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Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/local-donotuse/article/Golden-Gate-bridge-walk-1987-anniversary-disaster-13896571.php
TIL that in May 1987, 300,000 people, in celebrating the Golden Gate Bridge bridge’s 50th anniversary walked across the span – flattening the normally arched roadbed, and causing some to become sick.
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Wow, that sounds like a nightmare. Stuck for hours in a sea of people while the bridge sways, no thank you.
Engineer here. I saw it on TV and it scared the shit out of me.
Most who got sick had been drinking heavily.
Interesting 🤔
And damnit, I missed it. We had a big Art Deco party the night before, and I thought I would just lie down and rest my eyes for a few minutes before it was time to go over there. I woke up WAY late in the day. Oh well.
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800,000. Not 300,000.