Metaphors in action this Friday morning.
It could be you at the bottom of a collapsed bridge (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9:49 a.m. EST):
Melissa Bakth, 43, who lives near Frick Park, was in bed around 6:55 a.m. when she heard the four-lane bridge collapse, followed by the rushing sound of the natural gas line breaking.
“There was a boom, then a monster sound,” Ms. Bakth said. “It was so loud, and it didn’t stop. It could’ve been me. I’m on that bridge every day. It’s very, very busy.”
More here (Washington Post 8:57 a.m. EST):
A Pittsburgh bridge collapsed early Friday, according to authorities, injuring 10 people just hours before President Biden was scheduled to visit the city to talk about infrastructure.
Pittsburgh Public Safety acknowledged a “confirmed bridge collapse” at around 6:50 a.m. A photo from KDKA showed at least four vehicles, including a Port Authority bus, on the Fern Hollow Bridge near Forbes and Braddock avenues. Another vehicle was shown dangling near the edge of the collapsed bridge, which is located in Frick Park and connects the Point Breeze, Regent Square and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods of Pittsburgh.
Three people were hospitalized, but none of the injuries are life-threatening, said Darryl Jones, chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, at a news conference.
Police, fire and EMS personnel are responding to the collapse. Gainey added that first responders are investigating to make sure no one is trapped underneath the collapsed bridge.
(I think the vote was actually 200 House Republicans against on final passage. There weren’t but 213 Republicans in the House.)
Do Republicans consider government investing in safe bridges waste, fraud and abuse?
Driver Alexis Adams replies to @KDKA on Twitter:
I was the third car in line wondering why nobody is going over the bridge the morning on my regular commute to work. A jogger came by all the drivers saying “the bridge collapsed and there’s a bus/cars at the bottom.” It had just happened.
Not a crisis? Note date of tweet above.