Accident
On May 15, 1989, inspectors were reviewing the bridge for cracks and fissures when the boom arm holding up a bucket snapped, leaving the bucket tilted on its side and the workers at risk of plummeting hundreds of feet down to the river below. Rescuers repelled down the side of the bridge to the workers and successfully brought all of them back up to safety. The story of this rescue effort was aired on Rescue 911 on September 12 of the same year.
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