Jesse Mullan

The Bridge

Written on Wednesday, the 1^st of August, 2007 at 7:50 pm and was filed under: Diversions

I’m still trying to get a hold of Lisa, but Sarah and I are okay. My mom and John are okay. Paul is okay. Stan and Noah are okay.

Update: Lisa is okay, but she almost took 35W a bit before six. Stan took the day off, or he probably would have been commuting home after five thirty — sometimes as late as six. Dani sent me an update about her and Zach later (I messaged her and Elise over google talk). ACM folks AIMed me when I went on. Then, my friends showed up and we went to rubberneck at the bridge, so I left my AIM on with an away message so people could find me.

5 Responses to “The Bridge ”

1. 
   xopl said on August 1st, 2007 at 7:38 pm

   glad you’re ok

2. 
   kate said on August 1st, 2007 at 10:28 pm

   glad you’re alright…just checking into find if everyone’s accounted for…
   prayers to you and yours…

3. 
   Jesse said on August 1st, 2007 at 10:39 pm

   Thanks, Zach and Kate.

4. 
   Lisa said on August 2nd, 2007 at 10:44 am

   There is a video of the collapse on all the news sites now. It’s crazy how fast it happened.

   Renee heard the news in HI at 6:35 and for some reason thought it was in Burnsville. When she finally got a call through she freaked out at how close to us it was.

   Stan drives that bridge daily in rush hour. You, Sarah and Marsha bike under it daily at the same time. It’s chilling to know that the little decisions we made yesterday all added up to keeping us alive when it could have easily gone the other way. And this is without overdramatizing it. Crazy. Really. I’m sure it will hit home even more when I actually see it.

5. 
   Jesse said on August 2nd, 2007 at 12:53 pm

   I don’t ride under that bridge, but any of us could have been there.