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...Yangtze River dolphin, one of the world's rarest mammals, is no more, a victim of China's breakneck economic growth and competition for food with one of the world's most common large mammals - human beings...
Crews were focused on 13 areas on the upstream side of the collapse, Stanek said. Officials said there may be vehicles crushed under the main section of the collapsed bridge, which lies in the middle of the river. If this is the case, the large chunks of debris will have to be lifted to reach them, Stanek said...
...debris just makes things worse. "It stirs things up so bad. The visibility's terrible," says Capt. John Grant, a member of the Dakota County (Minn.) Sheriff Department's dive team, one of several groups assisting in the effort. Indeed, officials are sending crews into the river cautiously. Said Stanek: "The divers will be taking extreme caution. We have to be slow and methodical during our search operations...
Grant has participated in missions farther south in the Mississippi River, but he said this one is different. "The visibility is probably worse than it's ever been," he said. "It's very easy to become disoriented." Grant has had 15 years of rescue and recovery experience, yet he says that finding bodies is no less surreal. "It's quiet down below the surface, you don't have the elements of noise from above," he says. So, he adds, "When you find a dead body below the water, it's a little nerve-racking but you know you have...
Progress is slow and there is no foreseeable end in sight. Chandler says recovery operations will not cease until the job is done. "It may take a long time, but eventually this river will be clear," he says. "We will not be leaving victims behind, we will not be leaving cars behind. No matter how long it takes, this river will be cleared...