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Mn. Bridge Collapse: Engaged Couple Looks Back

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SelectPlusMn. Bridge Collapse: Engaged Couple Looks BackMn. Bridge Collapse: Engaged Couple Looks BackThe Associated PressHe was injured when the I-35W bridge collapsed one year ago in Minneapolis. She hasn't left his side since. Rich Matthews has their story. (Aug. 1)(sot)You didn't have time to react, This drops , this starts dropping I was here my car did the nosedive.. It was the equivalent of driving into a brick wall at 100 miles an hour..(vo)GARRETT EBLING'S STORY OF SURVIVAL IS UNPARALLELLED, SIMPLY PUT HE CAME JUST ABOUT AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN TO DYING, WITHOUT CROSSING OVER..(SOT)Broke both feet.. Seatbelt severed colon, ruptured diaphragm, collapsed lung broke jaw in 3 places..(VO)BUT THIS ISN'T A STORY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO GARRETT EBLING ON THAT MINNEAPOLIS BRIDGE.. IT'S A STORY ABOUT THE REST OF HIS LIFE...(SOT)I proposed to Sonja 4 days before the bridge collapsed(VO)ONE YEAR LATER, GARRETT SITS ON A COUCH WITH HIS FIANCeE SONJA BIERKLANS... BY WEEKS END THEY'LL BE HUSBAND AND WIFE..(SOT) GARRETT EBLING,BRIDGE SURVIVORI wouldn't have blamed Sonja if she said this is too much I have my life, I couldn't have blamed her if she did that but she didn't...(VO)IT'S NOT THAT SONYA DIDN'T HAVE THOSE THOUGHTS, DIDN'T WONDER IF SHE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO STAY..(SOT)It was horrifying, I remember thinking oh my god what am I going to do if he's unfixable?(VO)BUT SOMETHING TOLD HER, THIS IS THE ONE, THIS IS THE MAN TO SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE WITH..(SOT) SONJA BIRKELAND,FIANCEEThat's one way to find out if you picked the right one you almost lose him and think nope this is right here where I want to be..(STANDUP)THAT'S WHY FRIDAY WHEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS WILL BE HERE NEAR THE BRIDGE AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE 13 PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE COLLAPSE, GARRETT AND SONYA WILL BE A FEW HUNDRED MILES TO THE NORTH, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR WEDDING ON SUNDAY...(SOT)THE Collapse and the wedding are bookends on the year... it's impossible to break them apart, that being said on that day our focus is going to be on the wedding.. yeah but we're gonna ball you'd better believe it..(VO)BOTH SAY IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO FORGET WHAT HAPPENED ONE YEAR AGO, NOT TO IGNORE IT, BUT TO TAKE SMALL STEPS AND MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE, STEPS THEY'LL TAKE TOGETHER..(SOT)Nothing is gonna be too much I know if I was in an accident I was in that wheelchair he'd never leave me, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT?NOT MANY.RICH MATTHEWS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

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