And this is what life in a nation more concerned with tax breaks for billionaires than with basic services looks like. "Crumbling infrastructure" isn't just a metaphor, it's the bridge you're driving across suddenly ceasing to exist.
I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on' (Yahoo! News)
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
"I hit the brakes and we went off," Sligh told reporters from a hospital, adding he "saw the water approaching ... you hold on as tight as you can."