I-5 Bridge Collapse at Mount Vernon, WA
We travelled over this bridge twice today on our way to Eastern Washington. We are now sitting by the fire in Eastern Washington (linked on-line to the world) and are horrified by what we are seeing....
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It's sounding like one of the vehicles that went in the water was a couple in a pickup towing a camping trailer. Glad they are both relatively ok! The husband sounds like a hero!
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/24/us/washington-bridge-collapse/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/24/us/washington-bridge-collapse/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
He slammed on the brakes, but the momentum of his truck and trailer carried Sligh and his wife off the bridge and into the water dozens of feet below, he told CNN affiliate KOMO Thursday, hours after the incident some 60 miles north of Seattle.
"You hold on as tight as you can," Sligh said. Then, a "white flash and cold water."
The impact dislocated his shoulder, but the Navy veteran just popped it back in and dragged his unresponsive wife to safety.
