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Were finally able to free the last of the occupied cars out of 8 total, crushed under the still under construction pedestrian bridge on saturday. at the time of the collapse, there were several workers on the bridge, tightening cables. engineer with the bridge design firm told the state two days before that in a voice mail that cracks had been discovered in the concrete. i was calling to share with you some information about the fiu pedestrian bridge and cracking that s been observed on the north end of the span. the pylon end of that span we moved this weekend. um, so, we ve taken a look at it and obviously some repairs or whatever will have to be done. but, from a safety perspective, we don t see that there is any issue there. that engineer from the fig bridge design firm which designed this bridge. the voice mail, however, was not listened to until friday the day after the collapse. ....
Able to free the last of the five vehicles which had drivers and passengers still in them last night. eight cars and trucks in total were crushed under the still under construction pedestrian bridge which had just been put into place last saturday. the youngest of the victims, 21-year-old alexa durand of florida international university freshman, who was studying political science, her family emotionally destroyed and angry. when i see things like this and i think of the inquestion ie that put this together, we can t bring alexa back, we can t bring the others back. reporter: at the time of the collapse on thursday afternoon, there were several workers on the bridge, tightenin tightenin, part of the stress test. they chose to do that while keeping the busy street open. an engineer with the bridge design firm told the state two days beforehand in a voice mail that cracks had been discovered in the concrete but that voice ....
Take a look at the scene behind me. you can see crews have made great progress in the password is removing about a million pounds of concrete from eight lanes of traffic. last night heavy equipment operators were finally able to free the last of the vehicles which had drivers and then in the passengers, eight cars and trucks in total were crushed under the still under construction pedestrian bridge. the freshman studying political science, her family from ecuador lives in miami. emotionally destroyed and angry. when i think of the incompetence that put this whole thing together, and we can bring alexis back. at the time of the collapse thursday afternoon there were several workers on the bridge tightening cables, part of a stress in strengthening tests. the company chose to do that ....