{"id":2977,"date":"2008-08-01T13:23:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T18:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2008-08-01T13:55:30","modified_gmt":"2008-08-01T18:55:30","slug":"and-of-course-it-was-a-year-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2977","title":{"rendered":"And, Of Course, It Was A Year Ago Today&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;that the 35W Bridge collapsed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tpt.org\/aatc\/2008\/08\/01\/bridge_anniversary\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tpt.org\/aatc\/sites\/default\/files\/img\/350aerial-bridgecollapse.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The city is having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/projects\/11608881.html?location_refer=Homepage:highlightModules:2\">all sorts<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/local\/26093739.html?location_refer=Homepage:highlightModules:2\">memorials today<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a typical year, I\u2019d drive across that bridge maybe 3-4 times. I was in Fridley at a meeting with my son, at one of their rec centers.<\/p>\n<p>As we walked out, I saw the TV tuned to Channel 5, and noticed what looked like a flattened bridge. It took a few moments to register that it was in Minneapolis; my first clue was \u201cthere\u2019s no way these people would ever watch the news\u201d, which led me to look more closely and notice which bridge it actually was.<\/p>\n<p>On the drive home, I got probably half a dozen calls from friends and relatives.<\/p>\n<p>And I didn\u2019t go to the scene until late June.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow and Monday, I have some questions to ask.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I&#8217;ll just hope and pray that the families of the dead and injured can find some peace and comfort, and to thank the rescue workers and citizens on the scene who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=1161\">helped prevent a much worse tragedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;that the 35W Bridge collapsed. The city is having all sorts of memorials today.\u00a0 In a typical year, I\u2019d drive across that bridge maybe 3-4 times. I was in Fridley at a meeting with my son, at one of their rec centers. As we walked out, I saw the TV tuned to Channel 5, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bridge-collapse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}