Thursday

• First Person Survival Story: 'It Was Close'

Melissa Hughes talks about her experience driving on the I-35W in Minneapolis, when it collapsed, pushing two cars on top of hers. Hughes, who has a newborn daughter, says she feels blessed to have survived.

• Sheriff: Searchers Being 'Very Cautious'

Divers are using sonar technology to look for bodies amid the wreckage of Wednesday's bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Rescue workers say the debris continues to make search conditions dangerous.

• Bridge collapse kills 4, injures 79

Divers searched the Mississippi River for bodies still trapped beneath the twisted debris of a collapsed bridge Thursday, as finger-pointing began over a report two years ago that found the bridge was 'structurally deficient.'

• First Responder: 'It Was Utter Chaos'

Those first on the scene of Wednesday's bridge collapse say they had never seen anything like what they encountered.

• NTSB 'Making progress' in bridge investigation

Advances in technology and available video footage is helping the NTSB in their investigation of the bridge collapse in Minnesota, Chairman Mark Rosenker said Thursday.

• First Person: 'The ground was moving'

College student Adam Wolfe was headed to his house just two blocks away from the I-35W bridge when it collapsed Wednesday night in Minneapolis. Wolfe took video and still photos of the first moments after the accident.

• Search resumes as bridge's condition questioned

Divers are searching the Mississippi River for more bodies entombed in cars trapped beneath the twisted steel and concrete of a collapsed bridge. At least four are known dead and as many as 30 people are missing.

• Bush offers 'robust' response to bridge collapse

President Bush offered his condolences to victims of the highway bridge collapse in Minneapolis on Thursday and said the federal government would help ensure that the span is rebuilt as quickly as possible.

• Raw video: Bridge collapse captured on camera

New surveillance video shows the actual moment when the I-35W bridge collapsed in Minneapolis.

• First Person:'I'm just glad we had seatbelts on'

Dennis Winegar describes what happened when the Minneapolis bridge collapsed right under his car. His wife, daughter, nephew and another woman were in the car when it fell. Everyone is ok.

• Just the Facts: the Interstate 35W bridge

Learn more about the highway bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis, sending vehicles and people hurtling to the ground and into the Mississippi River.

• Doctor: Teamwork helped save lives

The morning after an interstate bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River, Dr. John Hick at Hennepin County Medical Center says that teamwork and emergency preparedness training helped saved lives Wednesday night.

• Police Chief: Recovery will take a 'long time'

Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan said an estimated 20 to 30 people were still missing this morning, just 12 hours after the eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge came crashing down, sending 50 vehicles into the Mississippi river.

• 'It sounded like the world was collapsing'

Witnesses describe the scene in Minneapolis, from the first rumbles on the I-35W bridge, to the deafening the sound of the structure completely collapsing into Mississippi River.

• Raw video: Morning after the bridge collapse

Divers are going back into the Mississippi river as the sun rises over Minnesota. Officials say they don't expect to find anymore survivors in the ruins of the bridge nor in the Mississippi River.

• Bridge collapse: 'I'm in Shock'

An interstate bridge jammed with rush-hour traffic suddenly broke into huge sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River, pitching dozens of cars 60 feet into the water and killing at least seven people.

Wednesday

• Minnesota Gov.: Bridge collapse a 'catastrophe'

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty says bridge inspectors found no structural flaws last year or the year before in the interstate bridge that collapsed. Mayor R.T. Rybak announced the total number of injured isn't yet known.

• Amateur video: Bridge collapse aftermath

Amateur Videographer Adam Wolf was at the scene moments after a bridge came tumbling down in Minneapolis during rush hour, killing several people and injuring dozens.

• First person: Woman survives bridge collapse

A woman traveling on a busy Minneapolis highway bridge survived after that bridge collapsed during rush hour Wednesday. At least one person has been reported dead.

• Minnesota bridge collapses sending cars into river

A busy highway bridge that spans the Mississippi River just northeast of Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour Wednesday, sending cars and tons of concrete crashing into the water.



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