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The Bridge Disaster Echoes Abbott's Fatal Mistake
Abbott, chief of construction, ignores warnings about buckling in the cantilever of a massive bridge. He presses workers to finish on time, ignores growing cracks, and, in a final act of misplaced pride, watches the railing fail as the 60 foot cantilever and its load plummet into the river, taking many lives with it.
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