A 150-foot-high section of stands being built...
A 150-foot-high section of stands being built at the University of Washington’s Husky Stadium collapsed, sending construction workers fleeing for their lives but causing no injuries.
The structure “went down like a corkscrew into a wine bottle,” said Dave Graden, an iron worker who was being lowered onto the section by a crane at the time.
Graden called it a miracle that he and a co-worker, Ray Hegath, in the crane bucket escaped injury.
The stadium expansion work, which began just after the last home football game Nov. 15, is part of a $12.9-million project to add 13,500 seats on the stadium’s north side.
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