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The Tilting Bridge

No one was killed on the bridge. A few people were very lucky to get away with their lives. The lead designer, lei mosef, and his solid steel eye beams, received most of the blame for the disaster. He never designed another bridge again due in no small part to the fact that he died three years later.

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