Pistons’ coach saved by a detour
Detroit Pistons’ head coach Flip Saunders was driving home from speaking at a camp in Minnesota when the ramp he usually takes to the freeway was closed requiring him (and his daughter in the car behind him) to take the detour. A few minutes later, the bridge collapsed about 20 yards away from him.
“I usually take the 35W bridge, but the ramp was closed,” Saunders said Thursday from Minneapolis in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “My daughter was driving in a car right behind me when the bridge collapsed — about 20 yards away from us. It sounded like a bomb when it dropped.
“I got out of my car and the first thing I heard was the kids screaming on the bus. I called 911. I didn’t really know what else I could do.” …
“A day later, I’m still in a surreal state of mind,” he said. “I can still see what happened. It’s kind of like having flashbacks.”
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