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Took advantage of that and government will take it over and we won't raise the fare. >> john: but, of course, the government did. and now the fare is $2.50 and government built subway construction takes longer. this subway was supposed to be done in 1938. then they said 1980. now, they say 2018. it's taken so long that the subway cars built for it now won't be used because they don't fit the track. we no longer lead the ultra violet lights to kill polio germs. the modern equipment, but why, they had money on the line. >> i want to recognize up front a number of officials, elected officials.

Took advantage of that and government will take it over and we won't raise the fare. >> john: but, of course, the government did. and now the fare is $2.50 and government built subway construction takes longer. this subway was supposed to be done in 1938. then they said 1980. now, they say 2018. it's taken so long that the subway cars built for it now won't be used because they don't fit the track. we no longer lead the ultra violet lights to kill polio germs. the modern equipment, but why, they had money on the line. >> i want to recognize up front a number of officials, elected officials. >>...

Took advantage of that and government will take it over and we won't raise the fare. >> john: but, of course, the government did. and now the fare is $2.50 and government built subway construction takes longer. this subway was supposed to be done in 1938. then they said 1980. now, they say 2018. it's taken so long that the subway cars built for it now won't be used because they don't fit the track. we no longer lead the ultra violet lights to kill polio germs. the modern equipment, but why, they had money on the line. >> i want to recognize up front a number of officials, elected officials. >>...

Construction. they're losing money. >> it takes so long to build these things underground and you don't have much choice but to tear up streets and close streets. we're putting big signs on the property saying open for business and people were angry. >> so when a water main breaks at the construction site on hollywood boulevard, gold berg holds a press conference to bring attention to the problem. as goldberg stands in front of news cameras, the water main problem suddenly gets a lot worse. >> we were actually not far from the actual location that morning. some people were very concerned that ...

Suspension cable itself began to snap. >> and then the unimaginable happens. the massive steel structure bends, whips and contorts so violently that it collapses into the rushing water below. both men make it off the bridge alive. but not tubby. he's still in the backseat when the structure gives way. the bridge failure makes news all across the world. >> the tacoma narrows bridge dedicated in 1940 was the pride of the northwest. four months after it was opened those winds sent it into a rhythmic dance of death. it literally shook itself to pieces. >> very early in the process, in fact before ...