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August 14, 2007 at 7:19 am
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From startribune.com:
Divers searching the wreckage of the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge on Sunday found the body of Richard Chit, according to the Hennepin County Medical Center.
Chit, 20, of Bloomington, had been riding in a car with his mother when the bridge collapsed Aug. 1. His mother, Vera Peck, 50, is among the four victims still unaccounted for.
“The weather is hampering our efforts,” said Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek in a press conference this afternoon.
Stanek said increased current from recent rains in the Twin Cities and upstream has now shifted the focus of the rescue effort from a search for victims to concentration on debris removal.
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Van wrote @ August 14th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
As a MN resident and a Disney podcaster, its surreal to see this story on someone else’s Disney site .. but it speaks to the severity of the event and the fact that it really could have happened anywhere.
Its absolutely amazing to see how well the emergency crews are doing with this situation. I have a friend involved in that process that hasn’t had a break since the whole thing started. This week we had some terrible storms (31,000 still w/o power) and even though their search efforts are impacted, they don’t seem to be slowing down one bit and have continued with a steady determination.
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