the indoor practice facility isn t rebuilt. now when bad weather strikes, the team practices inside the cowboys stadium. ten years earlier, tragedy strikes another professional sports complex. july 14th, 1999, milwaukee, wisconsin, a new major league ballpark for the home team brewers is under construction. a giant crane is lifting part of a retractible roof into place when something gets everyone s attention. what the hell was that? what s going on here? several more loud noises follow. watch it! watch it! then
in a wrongful death lawsuit against the contractor mitsubishi heavy industries of america. a jury awards them nearly $100 million in punitive and compensatory damages, calculated in part from the video. from the video, we were able to time how long it took for the crane to go down where these guys fell to their death, 14 seconds, and the jury was asked to award per second what their conscious anticipation of death meant to them because they knew they were going to die. the verdict is appealed and eventually settled out of court. the stadium, named miller park, opens nearly two years after the accident featuring the only fan-shaped retractible roof in the country. a memorial to the men who lost their lives greets fans when they enter, ensuring the three iron workers will never be forgotten.
a jury awards them nearly $100 million in punitive and compensatory damages, calculated in part from the video. from the video, we were able to time how long it took for the crane to go down with these guys fell to their death, 14 seconds, and the jury was asked to award per second what their conscious anticipation of death meant to them because they knew they were going to die. the verdict is appealed and eventually settled out of court. the stadium, named miller park, opens nearly two years after the accident featuring the only fan-shaped retractible roof in the country. a memorial to the men who lost their lives greets fans when they enter, ensuring the three ironworkers will never be forgotten.
celebrates easter at home. good news. sochi, atlanta s new stadium. so gorgeous, it s as retractible, domed masterpiece. major league soccer wants in on it. using downsizing technology here, betty, a soccer franchise will debut at the facility which opens in 2017. that is a good looking stadium. very modern. some folks in atlanta say hey, we don t need it. we have a great stadium as it is. that s true. okay. richard, thank you. now for a look at weather, here is meteorologist bill karins. no snow last night. we re into cold spring, instead of snowy cold spring. one spot with the winter weather, i feel bad for people in minnesota, northern wisconsin. we wended up with 6 to 12 inches of snow. across the east, it s a little chilly. definitely in new england
a jury awards them nearly $100 million in punitive and compensatory damages, calculated in part from the video. from the video, we were able to time how long it took for the crane to go down with these guys fell to their death, 14 seconds, and the jury was asked to award per second what their conscious anticipation of death meant to them because they knew they were going to die. the verdict is appealed and eventually settled out of court. the stadium, named miller park, opens nearly two years after the accident featuring the only fan-shaped retractible roof in the country. a memorial to the men who lost their lives greets fans when they enter, ensuring the three iron workers will never be forgotten.