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    Posted November 1, 2009 by
    nealminosa
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    Batangas, Philippines
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    Philippines flooding

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    A Bridge That Broke It's Promise

    By nealminosa  |  Posted November 1, 2009  |  Batangas, Philippines
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     nealminosa took these pictures soon after the Bridge of Promise's collapse in Batangas City, Philippines.

    Typhoon Santi (Mirinae) washed away a four-decade-old, 20-ton-capacity steel Bridge of Promise at 7:30 a.m. today, when the Signal #3 typhoon was leaving Batangas City.  A family in their white Honda Civic car was crossing the bridge on their way to Manila when it actually collapsed and plunged into the murky Calumpang river. One of the three passengers, Malou Soriano, 39, a Provincial health worker, was rescued almost an hour later a few hundred meters downstream after people saw her hanging to a tree and was rushed to Saint Patrick's Hospital in downtown Batangas City. As of this writing, search and rescue is still on-going for her husband, Romulo, 40, and her son, Nicolo, 3.

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