Jul 5th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
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Dozens of Independence Day revelers were lucky to escape with their lives when an overcrowded pedestrian bridge collapsed under their weight as they left a fireworks show in northwest Indiana late Saturday.
Amid screams and what survivors called a "terrifying scene," two cables holding up the suspension bridge at Hidden Lake Park in Merrillville failed at 10 p.m., sending the bridge and 50 to 120 children and adults crashing into a creek about 10 feet below.
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