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The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted apart in strong winds and its center span fell into Puget Sound on November 7, 1940, about four months after the suspension bridge opened. The bridge crossed the Tacoma Narrows between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington and had become known as "Galloping Gertie" because of its movement in windy conditions.

No people were killed. The only death was Tubby, a cocker spaniel trapped in Leonard Coatsworth's abandoned car. University of Washington professor F.B. Farquharson attempted to free the dog but was bitten. Period photographs and newsreel footage recorded cars crossing the moving deck, the bridge twisting, the center span falling and the cables left hanging after the collapse. A replacement bridge was completed in October 1950.

[chris]

Holy shit, what was the car doing on the bridge lol. Can you imagine being there on that bridge during that...


oh, the video may have given more details but my sound card is screwed up so I can only watch with no sound..

[güttsfükk]

you can see the one guy walking along the bridge in the one clip. the car was abandoned by a family earlier, it says their dog was too afraid to come out of the car and as a result was the only casualty as a result of the colapse

[saraaelisabeth]

Fucck, I wouldn't even go within ten feet of a bridge like that.

[ChockFullOfChock]

From the first video:

"Miraculously not a single person was fatally injured"

Is it possible to be injured fatally? Doesn't he mean killed?

[DominikGiggs]

I remember this video.

Our teacher showed it to us on the physics lesson

[commondenom]

vids are not playing

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thread fixed

[Eaton]

[danieltmv]

I can see the tacoma narrows bridge from the balcony of my apartment, i wanna go scuba diving in the water below it to see if the wreckage from the original is still there