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Disaster | A monument to man's strength crumples into the Mississippi with men, women and children aboard | Jamie Dean

In the early morning, nearly 12 hours after an eight-lane Minneapolis bridge packed with rush-hour traffic collapsed into the Mississippi River, Sam Crabtree walked to the surreal scene from his home a half-mile away. The sky was clear and the water looked calm. "It's a beautiful summer morning here," he told WORLD a few hours later from his office at nearby Bethlehem Baptist Church. "But the smell of death is in the air."

Less than 12 hours after Interstate 35W crumpled into giant sections and plunged dozens of cars into the waters below, officials had confirmed four deaths. They warned the toll would rise. Early reports said at least 79 were injured—six critically—and another 20 were missing.

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August 11, 2007, Vol. 22, No. 29

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