As many of you know, Chad and I used to live in the Twin Cities in MN. Well yesterday was a horrid day for the Twin Cities area. A bridge on 35W (a very heavily traveled section of the freeway system) collapsed. At the point of the latest press 7 have been killed and at least 28 have been hurt. 20 people were/are still missing as of last night when they had to 'call' the search because of darkness and the currents of the Mississippi river. Sadly, we fear that those people will probably be added to the death toll. Please keep all these families in your prayers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070802/ts_nm/bridge_collapse_dc
Please pray for all the families who are affected by this. This has been especially hard on me right now because I am horrible with 'what its' and of course after learning that our friends and family were safe freaked out because "IF" we had still lived in the Cities, Chad would have probably been on that bridge (we lived in Minneapolis and Chad travled that section 4 times if not more a day)....We of course are happy for our families, but are sad for those who are not as lucky as we. It just makes me sick to think of these poor families. Please raise them up in your prayers.
Thank you
UPDATE #1:
It seems that at this time 8:50am on Thursday that the death toll is 4 not the 7 previously stated, the injured is in the low 80s and there are roughly 30 people unaccounted for at this time. Divers are now searching the Mississippi river looking in the cars that are beneath the wreckage. Families waiting at the 'survivor center' were notified at roughly 1am that the mission has changed from rescue to recovery at this point. Please continue to keep these families in your prayers. Thank you- The Krumwiedes
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