Kudos

A friend and I were talking last night about the stellar emergency response to the 35W bridge collapse. The crisis management protocols at the local and state level functioned just as they were supposed to. The responders on the scene were well-trained and competent. Regular citizens played an important role in rescuing survivors in the first few minutes after the collapse. I would expect nothing less from my fellow civic-minded Minnesotans. As far as disasters go, this one was relatively small in scale, but that doesn’t detract from the exemplary performance of our emergency services. And for the rest of the country, it’s a good example of careful planning put into practice.