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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would swim away[/quote]
Huh?

I did the Bay Bridge swim but started on the beach. Half way through I turned on my back and looked up at the bridge - boy, was it high. Hitting the water from that height would be like hitting concrete.[/quote]

So many factors would impede you from swimming: force of impact onto water in your vehicle (like hitting concrete), injuries sustained upon impact including loss of consciousness, the force of suction pulling your car underwater, inability to escape from vehicle, injured by debris once in the water (eg. you managed to escape vehicle 20-30 feet below water, but there's no light/visibility, and you keep hitting steel beams as you try to ascend to the surface or even get pinned underwater by sinking debris), etc.

Vast majority of people would not survive this bridge collapse. I'm so curious about the person who survived with no injuries! Luckiest person alive, tbh. I bet it's someone young and healthy.[/quote]

I've read more about that. I think it was a construction worker. He was examined too and found no injuries but he was adamant that he refused transport to the hospital. Sadly reading between the lines I think he must have been an illegal immigrant and didn't want to get involved with authorities. [/quote]

Or, like many people, his job provides shitty insurance and he can't afford an ambulance ride and hospital stay just for them to tell him he's okay.
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