Up to 30 people maybe entombed in cars in Mississippi with Bridge collape:

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_us/bridge_collapse;_ylt=Ath4Nq4EmHFDRgMeF4Yxhpms0NUE


Under water, divers were taking down license plate numbers for authorities to track down their drivers. Getting the vehicles out was expected to take days and involve moving around very large, heavy pieces of bridge.

"The bridge is still shifting," Dolan said. "We're dealing with the Mississippi River. We're dealing with currents. We're going to have to do it slowly and safely."

He said police estimate that 20 to 30 people were unaccounted for, though he stressed that it was just an estimate.

Fire Chief Jim Clack said Thursday that emergency work was no longer a rescue operation. "It's a recovery operation," he said.

[Bitwit1234]

1. What this horrible collaspe reminds me of is the airplane

crashing into the bridge in DC during that terrible snow storm. All I remember is the local pictures of all those people in the water and ice and trying to be rescued. And the gaping hole in the bridge. I worked in a town outside DC and lived in another about 12 miles away. I traveled the beltway and it usually took 25 minutes (traffic) that day it took four and 1/2 hours. Thank goodness that was a day I wasn't driving. I was scared to death.