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Good shape though you had this larger 18 wheeler that probably shouldnt have been on it in the first place and you had the over sized load and it hit a girder and that ultimately caused the bridge to collapse according to authorities. >> the words functionally obsolete and a bridge with so many cars that interstate going over it every single day, thats unacceptable. well have more on this part of the story. stand by. the bridge collapsed near seattle. points as we all know to a much bigger probl...

Tell me if this is crazy or if you like it. youre in charge of the national transportation safety board. you put signs up before the structurally deficient bridges, big signs and you alert drivers youre about to go over what the u.s. government calls a structurally deficient bridge. you do this at your own risk. good idea or bad idea? >> well, we want to make sure that people understand what these terms mean. i know some of them do sound bad but you can still have a bridge that can be healthy ev...

Ok, well, remember last week when you hit vinny in the head with a shovel? [chuckling] i do not recall that. of course not. well, it was too graphic for the kids, so im going to have to block you. you know, i got to make this up to you. this is vinnys watch. this was a truck. its in the water outside of seattle, washington, after a bridge, a major bridge collapsed. its a frightening collapse. a bridge along the main interstate highway connecting seattle, washington to canada. how this could ha...

And as you saw the water approaching, its just one of those, you hold on as tight as you can. and just a white flash, and cold water. it was definitely cold this time of the year. >> sligh tells cairo tv said the fall dislocated his shoulder. he couldnt get a response from his wife. >> popped my shoulder back in so i could unbuckle everything and get over to her. unbuckled her, and pulled her over to my side which had less water, because it was about belly deep. >> they were eventually rescued a...

Bridge collapsed in washington state last night, and were hearing gripping accounts from a survivor and witnesses, and were also learning more about what went wrong. cnns dan simon is joining us from mt. vernon in washington state, right outside of seattle. what do we know right now, dan? >> well, wolf, first of all, the question that many folks have in this community is how something like this could happen. how could a semi truck making contact with this bridge cause a major chunk of it to coll...

She is on the scene for us and joining us right now. thanks very much for coming in. we see that the bridge is not a small bridge but a bridge involving an interstate. why was this bridge so vulnerable even if hit by an 18 wheeler? the whole bridge collapses. how is that possible? >> well, as you can see, youve still got part of the bridge span standing so one of the four over water bridge spans actually collapsed. its about 160-foot section and this is about an 1100-foot bridge span. so we are ...

Might just watch them again. >> watch them again. its going to be a great weekend. >> it is. >> all right. thanks for watching "around the world." >> yeah, "cnn newsroom" starts right now with wolf. thank you. >> have a good weekend. a white flash and cold water, thats how one man describes his experience. his car fell off a collapsing bridge. well have a live report from washington state. and its not over yet, a lot of us thought the high courtroom drama the jodi arias trial would be ending t...

A warning that these bridges are functionally obsolete. well speak with the head of the national transportation safety board and get her thoughts on whats going on. just a thought that i had, functionally obsolete and the word bridge especially interstate bridge not good. all right. thanks very much, tom, for that report. imagine youre flying in an airplane and you see this. take a look. you see this outside the window. it wasnt just one engine that failed. the terrifying moments for dozens of...

Would see, we wouldnt build it this way today. but thats the way that they built it in 57 or in 55. >> are you describing the term functionally obsolete bridges or structurally deficient bridges? because ive heard both used a lot today. im not exactly sure whats the difference? >> right. you know, part of this is understanding what some of this terminology means but also how these bridges are inspected. because things can last for a long time but they have to be inspected. they have to be mainta...

Collapse. this man saw it happen. >> i saw the truck strike the upper right corner of the bridge. it almost tipped the truck over. it tipped it up to about a 30-degree angle to the left and it came back down on its wheels, and almost instantaneously behind that i saw girders falling in my rear-view mirror. >> state police questioned the driver, but he wasnt detained. plenty of people are getting a firsthand look at the twisted wreckage of the bridge today. the federal highway administration list...