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The lead engineer was very concerned about the bridge, so he began to help initiate studies by the professor at the university of washington that began to closely examine the bridge's movement. >> remedies are attempted before and after the bridge opens. >> they added cable tie downs at each end of the bridge on the approach spans. they did a good job of holding the approach spans in place. but the rest of the bridge across the center span still moved a lot. >> professor farquharson also issued an in-depth bridge study and presents two more options to stabilize the bridge, just five days befor...

Damage. there were vertical scrapes and an indentation. a clue to the cause of the scrapes was found on the bridge's center span. >> when we pulled the girder out of the water, we did a visual inspection, and we noticed that some of the vertical steel members called stiffeners that were on the side of the girder had been bent flat against the girder. >> investigators measured the distance between the stiffeners and compared them to the vertical marks on the barge. they were a perfect match. now they had solid evidence to prove what caused the fatal crash of the sunset limited. [ male announcer...

Bridge's center span. >> when we pulled the girder out of the water, we did a visual inspection, and we noticed that some of the vertical steel members called stiffeners that were on the side of the girder had been bent flat against the girder. >> investigators measured the distance between the stiffeners and compared them to the vertical marks on the barge. they were a perfect match. now they had solid evidence to prove what caused the fatal crash of the sunset limited. ♪ ♪ ♪ ben! ♪ [ train whistle blows ]

Sure, officially, he is trying to get the port authority to pay for his legal representation. this is the fourth in a series of sort of pleas for some kind of immunity deal. i wonder if you read it that way and if you do, can you explain to me the logic of pursuing that through the media and not behind closed doors? >> sir, i think it is simple, steve. david wildstein has all but gone to the center span of the gwb and said, i'm the guy. i'm the guy that can give you the governor. i'm the guy that can connect the dots. i'm an appetizer. i can lead you to the on tray. it is no surprise he has go...

He began to help initiate studies by the professor at the university of washington that began to closely examine the bridge's movement. >> remedies are attempted before and after the bridge opens. >> they added cable tie downs at each end of the bridge on the approach spans. they did a good job of holding the approach spans in place. but the rest of the bridge across the center span still moved a lot. >> professor farquharson also issued an in-depth bridge study and presents two more options to stabilize the bridge, just five days before gertie collapses, but they never get the chance to imple...