The Tragic Collapse Of The Morandi Bridge | What Went Wrong: Countdown to Catastrophe

[@sheilacollins9384]

I was in Genoa the day this happened. We couldn't figure out why the train had stopped and there was such a long delay in starting up again, as we were leaving for Nice. When our family called us from the U.S. and told us the news we were shocked. It was close enough to our hotel to be able to view it if we had stayed one more day. I felt so sad for those who lost their lives.

[@beverlyarcher546]

At least all the victims were recovered theres alot of incidents where some are never found

[@ItalianCountryball11]

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[@thisisme3238]

Can't even imagine the terror those people must have felt on that part of the bridge that collapsed when they were driving on it. What a horrific way to go...😢 🙏 RIP ALL PERISHED 🙏

[@stefanie7823]

I don’t know how this happened just a few years ago, but I have absolutely memory of it. This is truly the stuff of nightmares. 😢

[@cmtippens9209]

Poor guy, killed on his first day of work. Not that the others aren't equally tragic, just something poignant about his story.

[@ItalianCountryball11]

DAMN, that’s gotta suck.

[@dfuher968]

Find a doc on the BASF factory explosion. There was a young guy on his first day at work on his first job. He was so proud, that he had saved up for new shoes to wear. The explosion happened less than ½ hour into the work day. His dad had to identify his body by those new shoes. Like u say, they are all tragic. Theres just something about such stories.

[@coryanntopanga]

​@@dfuher968I can understand as well on a much smaller, but personal scale. A mutual friend of me and my sister stopped by to show us this great hairstyle she'd just gotten. She left the salon and came straight to our house, all bouncy and smiling, to show it off and she looked so pretty! About 4 hours later, she had a brain aneurysm and was gone. I didn't believe it. At all. We were just teenagers! We're all supposed to live forever, right? We've got prom and then college. What kid is having an aneurysm? No way! This was our childish thought pattern as we simply couldn't reconcile reality with our one track teenaged dreams. Then came the funeral. When we looked into her casket and saw her hair, we lost it. For whatever reason, seeing her hair was just overwhelming. The hairstyle she was so proud of that she came straight to our house to show off, was now the same hairstyle she wore in her casket. They didn't even have to do her hair. It was like she had it styled for her funeral herself. I actually wailed. Our mom had to come pull us away. Even now when I think of it, I can still feel those same emotions. My sister won't even discuss it. It's all still so crazy to me. Smh Sorry I know it's not the same thing at all. It's just that this story broke my heart and brought back a very sad memory. 💔

[@solomongrim982]

@@coryanntopanga Sorry for your pain but thank you for sharing

[@mars-guajardo2507]

@@coryanntopangaI’m so sorry for your loss :( you say it’s not the same thing but it is still tragic. I teared up just from reading your comment. I hope you guys are able to heal

[@fugginrambo]

I never even heard about this. Just a terrible thing to experience for anyone involved.

[@joerepoman1]

You must live under a rock

[@SapphirasMama]

I didn't know either until it was shown in my recommended

[@Oyamada13]

Most people watch the local news, not the international news. When the local news starts reporting breaking international news, they usually covers it for a few days and they stop. Peaple who are busy and/or watch the news occasionally could easily missed it.

[@slagarcrue85]

Neither had I until now.

[@meghanm5000]

Glad to know I’m not the only one who’s never heard of it 😟

[@rodrigofonseca6241]

A similar accident occurred in Portugal in 2001 when a bridge collapsed killing 59 people. Many bodies were dragged into the sea and were never recovered. RIP all these innocent victims.

[@meghanm5000]

Why is this not more known about?? This is absolutely awful, I can’t even imagine..so heartbreaking.

[@buckduane1991]

This is what happens when you go with the lowest bidder: it costs a LOT more in the long run than if you had gone with the best quality at the start… no one ever learns, though.

[@IllusiveSwampMoose]

Buy once cry once is a common phrase for a reason, unfortunately in this case it's quite literal

[@aperson9576]

At least the cat survived the bridge falling. Hope they got back home safe.

[@silverdandylmao]

They really do have 9 lives lmao

[@AnimeShinigami13]

Caesar built his bridge over the Rhine by putting small boats side by side and fastening them there. It wasn't intended to be used on a permanent basis. Its a really really bad comparison on that architect's part and kind of insensitive too. He owed it to both the survivors and the dead to do a good job.

[@loriepark404]

The infrastructure in the USA is also aging. This kind of tragedy could easily happen again elsewhere.

[@GH-oi2jf]

We did have a bridge collapse, in Minneapolis.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Remember the I-35W collapse in Minneapolis? And then there was the Hernando de Soto Bridge that was closed and river traffic under halted in 2021 when they discovered a broken tie girder. If inspectors hadn't caught it, it could very well have been a tragedy. And ofc we had the recent bridge collapses in Pennsylvania: the I-95 bridge in Philadelphia and the Forbes Ave Bridge in Pittsburgh.

[@aprilsmith3683]

Drone footage is an integral part of surveying such an enormous debris field within which people are trapped and in need of rescue... The emergency teams working tirelessly to account for each and every person is commendable... Courageous... 🇿🇦🩷🚒🚑🚓

[@jamesknudsen3057]

i love how he is trying to put the attention on that if one part of the bridge fails its going to collapse ... why would a structure that is so fragile even be built????

[@toddclean547]

Please don't tell us that it was a brilliant design. It was an engineering disaster. It will studied for decades.

[@isabellind1292]

It reminds me of NYC's Citicorp Bldg. that averted possible disaster after a Princeton student, writing her school thesis on the bldg., discovered a design flaw that could have resulted in the bldg toppling over in a high gust of wind. Her findings led to construction crews being brought in to make the building structurally safe which were performed in secret as was the 10-block evacuation plan the City put in place, just in case anything happened before the repairs were complete.

[@alisonp3398]

@@isabellind1292I live in NJ, not far from NYC and never heard of this. The student should have gotten a medal for saving lives. Thank you for sharing this information!

[@isabellind1292]

@@alisonp3398 She didn't get the medal but that's one heck of a dinner party conversation starter, lol! You're welcome. 😊

[@aprilosborn6034]

There are bridges 50, 60, 70 years old that hold up, this bridge should have lasted a whole lot longer, someone is mismanaging tax pay money there sounds like, what a shame whole families were taken way too soon, RIP...

[@helenafranzen9828]

Some Roman aqueducts are still standing after 2000 years. Too bad they never shared their secrets to their ancestors.

[@ForeverSweetx3]

Oh my goodness.... This is one of my worst fears! And it happened in 2019? Very tragic, indeed.

[@jacobtrujillo9469]

Very sorry for the deceased and their poor loved ones. Tragic

[@helenrachel1479]

Such a tragedy 😢

[@sclady4816]

Very special! Thanks for sharing! 🐶 ❤ 🐿️

[@jenniferbeyer6412]

Condolences to everyone involved. And the films of the collapse is terrifying. But it gives investigators a chance to see what happened. Although rain obscured still showed enough for putting together the collapse. Someone dropped the ball back in the 90's to repair the cables. Just sad. I hope the survivors receive counseling.

[@VesproDBA]

now they'll spend money (that could've been used to prevent this) on investigations and proceedings only to dismiss it all until the next preventable disaster strikes .. a people stuck in the invisible vise of corrupt bureaucrats and organized crime

[@heekyungkim8147]

Such a tragic accident…. Something similar happened in south korea 1994. 32 people died…. Rip. All the people who lost their life…

[@jamesknudsen3057]

also the bridge was built uneven... the first half looks like it is well supported from underneath and the second half where the collapse happened was supported from the top... consistency is quality durability

[@CS-uc2oh]

That guy rambling on about rebuilding and reopening the bridge at the end is a nut job. No one should be talking about building a bridge in days after it just collapsed and killed a bunch of people. Some people just don't learn. Yes, let's just throw something up real quick....

[@nenblom]

I do remember hearing of this. May all the victims RIP and may our thoughts and prayers go out to the survivors and their loved ones. Haunting, terrible experience.

[@isabellind1292]

Thank you Wonder.✔🌎🌌

[@georgejuma9221]

Very sad indeed

[@ur_meemaw8437]

This is just sad

[@loulouknox124]

The Pantheon is still standing strong in Italy after almost 2,000 years. But things we built today collapse after just a few years.

[@grapeshot]

Yeah this is just like the collapse of the Silver Bridge.

[@kimmccabe1422]

Mr. Calvi, excuse me, but if the bridge was soo solid, why did it collapse?! Observing corrosion years before is being forewarned. I mean he's saying 2 different things. Very sad. 🙏

[@nenblom]

I used to know a guy down in North Carolina who has such a fear of bridges that him and his wife would literally drive a couple of hours in what would normally be a, say, half hour car ride just to avoid a bridge.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Okay, the bridge Julius Caesar built is very different from what Genoa needs. And completely blocking the river in the process for... how long? That seems rather silly. And frankly, after the bridge collapsed, no one was going to trust a bridge quickly put up on its remaining supports. They did the right thing in demolishing what's left and building a new bridge to replace it. I mean, they just highlighted that the public is questioning the structural integrity of other bridges from that era. Maybe this engineer does know what he's talking about (although his comments about Julius Caesar's bridge leads me to question that - why would you even bring that up), but he clearly doesn't understand public relations and building trust with the public.

[@Dr.GreenD17]

If someone were to go after the real truth behind this incident. I'm sure that person will disappear.🎉🎉🎉

[@ItalianCountryball11]

OH, I know what you mean.

[@mimib8032]

🙄

[@dlvox5222]

That first responder speaks English well.

[@SuzanneU]

He's British-born.

[@slagarcrue85]

So tragic

[@Redwhiteandtired]

Never heard of it

[@jeffdragna316]

Old bridges arent safe they dont repair to expensive

[@jamesknudsen3057]

lol another act of government neglect.... but its ok people go back to work so they can have extra money to live for free....that's the only freedom i see going around

[@mimib8032]

Wut ?

[@mildredrowell9875]

What year did this happen?

[@thisisme3238]

I think he said 2019 that's what the description says...

[@kais3297]

the bridge collapsed in 2018 but the remains were demolished in 2019. i think the caption got the dates mixed up

[@ussstropicana]

Collapse : August 14 2018 Controled demolition of remains : June 28 2019

[@thatomnivoreteacher6869]

What in the final destination??

[@suvespa]

Ahhh marvels of capitalism...all about bottom line

[@johnkidd1226]

Ever seen the corruption in communist countries?

[@frejafan]

Chernobyl says hi

[@johnkidd1226]

Lucky for you there are thousands of empty apartments in China waiting for you.

[@wtxrailfan]

The Morandi Bridge collapsed on August 14, 2018. How in the heck did you came up with June 28, 2019? 🤦‍♀

[@jerrystauffer2351]

Controlled demolition of the remains

[@banzairunner7860]

Mothman

[@SpearFisher85]

I was gonna say that😂

[@gordonteats298]

Jesus is Lord in your heart

[@donovandelaney3171]

What do you mean by may never be known? I’m pretty sure we can know what happened. Dislike.

[@TinoNate]

Please explain what your thoughts maybe added something missing or clues

[@Yippememes]

Tf cares fam

[@user-ut4zw6so6o]

@@TinoNateit means no real investigation will be done and if known will not be revealed