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Engineer reported cracks in bridge before fatal collapse: transportation agency
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By Zachary Fagenson
,Reuters•March 17, 2018
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MIAMI (Reuters) - The engineer overseeing a newly built footbridge that crumbled onto a Miami
roadway, killing at least six people, had called the state Transportation Department two days
before the collapse to report cracks found in the span, the agency said on Friday.
But the engineer's message, including his assertion that the cracking posed no safety issue, was
left on the answering machine of a department employee who was away from the office at the
time, and it was not retrieved until Friday, a day after the tragedy, according to the agency.
The 950-ton, $14.2 million pedestrian bridge, which crossed an eight-lane highway adjacent to
Florida International University (FIU) to link the campus with the city of Sweetwater, collapsed
on Thursday, crushing vehicles in traffic below.
Late on Friday, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) released a transcript of a voice-
mail message the agency said was left by Denney Pate, senior vice president and principal bridge
engineer for private contractor FIGG.
In it, Pate said his team had observed "some cracking" at one end of the bridge and that repairs
were warranted, "but from a safety perspective we don't see that there's any issue there, so we're
not concerned about it from that perspective."
He added: "Obviously the cracking is not good and something's going to have to be, 'ya know,
done to repair that."
The transportation agency described Pate as "FIGG's lead engineer responsible for the FIU
pedestrian bridge project" and part of the walkway's "design build team." He did not immediately
respond to email queries from Reuters seeking comment on the matter.
The disclosure came hours after U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida demanded documents related
to the design, construction, safety and inspection of the fallen bridge while federal and local
investigators worked to determine the cause.
"If anyone dropped the ball and it contributed to this tragedy, then they should be held
accountable," Nelson, the ranking Democratic member of the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science and Transportation, wrote to the FDOT.
At least six people were confirmed killed, and police have said more bodies may be recovered
from the rubble. The accident occurred just five days after the 174-foot-long (53-meter)bridge,
assembled by the side of the highway, was installed during a six-hour operation.
"We know that there's people missing, the family members know that there's people missing, and
what we can tell them is that we can assume that they're in there," Juan Perez, director of the
Miami-Dade Police Department, said at a news conference.
The victims have not been publicly identified, but at least one was a female university student,
officials said.
At least 10 people were taken to hospitals; two remained in critical condition on Friday, officials
and local news media reported.
Uncertainty over the stability of remaining sections of the bridge hampered rescue efforts,
officials said.
Some news media accounts reported that engineers may have been conducting a stress test that
might have led to the collapse. But the state Transportation Department said it had no knowledge
of any such tests being scheduled since the bridge was installed last Saturday.
It was too early to say whether anyone might face criminal charges, Perez said.
National Transportation Safety Board officials were on the scene on Friday to investigate.
Munilla Construction Management (MCM), which installed the bridge, said it was devastated by
what happened, was cooperating with investigators and doing everything it could to help.
The Miami-based company, which also has operations in Texas and Panama, employs about 500
people and specializes in civil projects, airports and educational facilities. Since being founded in
1983, it has handled billions of dollars worth of projects in Panama, Florida and the U.S.
Southeast.
MCM appeared to have the backing of Miami-Dade County to build a planned $800 million
bridge between Miami and Miami Beach, even receiving the county's support in a lawsuit seeking
to block Florida officials from awarding it to a competitor.
According to campaign finance reports, the company and the five brothers who own it give
generously to candidates at the local, state and federal level. MCM officials did not respond to
requests for further comment on Friday.
The Florida Transportation Department said on Friday that one of its consultants on the project
attended a meeting with members of the bridge design and construction team shortly before the
walkway failed and was "not notified of any life-safety issues."
(Additional reporting by Bernie Woodall in Fort Lauderdale, Gina Cherelus in New York, Rich
McKay in Atlanta; Writing by Jonathan Allen and Steve Gorman; Editing by Daniel Wallis,
Jonathan Oatis, Richard Chang and Nick Macfie)
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Godiva
Godiva1 hour ago
This was either poor engineering with a design mistake of some kind due to careless math or
calculations or the result of inferior construction or materials.
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Me Too
Me Too2 hours ago
They had cars parked under the bridge when they knew there were stress testing and new there
were #$%$ problems. Who are these criminals. You should not park cars full of people under a
unstable bridge.
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Tlyna
Tlyna54 minutes ago
The installation was not complete, the support spans had not been put in place so why was that
section of road open for use. It was a disaster waiting to happen. Note too that the the owners of
the company that built it have been paying off politicians to get contracts. Should have been a
major warning that the construction would be shoddy. A company with a great reputation would
not need to lower themselves to bribery. Of course all bets are off if the government in question is
open to bribery.
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Godiva: This was either poor engineering with a design mistake of some kind due to careless
math or calculations or the result of inferior construction or materials.
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Trump lawyer seeks $20 million damages from Stormy Daniels: filing
Reuters
By Makini Brice
,Reuters•March 17, 2018
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Trump Russian illegal dealings - GUILTY
Trump payoff off adulterous sex - GUILTY
Trump repeated lies and dishonesty - GUILTY
Trump money laundering - GUILTY
Trump pettiness and collusion with Sessions - GUILTY
Trump supporters ignorance and enabling of a criminal - GUILTY
Trump being racist - GUILTY
Trump being a Putin Puppet - GUILTY
Trump family being involved with Russian illegalities - GUILTY
Trump being removed from office for complicity and control of Russian president murderer Putin
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R5 hours ago
Wow...The person who won the election in 2016 wasnt Trump..It was Putin..He couldnt have
made a better guy to ruin the US than Trump if he tried..The man defines chaos and is nuts.
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Fiona
Fiona5 hours ago
Hopefully, this thing will backfire like so many of Trump's stupid moves.
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U.S. regulator to meet next month with disgruntled railroad customers
Reuters
By Eric M. Johnson
,Reuters•March 17, 2018
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marystalent
marystalent7 hours ago
This sounds like a dangerous situation. Whenever there's a workplace shooting, it's usually done
by a disgruntled person. That's why I try to surround myself with gruntled people only!
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SwineFlew2
SwineFlew28 hours ago
Government regulations can slow down things.
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dink_the_doughnut
dink_the_doughnut17 minutes ago
The U.S. has no "regulators" that are not owned by those they regulate, why do you think the
banksters walk around freely, or the hedgefund bandits can pump and dump all day long, or the
newly created bridges collapse days after installation.............. there's nobody minding the store,
sure there are people that get paid to "regulate" but it doesn't mean they do their job. What we
need are regulators for the regulators................it's pathetic.
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts' top court on Friday opened the door for consumers to sue
Merck & Co Inc and other makers of brand-name drugs over injuries blamed not on their own
medications but on generic versions of their treatments made by other companies.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that brand-name drugmakers can be sued for
recklessness if they intentionally fail to update warning labels for their drugs that makers of
cheaper, generic versions must adopt as well.
The case was closely watched within the industry, and Merck drew support from industry groups
including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Merck in a statement said it was disappointed and
stands by the drug at issue, Proscar.
The decision came in a lawsuit by Massachusetts resident Brian Rafferty, who said he suffered
from side effects, including sexual dysfunction, after taking the generic version of Merck's
Proscar to treat an enlarged prostate beginning in 2010.
Under a 2011 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, generic drug companies cannot be sued for
failing to provide adequate label warnings about potential side effects because federal law
requires them to use the brand-name versions' labels.
As a result, Rafferty instead sued Merck, saying its Provacar label failed to warn that such side
effects could continue after discontinuing use of the drug. A lower-court judge dismissed his
negligence claims.
The top court reversed, allowing Rafferty to sue Merck for recklessness rather than negligence.
This requires a higher standard of proof showing a drugmaker intentionally failed to update its
warning label despite knowing the risks.
"Where a brand-name drug manufacturer provides an inadequate warning for its own product, it
knows or should know that it puts at risk not only the users of its own product, but also the users
of the generic product," Chief Justice Ralph Gants wrote.
Shielding brand-name manufacturers from liability entirely would leave consumers with no
chance to sue generic drug companies, whose products command about 90 percent of the market,
Gants wrote for the 4-0 court.
The decision was the latest by a top state court to weigh whether brand-name drugmakers can be
sued over injuries blamed on generic drugs. The California Supreme Court in December ruled
brand-name manufacturers could be sued by generic drug users.
Emily Lee-Smith, Rafferty's lawyer, said while she did not believe the heightened recklessness
standard in Massachusetts was needed, "we think it's a step in the right direction."
The case is Rafferty v. Merck & Co Inc, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, No. SJC-
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Facebook suspends data firm used by Trump's 2016 campaign

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Facebook on Friday suspended consulting firm Strategic Communication Laboratories, the parent
company of data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, for violating its policies on data collection
and retention. President Trump's 2016 data guru Brad Parscale, who has been named campaign
manager of the 2020 re-election bid, hired Cambridge Analytica during the campaign. Cambridge
Analytica has said it was key to Mr. Trump's victory.
Paul Grewal, Facebook's vice president and deputy general counsel, said that they learned in
2015, a psychology professor at the University of Cambridge named Dr. Aleksandr Kogan lied to
us and violated our Platform Policies by passing data from an app called "thisisyourdigitallife"
that was using Facebook Login from Cambridge Analytica. He also passed that data to
Christopher Wylie of Eunoia Technologies, Inc. Kogan gained access to the data in a legitimate
way, but Grewal wrote that he violated the policies by passing it on to third parties.
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After Facebook learned of the violation, Grewal said they deleted the app and demanded he and
all the parties who had the data delete it. Grewal said Cambridge Analytica, Kogan and Wylie
provided certification they deleted the data.
But several days ago, Grewal said, they received reports that not all the data was deleted.
Cambridge Analytica -- including Strategic Communication Laboratories -- and Kogan and Wylie
have been suspended, "pending further information."
Cambridge Analytica uses the controversial practice called psychographics that microtarget ads
based on personality.
Special counsel Robert Mueller in December asked Cambridge Analytica to turn over internal
documents as part of its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to
The Washington Post.
Parscale told "60 Minutes" in October that the campaign never used the psychographics that made
Cambridge Analytica famous. He said the practice of psychographics "doesn't work," but he said
he doesn't believe it's "sinister."
Julian Assange has said Wikileaks was approached by Cambridge Analytica in 2016 about
potentially working together about the release of Hillary Clinton's deleted emails. According to
The Wall Street Journal, Cambridge Analytica's CEO Alexander Nix was emailed by Trump
donor Rebekah Mercer asking if they might be able to better organize the release of Hillary
Clinton emails by Wikileaks. According to Politico, Mercer is a large investor in Cambridge
Analytica.
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WASHINGTON -- White House press secretary Sarah Sanders insisted there are no staffing
changes for now, amid more expected West Wing departures. Sanders said White House chief of
staff John Kelly met with some staffers Friday morning and reassured them there are no staff
changes at this time.
"The chief of staff actually spoke to a number of staff this morning, reassuring them that there
were no immediate personnel changes at this time," Sanders told reporters. "People shouldn't be
concerned. We should do exactly what we do every day."
But congressional administration sources have told CBS News' chief White House correspondent
Major Garrett that National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is very likely to lose his job, and
Kelly himself could also be on his way out soon. Sanders insisted McMaster is key in handling
matters of national security. On Friday, the White House said President Trump told South Korea's
president, Moon Jae-in, he still intends to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by the
end of May.
"General McMaster is a dedicated public servant, and he is here focused ... on some really big
issues -- things like North Korea, things like Russia, things like Iran," she said. "That is what he
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Cohn left and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired. The constant change can be disruptive
to governing, says Jim Nussle, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under
George W. Bush.
"It can sometimes take away from the momentum of the agenda, there's no question about that. It
can sometimes change the direction of the agenda," Nussle told CBS News.
Still, Sanders said the president should be and is free to make decisions and changes as needed.
Mr. Trump himself defended the turnover, saying, "I like conflict." He ousted Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson very publicly on Twitter Tuesday morning.
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SWEETWATER, Fla. -- A newly installed pedestrian bridge connecting the campus of Florida
International University (FIU) with the city of Sweetwater west of Miami collapsed Thursday,
crushing several cars on the roadway below. Miami-Dade Fire Chief Dave Downey said late
Thursday that there are six confirmed fatalities and that the search and rescue phase is not
complete and will continue around the clock. Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alejandro Camacho told
CBS News that the bridge was still under construction and not open to pedestrians.
Questions raised over construction of pedestrian bridge that collapsed at FIU
Witnesses describe hearing victims trapped in Miami bridge collapse
Florida Gov. Rick Scott addressed the media Thursday evening saying that if anyone did anything
wrong they will be held responsible. He pointed out that the bridge project was not part of the
Florida Department of Transportation, but that of FIU and funded with federal money.
"We're going to do everything we can for the victims," Scott said. "There will clearly be an
investigation into why this happened and we will hold anyone accountable if anything was done
wrong, but the most important thing we can do right now is pray for the individuals who ended up
in the hospital and the family members who lost loved ones."
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Vehicles are seen trapped under the collapsed pedestrian bridge at Florida International
University on Thu., March 15, 2018 in Miami, Fla. GETTY
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, also was part of the press conference and expressed his
condolences. He has been a FIU adjunct professor for the last 10 years.
"Ironically this [bridge] was designed for safety ... it was going to be a signature project and one
of its kind in terms of its engineering design," he said. "The public deserves to know and the
families deserve to know and the people who lost their lives deserve to know what went wrong.
These people doing the engineering studies will tell us what went wrong. It will prevent
something like this from happening again because we learn from those things."
"We're utilizing all the tools and equipment," Downey said. "We're going to continue to search
this pile until we're sure there are no other victims." Downey said that there were at least 100 first
responders at the onset of the incident Thursday afternoon. He also confirmed that nine people
were recovered from the rubble and that there have been four fatalities so far.
Miami-Dade fire chief: "We were able to remove nine victims early on, they have been
transported to local area hospitals." https://t.co/Ivw2WJckED pic.twitter.com/5iXo3ZIrpS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 16, 2018
Authorities have yet to identify the victims.
FIU president Mark Rosenberg addressed the media Thursday: "On behalf of the entire FIU
community, I want to express our condolences to all those family members, sons and daughters,
loved ones involved. This bridge was about collaboration, about hope, about opportunity and
about determination. This bridge was about strength and opportunity about being good neighbors
with the city of Sweetwater. It was about goodness, not sadness. Now we're feeling immense
sadness ... and our hearts go out to all those affected. We're committed to assist in all efforts
necessary and our hope this sadness can galvanize the entire community to stay the course -- the
course of goodness and hope of opportunity." He also thanked the first responders.
Mayor Orlando Lopez of Sweetwater, Florida, said he was notified of the bridge collapse by a
local business owner who called him about the devastating news.
"My heart stopped. I can hear the crackle in his voice as he explained to me that the bridge
collapsed and there are vehicles trapped under it. I couldn't believe that this very bridge that was
being erected to provide safe transfer between students of FIU to the city of Sweetwater actually
collapsed. It is a very tragic day."
Lopez said that three of the officers at the Thursday evening press conference arrived at the scene
within 30 seconds and did CPR and helped some victims stay alive and brought back to life to
allow fire and rescue to arrive on scene.
Officials urged motorists to steer clear of the area as the investigation continues.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also held a Thursday evening press
conference to say they are launching an investigation and sending specialists from the office of
transportation disaster assistance to help families affected by the incident.
NTSB also responded to a question about the bridge saying, "If we find that there are deficiencies
with that type of bridge or construction, we have the ability to issue urgent recommendations."
They pointed out that there's much to investigate still and that NTSB "will be there tonight talking
to people and have our team on the ground first thing tomorrow."
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Trump was aware of the situation and
that dfederal resources would be provided.
Mr. Trump praised the first responders for their courage:
Continuing to monitor the heartbreaking bridge collapse at FIU - so tragic. Many brave First
Responders rushed in to save lives. Thank you for your courage. Praying this evening for all who
are affected.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2018
In a news conference earlier Thursday, officials said there were eight vehicles trapped under
rubble at the scene, and several people were transported to various hospitals. Aerial footage from
CBS Miami showed the vehicles stuck underneath the 174-foot, 950-ton bridge.
Deadly bridge collapse at Florida International University
Deadly bridge collapse at Florida International University
One of the witnesses of the bridge collapse spoke with CBSN earlier Thursday to describe the
scene.
"Me and my boyfriend had just driven under the bridge," Isabella Carrasco said. "We actually
commented on how new it was ... We had heard a loud bang. At first, we thought we had hit
something, and when we looked around, we realized the bridge had collapsed on multiple cars. I
didn't see any pedestrians walking on the bridge. When we looked around we saw that it was
much, much worse."
"So many people go through this particular intersection every day, so it's very terrifying,"
Carrasco added.
Carrasco told CBSN she saw one construction worker who had sustained injuries. She said
authorities pulled him to the side of the road and later transported him to a hospital by ambulance.
She also witnessed paramedics performing CPR on another person at the scene.
Witness Damany Reed told CBSN the bridge was constructed "for the safety of the students" in
order for them to cross 8th Street "comfortably."
"I heard a big 'kaboom,'" Reed said. "It sounded continuous. We thought something had fallen,
but it was the bridge that collapsed. It was just surreal at that moment and pretty scary."
FIU students are currently on spring break, reducing the number of pedestrians in the area.
In a statement, FIU said it was "shocked and saddened about the tragic events" at the bridge. The
university says it is focused on rescue efforts and is "working closely" with first responders.
"Right now, the most important thing is to try and save these people who are hopefully still
alive," Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart told CBS Miami shortly after the collapse. "Our thoughts and
prayers are with them and the first responders who constantly risk their lives."
Munilla Construction Management (MCM) -- the company that was hired to build the bridge --
tweeted a statement in response to the collapse that reads in part: "Our family's thoughts and
prayers go out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy."
pic.twitter.com/ehWhNcJd5d
— Munilla Construction (@WeAreMCM) March 15, 2018
"Our deepest sympathies are with those affected by this accident," FIGG Bridge Engineers, the
company hired to design the bridge, wrote in a statement. "We will fully cooperate with every
appropriate authority in reviewing what happened and why. In our 40-year history, nothing like
this has ever happened before. Our entire team mourns the loss of life and injuries associated with
this devastating tragedy, and our prayers go out to all involved."
Two of the firms that built the bridge have been accused of unsafe practices, CBS News' Jim
Axelrod reports.
Ten days ago, MCM was sued in South Florida by a TSA employee who was hurt at the Fort
Lauderdale airport. The employee's lawyer alleges that a makeshift bridge MCM built for
workers to use while the company does construction at the airport broke under his weight.
As for FIGG, a 90-ton portion of a bridge the company was assembling in Virginia in June 2012
fell apart while under construction. The Virginian Pilot reports four workers were hurt and that
state regulators fined FIGG $28,000 for safety violations saying it was "pure luck no one was
killed."
During a news conference Thursday afternoon, Maurice Kemp, deputy mayor of Miami-Dade
County, said more than 100 firefighters were working to find victims in the rubble.
"We have multiple fire rescue units on scene. We have our urban search and rescue technicians
on the scene," Kemp said. "We have our technical rescue technicians on the scene. We also have
live search dogs working a pile right now."
"All of our thoughts and prayers go to the victims of this tragedy that has occurred here today ...
We thank all of the agencies that are out here supporting these efforts," added Juan Perez, director
of the Miami-Dade Police Department.
Perez said the department's homicide division will take over the investigation. A reunification
center has been setup at FIU. Perez said members of the public can call (305) 348-3481 for more
information.
The bridge was constructed using an innovative approach called accelerated bridge construction
(ABC), meant to reduce potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and prevent traffic
tie-ups in the area. It was moved into place Saturday.
Construction, which cost $14.2 million, was expected to finish in early 2019. The 32-foot-wide
bridge was supposed to be 289 feet long and 109 feet tall once completed. The span was the first
in the world to be constructed entirely of self-cleaning concrete, which helps to reduce
maintenance costs, according to a press release from the university.
Monique O. Madan of the Miami Herald captured dramatic video from the ground showing the
aftermath of the deadly collapse:
This is the scene at @FIU after bridge collapses. Police moving the media away “just in case the
rest falls down.” pic.twitter.com/Vw2wZKraj1
— Monique O. Madan (@MoniqueOMadan) March 15, 2018
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