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Rubio — “We Deserve to Know What Went Wrong” in FIU Bridge Collapse (Video)

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Earlier tonight, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) and other local law enforcement and government officials at a press conference at Florida International University to discuss the pedestrian bridge that collapsed today across Southwest Eighth Street in Miami.

As RedState reported, the pedestrian bridge was built using a newly-developed type of modular construction that had never been used on a bridge this large before. A new type of “self-cleaning” concrete that could resist pollution stains was also used.

The bridge had been up less than a week — the 950-ton main section of the bridge was installed just this past Saturday — when it collapsed today, sending workers tumbling and crushing several cars underneath. Multiple fatalities have been confirmed, additional injured people sent to the hospital, and rescue workers continuing efforts into the night to extricate vehicles and any remaining survivors from under the bridge debris.

Rubio sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao asking about this new type of construction, the materials, and safety standards. In today’s press conference, he reiterated his questions about the bridge construction and expectations about the pending investigation.

“We deserve to know, and the public deserves to know, and the families of those who have been hurt and who lost their lives deserve to know what went wrong,” said Rubio. “That’s one thing everybody should be rest assured of. These people that are going to be doing these engineering studies will tell us what went wrong.”

“That won’t provide any comfort to the families who lost a loved one, but it will prevent something like this from ever happening again—we learn from these things. There will be an exhaustive review that will give details on an engineering and scientific level as to what the errors were and what led to this catastrophic collapse. Of that you can rest assured. That work has already begun.”

Transcript of Rubio’s remarks, as provided by his Senate office:

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Source: https://www.redstate.com/sarah-rumpf/2018/03/15/video-rubio-deserve-know-went-wrong-fiu-bridge-collapse/


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