Survivor of Florida bridge collapse recounts the horrifying moment his friend disappeared into the rubble
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Joe Raedle / Getty Images The bridge was supposed to connect FIU's campus to Stillwater, a city where many students live.
On Thursday, a pedestrian bridge in Miami collapsed, killing six people and trapping eight cars beneath it.
"We were parked at a red light, and I started to hear the bridge creak. So I looked up and I saw the bridge falling on top of us, and it fell on the roof of the car and caved in. And it kind of caved in on my neck and squished me down. But I didn't really know what was going on at all, and I screamed her name over and over again, but I didn't hear anything."
Humble's mother, Lourdes, recalled Richard's call to her after he escaped the car."All he said is, 'I have a lot of blood around me. It's not mine, mom, I have a lot of blood,'" she told Today.
Recovery efforts began Thursday and continued on Friday, though Miami-Dade authorities don't expect to find additional survivors.
"Our primary focus is to remove all of the cars and all of the victims in a dignified manner and not compromise the investigation in the process," Miami-Dade County Police Chief Juan Perez said during a press briefing on Friday.
The cause of the bridge's collapse hasn't been determined yet, but the National Transportation Safety Board will conduct an investigation for around a week to figure out why the bridge collapsed and what could have been done to prevent it.Copyright © 2021. Times Internet Limited. All rights reserved.For reprint rights. Times Syndication Service.
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