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Bridge collapse stops Twin Cities sports in their tracks

By Jay Weiner
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, August 2, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS -- Mike Sherels' cell phone rang. The University of Minnesota linebacker's girlfriend needed to know something. Was he on the bridge? Twins catcher Mike Redmond, readying for a game at the Metrodome, was worried. His wife, Michele, wasn't answering her cell phone. He kept retreating from the dugout to the clubhouse to try to reach her. Was she on the bridge? It was a question that every Minnesotan asked Wednesday night and into Thursday about a loved one, a neighbor, a co-worker, ...

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