Midday Special: 35W bridge, one week later - reflection and recovery

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August 8, 2007
Gary Eichten - Host, Kimberly Brown - Interviewee, Dan Gunderson - Reporter, Anne Burke Engebretsen - Interviewee, Melissa Hughes - Interviewee, Laura Bush - Speaker, Sara Meyer - Producer, Amy Klobuchar - Speaker, Tom Scheck - Reporter, Steve Murphy - Interviewee, Doug Donnelly - Speaker, Mark Rosenker - Speaker, Tim Dolan - Interviewee, Tim Pawlenty - Speaker, Father Paul Paris - Interviewee, James Oberstar - Speaker, Norm Coleman - Speaker, Lorna Benson - Reporter, Dick Sathers - Interviewee, Sue Weatherly - Interviewee, John Blackhawk - Interviewee, Bob McFarlin - Speaker, Lisa Jolstad - Interviewee, Sea Stachura - Reporter, Dan Dorgan - Interviewee, Unknown - Interviewee and Speaker, Hassan Astaneh - Interviewee, Roberto Ballarini - Interviewee, Carol Molnau - Interviewee, Kelly Kahle - Interviewee, George W. Bush - Speaker
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A week after the I-35W bridge collapsed, Midday marks the occasion with a special one-hour broadcast featuring the latest on the investigation and the stories of the survivors. MPR’s Lorna Benson provides a remembrance of the 13 victims…Sherry Engebretsen; Artemio Trinidad-Mena; Julia Blackhawk; Patrick Holmes; Peter Hausmann; Paul Eickstadt; Greg Jolstad; Scott Sathers; Christina Sacorafas; Sadiya Sahal and two-year-old daughter Hannah; Vera Peck and her 20-year-old son Richard Chit.

On August 1, 2007, the 39-year-old I-35W bridge suffered a catastrophic failure. The collapse of bridge resulted in commuter casualties and left the city of Minneapolis in a state of shock.

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