Bush visiting site of the Minneapolis bridge collapse

Описание: (4 Aug 2007)
1. US President George W. Bush walking off of the presidential plane, Air Force One
2. Aerial following the President's helicopter, Marine One, over part of Minneapolis on way to bridge site
3. Wide aerial of collapsed bridge out of helicopter window
4. Collapsed bridge, push in to school bus that fell from bridge
5. Various of Bush while surveying the debris, talking to construction worker Gary Babineau
6. People watching from nearby bridge with an American flag hanging off side
7. Bush walking as he is briefed by officials
8. Pan from debris in water to President Bush talking to various recovery officials
9. FBI agent using evidence collection gear
10. Cars still on bridge with spray-painted numbers on them
11. Wreckage of car in river
12. Bush posing for a picture with police and rescuers
13. Bush talking with same people
14. Divers in river
15. Wide of part of collapsed bridge
16. Bush talking with officials
17. Low shot of Bush talking to media
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"We have an amazing country where people's instinct, first instinct, is to help save lives. A lot of people's first instincts here in the Twin Cities was to save the lives of somebody who was hurting."
19. Pan of officers listening to Bush
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"We want to get this bridge rebuilt as quick as possible. We understand this is a main artery of life here."
21. Bush shaking hands with officials, push in to mangled steel
STORYLINE:
US President George W. Bush surveyed Minneapolis' collapsed highway bridge from the ground and air on Saturday, viewing the concrete slabs and twisted steel that once spanned the Mississippi River.
He pledged to help rebuild the vital link as quickly as possible.
"We understand this is the main artery of life here," said Bush.
His Marine One helicopter circled the site several times during a 10-minute tour, allowing him to look down upon the muddy waters where bodies remain trapped.
Later, Bush put on a hard hat and walked around the bridge site.
Pieces of the highway littered with vehicles, including a school bus hugging a guard rail.
Divers searched the debris from the deadly interstate bridge collapse - duties made especially hazardous by jagged metal and concrete - within sight of a huge American flag draped from another Mississippi River span.
The number of dead stood at five, but authorities credited a rush-hour crawl that gave vehicles little momentum to slide into the river and a bridge design that minimised falling debris with keeping the death toll relatively low.
Officials said the number of bodies believed still trapped in the wreckage, once thought to be as many as 30, likely was no more than eight.
Yards from the school bus, he stood with Gary Babineau, a construction worker who helped rescue children after the collapse.
Babineau was in a pickup truck on his way home from work when he saw the bridge fall in front of him. His truck did not slide into the water.
"A lot of people's first instincts here in the Twin Cities was to save the lives of somebody who was hurting," Bush said at the news conference.
After walking around the site, Bush went to a makeshift command post where he spoke with the families of two victims, as well as first responders and rescue workers.
The president praised rescuers and investigators.
Still criticised for his administration's sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina, Bush hurried to Minnesota soon after the I-35W bridge buckled on Wednesday.
"We want to get this bridge rebuilt as quick as possible," Bush said.

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