9/11 Ethiopian New Year: "Huge Disaster" in Germany – Carola Bridge Collapsed in DRESDEN

👏 Luckily no one got hurt.

🛑 CAROLA / CAROL BRIDGE (11)

❖ At Around 3 A.M. There Was a Deafening Bang
❖ The Last Tram Left 9 Minutes Earlier
❖ Yesterday, I Was Listening The Music of CAROL ALBERT (11)
“Innovative Communications”, her German Record Label, named Carol's Tides of Change among their "Best of Instrumental Music."
❖ The Day After The debate between Harris and Trump – plus, following the Tucker interview about Churchill / Hitler / WWII.

🛑 Dresden Landmarks:

❖ Frauenkirche Church is situated 470 metres southwest of Carola Bridge
❖ The New Jewish Synagogue is just 210 metres to the south of Carola Bridge
❖ Semperoper is situated 1 km west of Carola Bridge.

Carola Bridge collapsed into the River Elbe at a height of 100 meters! The last tram left 9 minutes earlier

At around 3 a.m. there was a deafening bang, then a section of the Carola Bridge in Dresden collapsed. It is a small miracle that more did not happen: just nine minutes earlier, a tram had driven over the structure. The collapse could have cost many people their lives.

"We were alerted at 3:01 a.m. The bridge was already in the Elbe," a police spokesman told BILD. The officers had been guarding a synagogue nearby.
At 2:52 a.m., tram line 7 (destination Weixdorf) rolled across the Elbe towards Dresden Neustadt. The fire brigade received the first emergency call 16 minutes later at 3:08 a.m. and deployed a large contingent.

The Carola Bridge was rebuilt during the GDR era. It consists of three lanes: a lane with two lanes for cars and trucks and a pedestrian and cycle path towards Albertplatz.

The second track has two more lanes and the third has two tram tracks and a combined pedestrian and cycle path. This part has collapsed over a length of 100 metres.

Bridge collapse could have ended in disaster

Lines 3 and 7 crossed the bridge every hour at night, and line 8 also crossed it from 6 a.m. during the day. In addition, 1,230 cyclists and 300 pedestrians crossed the bridge every day.

As early as 2003, the city administration counted around 53,000 vehicles crossing the old structure every day. Nowadays, the number is probably even higher.

District heating network fails in Dresden

Fire department spokesman Michael Klahre and his team were among the first to arrive on the scene. A gap about one meter long was visible in the bridge: "The moment the investigation began, two large district heating pipes burst. There was a loud bang ."

Carola Bridge collapsed in Dresden

At 3 a.m. there was a bang!

According to BILD information, water at temperatures of up to 115 degrees flowed out of the pipes and filled the terrace area on the banks of the Elbe. This resulted in a massive loss of water. The district heating network is currently down in the entire city.

Collapse on the anniversary of 9/11 attacks

As spokesman Thomas Geithner explains, the police were particularly alarmed when news of the collapse became known. It is the anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorists flew two planes into the two towers, killing thousands of people.

"On a day like this, a collapse like this has to be seen in a different context. The first videos and pictures with Arabic characters are spreading online," explains Geithner.

The police see no evidence of external interference or sabotage. It is unclear whether traffic on the bridge can be reopened. There is a risk of collapse.