My aunt thinks this should be on the national news, but since they haven't said it, I will
(This post is inspired by my aunt, btw.)
When the bridge went down on Wednesday, everyone who could, did their part. All we could do at home was stay off our cell phones so the waves would be free for emergency workers and families. People who were nearby jumped in, helped carry people to stretchers, or hauled people to hospitals in their pick-ups. Emergency workers from the entire city came out, and an orange alert was called, meaning that every person on the medical staff of various hospitals came in to help.
And the Twins played baseball.
Knowing what had just happened, not knowing if their families were safe, they went ahead with the game, doing their part by keeping those 25,000 people off the roads so emergency vehicles could get through.
Knowing what had just happened, not knowing if their families were safe, they went ahead with the game, doing their part by keeping those 25,000 people off the roads so emergency vehicles could get through."The ballgame had to played," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said [in the Star Tribune]. "I don't think a lot of us wanted to be out there, but it was the right thing to do to make sure they could do their jobs out there and to keep the fans in here."
We may have lost that game, but we lost 5-3 in the 10th inning. I'm proud of that. Those guys put up a fight in spite of what they must've been going through emotionally (esp. Joe Mauer and Pat Neshek, who are from here, and Mike Redmond and Torii Hunter who didn't hear from their wives until partway through the game).
Thank you for what you did, boys! We're proud of you!
posted by melilotnfosco | 3:51 PM
5 Comments:
All those people were so brave! And you guys helped too, even if it was just through your cell phones (and praying, I'm guessing:)... much better than flocking to the scene to gawk and be in the way! (I think some people actually did that!)
I'm thinking we should learn to swim, Mel...
redmond and hunter have children, too.
way to go, guys - you really came through!
we probably should, chelley. there was a girl on the news actually who couldn't swim (but kicked and kicked until someone pulled her out).
and no, we didn't gawk that day. but we went to look yesterday. of course, you can't get anywhere near the bridge, but we could kind of see it from various spots. we saw the school bus.
mostly the bridge just looked like two really steep ramps - the only difference being that these go straight into the water. we couldn't see the middle part.
the pictures of it are really eerie, especially knowing what's supposed to be there and how often we've driven over it
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