Minneapolis Bridge Collapses

[death is my gift]

Actually, I wrote about it this morning:

"The girl and I were watching coverage of the bridge that collapsed in the Twin Cities last night. It looked like something out of a movie. I know this may sound morbid but I imagined myself on that bridge when it fell. I thought about what I would have done (if I hadn't got hurt). I came to the conclusion that I would be trying to help people. I know I can say that now because I obviously wasn't there and being there makes it real. But, I know myself very well. I would be down there hunting for people. I always say how people are assholes and this society is full of a bunch of tools (and I haven't changed my mind about that) but never did I say I wanted those aforementioned assholes to die or get hurt. So yeah, I would be down there on the water banks searching. Maybe even inside of the Mississippi river doing what I could. This is just a horrible ordeal and I pray that many more people are found and that the death rate stays at a low number. Six isn't low when it comes to death though. I wonder how it happened. The news reported that the bridge had been under inspection in 2005 and 2006. How does something like this "just happen?" I know how, but to say what I think would make everyone think I'm heartless."

[kurokoma-kun]

I just heard about this on the radio. The mayor of Minneapolis said there are still people missing and a couple dozen cars in the water.

[Yaris Revenge]

Originally Posted by death is my gift

Actually, I wrote about it this morning:

"The girl and I were watching coverage of the bridge that collapsed in the Twin Cities last night. It looked like something out of a movie. I know this may sound morbid but I imagined myself on that bridge when it fell. I thought about what I would have done (if I hadn't got hurt). I came to the conclusion that I would be trying to help people. I know I can say that now because I obviously wasn't there and being there makes it real. But, I know myself very well. I would be down there hunting for people. I always say how people are assholes and this society is full of a bunch of tools (and I haven't changed my mind about that) but never did I say I wanted those aforementioned assholes to die or get hurt. So yeah, I would be down there on the water banks searching. Maybe even inside of the Mississippi river doing what I could. This is just a horrible ordeal and I pray that many more people are found and that the death rate stays at a low number. Six isn't low when it comes to death though. I wonder how it happened. The news reported that the bridge had been under inspection in 2005 and 2006. How does something like this "just happen?" I know how, but to say what I think would make everyone think I'm heartless."

You're not alone, Death, in imagining what you'd do in the same situation. I've lost track of how many scenarios I imagined after the Virginia tech shootings.

Damn, I wanted a piece of that guy.


As for the bridge.... I'd just die. I'm terrified of only 2 things: heights, and drowning (I don't swim). You drop me off a bridge, and I'll be dead of a heart attack before I hit the water.

~YR

[redyaris]

Originally Posted by Yaris Revenge

I've lost track of how many scenarios I imagined after the Virginia tech shootings.

Damn, I wanted a piece of that guy. :slice

~YR

YR if society attempted to figure out people like the VT shooter instead of writing them off in society you'd see less of this. Im not defending the asshole at all but he continually went off about how people treated him or ignored him (especially girls).

And then we all saw how he 'was a quiet person' and didnt say anything. No one in society ever attempted to engage him....

Back to topic....what a tragedy. I freak out whenever im on any bridge sitting in traffic. You ever feel how much a bridge shakes? Unnerving to say the least. In Atlanta I avoided 'Spaghetti Junction' (I 285 and I 85 merge) like the plague because its like 10 storeys high.

What a way to go...being pinned in your car under a massive piece of steel and concrete.

I hope the Feds are reevaluating their bridge 'assessments'. If Homeland Security has any role in it theres no hope and were all doomed.