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« Convention rewards | Main | Supreme Court Disappointments » Tuesday, July 11, 2006Big Dig TragedyDriving to work this morning was awful, like driving in a funeral cortege, knowing that the painfully slow crawl of cars along the Turnpike was one symptom of the Big Dig ceiling collapse that killed Milena Del Valle. It feels like the tragedy has traveled in shockwaves through the roadways and streets. The grief and horror that grip Del Valle’s family and friends seems to belong to eveyone, since anyone could have been driving by when the concrete fell. Officials will “get to the bottom of what happened.” Others will have to build the emotional bridges that carry the daily traffic back to life as usual. |
