Grief

Geography lessons?

Ain't not. What you are seeing now are the pictures of the Mississippi Bridge site as it collapsed in Minnesota, which just happened few days back.

It is not a normal bridge, but one of the main highway bridges which provides the route for the millions of people in Minnesota to and fro. Just imagine yourself with your family were to be in your car, gleefully going for a family outing when suddenly you receive a phonecall saying you are on TV (for the wrong reasons of course), and whatever you have now appears to be gone in a few seconds.

This was what happened to the people inside the hundreds of cars which plunged into the Mississippi River as the bridge, which represented the history of the state, collapsed in a matter of seconds. Dreadful.

Here are pics of the disaster :

1 August 2007, a date every Minnesota citizens will never forget

Only God can help you if u were to be on THAT bridge.

What is even more regretful is the fact that the bridge was deemed as "deficient" under the bridge safety inspection in 2005, yet no actions were taken to amend the deficiencies of the bridge, as quoted by Mary Peters, the Transportation Secretary :

"The designation means some portions of the bridge needed to be scheduled for repair or replacement. It didn’t mean that the bridge is unsafe.”

Sad to say M'am, ur words truly rubbed more salt among the many aching hearts of Minnesota locals.

BECAUSE IF ENHANCEMENTS WERE TO BE MADE EARLIER, PEOPLE WOULD NOT DIE!


Luckily for you and your department's officials, the death toll was miraculously minimal. Thank God =)

And above all, at least Mr. Bush had the heart to offer condolences to the victims. God will bless you always despite creating so many turmoils around the world. =)

Searches went on until late night to recover any possible victims who may still be trapped under the ruins of the bridge, but one thing is for sure,

Prevention is ALWAYS better than cure.

Certainly better for these people.

May our prayers rest on them peacefully.