Thursday, September 18, 2008

hello, new bridge, nice to have you

This morning we were woken at the ass-crack of dawn by the sounds of helicopters hovering over traffic crossing the new 35W bridge that opened today. The bridge was supposed to open at 5 a.m. and I wondered out loud why the helicopters hadn't gotten there sooner to capture the first person to go over the bridge. That would've made for more exciting coverage in my book.

After about 10-15 minutes of helicopters, they all went away eager to present the footage to their station. It was silent. Suddenly we heard a sole helicopter hovering overhead. We imagined that this guy's alarm clock didn't go off and he was in a panic to get to the scene. Ed adds: Yeah, he's going, "Shit! Shit! Shit!" as he races up the stairs to his copter pad.

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