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Any survivors is still underway. 950 tons of metal came crashing down on passing motorists just before 2:00. witnesses described hearing a bank, 174 foot walkway fell 100 feet down which pancake to several vehicles, listen to what one student says happened. >> i got there when the bridge collapsed, the rubble coming down and multiple cars crushed under the bridge. i saw some people trying to assess anything they could do to help. >> the main span of the bridge was constructed by the side of the ...

The walkway fell over 100 feet which instantly pancake several vehicles. >> i was in disbelief what i was witnessing. my instinct kicked in that i needed to get to work so i jumped on top of the bridge where we had four workers severely injured and one not breathing, started cpr on him. another has a major laceration to his head, completely unconscious. >> the main stand of the bridge was conducted by the side of the highway and engineers called a first of its kind construction method known as a...

Have been removed. others have not. and now victim advocates are working with the family members of those who have been identified who were just simply driving down this street when that 950-ton bridge came crashing down on them. national transportation safety board teams are here now. they are helping with the investigation. fbi here as well. osha and local law enforcement all trying to find out exactly how this happened. listen to this witness, how he describes what it sounded like. >> some pe...

Most of these casinos are just south of memphis. their hotels and restaurants and land r. on lawnd casinos are on barges. built them that way and put them together there when you are inside the casino it feels like you are on land. little land tonight in tuneca. our correspondent jonathan serrie is live in tunica county tonight. jonathan? >> hey, shepard, that construction method may have actually saved the casinos. they simply float up on those barges as the water rises. the hotels though a dif...