Word: mineros
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...snapped. The bridge floor flipped sideways, sent a stream of men, women & children cascading into the river. A few lucky ones at the bridge ends saved themselves. A few more scrambled out of the water. But most were killed on the rocks below, or were drowned in the rushing Minero...
...people of the tiny Colombian village of Pauna, snuggling in the Andean foothills a day's motor drive from Bogotá, the new bridge over the deep, swift Río Minero had seemed as permanent and reassuring as Thornton Wilder's bridge of San Luis Rey. It was made of wood, suspended from steel cables. Across the 100-ft. span, donkey carts rattled, bringing produce to market. Across it, campesinos and the mountain people trudged to Pauna for the Saturday fiestas...
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