The first thought that popped in Dr. Andrew Sen's mind when he saw this video of the bridge collapse in Baltimore was “shock.”

The devastating incident left the Marquette University Assistant Professor nearly speechless.

"To see such a large piece of infrastructure collapse in less than ten seconds…I mean that was scary in a sense,” Dr. Sen explained.

The collapsed Key Bridge is called a truss. Which is something Dr. Sen teaches his Marquette engineering students about.

"We design structures for extreme loads. So, we expect the unexpected in some sense.,” he explained.

However, the bridge could not handle the impact from the over 900foot cargo ship.

"There are very few bridges in the world where they can withstand a direct hit from an ocean ferrying cargo ship. That's just an incredible amount of load,” Dr. Sen explained.

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