It took just seconds for disaster to strike in the air above the US capital, where two aircraft collided and killed 67 people on Wednesday.

When the bridge was constructed, the United States had not entered World War I, and Woodrow Wilson was the President. Slack said it’s unusual for a bridge like this one to have a lifespan that long.

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