In the Hours After the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
AUGUST 4, 2007 Listen to this Story
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Mary Medeco was one of those calling all of her relatives in Minneapolis this week. Many live within minutes of the fallen Interstate 35W bridge. They're all okay. But news of collapse still hit Medeco hard. She once lived near the 35W bridge. Well, sort of. We hear from Medeco, and then from journalist Annie Baxter, who has been covering the collapse all week long. She tells us how the reality of a disaster scene, is in fact nothing like what we often see on television.
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For Seaton Holt, a retired firefighter, the tragedy made him think not of friends and family in Minnesota, but of all the tragedies he's witnessed in a lifetime of rescue work in Lexington, Ky. Memories of lives lost in fires and car wrecks compelled him to leave Lexington for Florida. Holt talks about what triggers these memories of loss.
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- Music Bridge:
- Fire Made of Bones
- Artist: Tape
- CD: Opera (Hapna)
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