Pics of the Year (4)

Perhaps the most moving picture of the year. The morning after the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis/St. Paul I grabbed my camera and headed downtown. Blocked off by the winding channel of the river below and a deep valley, the bridge was pretty much hidden from sight (especially with a police line backing onlookers in all directions). I found one solitary place where one end of the collapsed bridge was visible and I took time to sit and watch across a parking lot as couples, friends, and individual college students pulled up and stared into the distance. As onlookers peered out I could not help but think of the frailty of our lives. The scene was very quite and calm.