shepard: the two construction firms behind the podesta bridge that collapsed in miami yesterday have faced fines and lawsuits before. the companies are mcm construction and fig bridge design. miami herald newspaper reports that in the year 2012 fig had a 90-ton slab of concrete fall from a bridge it was building. the associate press reports that the feds have hit mcm the other company with tens of thousands of dollars in fines. and this month a lawsuit accusing mcm of hiring incompetent, inexperienced, unskilled or careless employees. that s the wording from the document. representatives from both companies say they are cooperating with the collapse investigation. moments ago senator bill nelson commanded the u.s. department of transportation release all documents related to the construction of that podesta bridge.
sedan. this bridge is 950 tons. as al was just saying, he presumes they have all the adequate personnel there to figure out how to remove this in the safest possible way, but also the quickest way to get survivors out of this collapse. al fuentes, retired fdny captain, thank you very much. we re going to dip back into your sister station in miami, wtvj. it was do you to be completed at around 2019. the cable-supported bridge is a product of a collaboration between mcm construction and fig bridge design. some experienced workers or companies were over the design of this bridge here that has come to a crumble there over