![]() The thought rushed through his mind that maybe two bridges had been taken out and it was a terrorist attack. 64 bridge, both over the Arkansas River at Webbers Falls and about one mile apart. 11, 2001, and some of the early reports he heard from dispatchers over scanner traffic aired some confusion as to which bridge had been hit, the I-40 bridge or the U.S. It was only nine months after the terrorist attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon on Sept. He would be the first OHP trooper to see the horror at the bridge and in the water. on that Sunday, May 26, the day before Memorial Day, when the telephone rang. ![]() ![]() ![]() Usually, he was busiest in the summer months, and of course, on holiday weekends such as Memorial Day. He'd been a trooper for five years and had worked his share of drownings, fatal boating accidents and other incidents on the state's lakes and rivers.
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