happened 20 minutes from my house :house:. :ok_hand::crossed_fingers::v:

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Anyone else have a fear of bridges?!?!? This made my heart skip a beat and palms got sweaty. I remember crossing over a mackinaw bridge to the UP . It was cool, but so nerve racking.

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Insane , this is truly sad indeed

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Take a ride on the Beux Bridge In Louisiana its a bridge over water that goes for about 40 miles.Used to drive over that when i was stationed at Ft Polk going twords Mississippi.Hated every min of it

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Wow :no_mouth:. Just saw the story on the news. Simple tragedy that could have easily been avoided. Heart goes out to all those involved.

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I mean, not as easy to avoid as you’d think, those boats don’t turn quickly like a Jon boat or something like that, they can a mile + to turn.

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Hope they will rescue all the missing people… :disappointed:

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So so sad. Likely completely avoidable aswell.
Even worse, I bet they’ll find that the bridge is non-compliant. As are the majority in this nation.

My heart goes out to the families of the lives lost so unexpectedly. :frowning:

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This is very sad indeed. Its horrifying how easily it just went down. Thoughts and prayers to all the people and families. :pray:

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This is horrifying to even imagine being a person on the bridge. It was only a blink. I feel for their families.

Speaking of horrifying stuff involving bridges. San Francisco recently conpleted the suicide net which covers nearly all of the sides of the golden gate bridge. I saw it last year.

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I thought to myself how stupid that is because of the fact that if someone is determined, they can easily just continue over the net. I later realized that if it makes even 1 person stop themselves from jumping then it is worth it. There are a lot of people who have jumped from this bridge.

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That reminded me of this film. You seen it?

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Sounds like the bridge got shut down before the hit. A lot of folks were stopped before they could jump on the bridge. Evidently the maintenance crew working the bridge were the largest group of casualties.

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