President Donald Trump thanked first responders for their courage on Twitter. Along with Governor Scott, US Senator Marco Rubio went to the scene of the collapse.

特朗普总统在推特上对现场急救员的勇气表示感谢。州长斯科特陪同美国参议员马可鲁比奥前往坍塌现场。

Munilla Construction Management, which installed the bridge was founded in 1983 and owned by five brothers, according to its website. In addition to its Florida operations, the company also has divisions in Texas and Panama and employs 500 people.

负责安装天桥的穆尼利亚施工管理公司成立于1983，公司网站信息显示公司由五兄弟经营。除佛罗里达州的业务外，该公司在德克萨斯和巴拿马也设有分公司，雇员500人。

“Munilla Construction Management is a family business and we are all devastated and doing everything we can to assist,” the company said in a statement.

该公司在一份声明中说：“穆尼利亚施工管理是一个家族企业，我们对此事故非常震惊，我们将竭尽所能全力协助处理”。

FIGG Engineering said it took part in the bridge project and the collapse was a first in its 40-year history.

FIGG工程公司说它参与了此座桥梁工程，这起坍塌事故是公司40年历史中的首次事故。

Both companies said they would cooperate fully with investigators.

两家公司均表示他们会全力配合调查。

Colorado-based engineering company BDI said in a tweet on March 12 that it was “thrilled” to have conducted structural monitoring during the “spectacular” process of moving the bridge into place. The company removed the tweet on Thursday and said in a statement it did so out of respect for individuals affected by the collapse. 

总部位于科罗拉多的BDI工程公司在3月12日的一条推特上说，在将大桥移动到位的“壮观”过程中，他们“非常激动”地进行结构监测。该公司周四删除了这条推文，并在声明中表示，此举是出于对受坍塌事故影响的个人的尊重。

Scott’s office said FIU picked a firm that was not pre-qualified to check the design of the bridge, which was required because it was such a long pedestrian bridge and other unique characteristics.

斯科特的办公室称，佛罗里达国际大学选择了一家未通过预审的公司审核桥梁设计，鉴于这个天桥的长度和其他独特的特征，这是非常必要的。

“The firm selected, Louis Berger, was not FDOT pre-qualified for this service, which is required under FIU’s agreement with the state. FIU’s design build team is responsible for selecting a pre-qualified firm and ensuring this process is followed,” the governor said in a statement.

州长在一份声明中说：“被选中的Louis Berger公司并未通过佛罗里达州运输部的预审来提供服务，预审资质是佛罗里达国际大学和州政府协议中规定的。佛罗里达国际大学的设计建造团队有责任选择预审合格的公司并确保跟进建造过程”。

Officials at the Miami office of global engineering services firm Louis Berger were not immediately available for comment.

全球工程服务公司Louis Berger的迈阿密办公室主管没有立即发表评论。

印度时报网友评论:

Ulhas Kulkarni

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 Ulhas-Navi Mumbai-1 day ago

No surprise there! Florida has a huge population of Indian DOWRY seekers.

一点也奇怪。佛罗里达有大量的印度人口

Imindian

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 Imindian-1 day ago

I can understand this to be a news in US. I don't understand why it's a news in India where this is routine.. People die in lots and nobody cares... There are rapes happening in broad daylight and nobody cares. Suddenly Times finds a breaking news of 4 people dead in some Florida.....

我能理解这个事故在美国成为新闻，我不明白为什么在印度也成为新闻。老百姓死亡那么多都没人关心。光天化日之下发生那么多强奸案没人关心。印度时报突然关注到远在佛罗里达发生的4人死亡的突发新闻。

Thirumurugan Kanagasabapathy

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 Thirumurugan-1 day ago

the construction company might be owned by

建筑公司可能是开的。

Mahesh Bhoir

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 Mahesh-1 day ago

when such tragedy happens in India, we all see what tamasha happens in indian media and blame game starts. issue remain unanswered

当印度发生这种惨剧时，我们在媒体上就能看到互相指责推诿的种种闹剧，事情一点没解决。

Indiannewsreader

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 Indiannewsreader-1 day ago

....Modi is responsible - Rahul Gandhi

莫迪该对此事负责---拉胡尔甘地

Vishwas Kadam

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 Vishwas-1 day ago

corruption is in USA also.... universal phenomenon

美国也有贪污腐败，这是宇宙普遍现象