{"id":130366,"date":"2022-09-10T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=130366"},"modified":"2022-09-09T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T17:12:39","slug":"bridge-collapses-at-inopportune-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=130366","title":{"rendered":"Bridge collapses at inopportune time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While officials were gathered to officially open a foot-bridge in Kinshasa, Congo Monday, the bridge collapsed. During the ribbon-cutting.<\/p>\n

When the structure gave out, the woman who cut the ribbon was seen clutching a man in a suit who had been holding the ribbon for her. Two other men immediately rushed to her aid to carry her to safety.<\/p>\n

Both handrails broke off as the bridge cracked at its center, coming to a rest in the shallow stream a few feet below where it had been suspended just moments before.<\/p>\n

One of the last to leave the broken bridge was a man dressed in military fatigues, a dark hat and dark glasses clutching an unopened bottle of champagne.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, at least we know cracking a bottle of champoagne over a support didn’t cause it. Too, maybe someone should have warned the folks that the ribbon wasn’t decorative, it was structural.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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