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Ron Engebretsen embraces his daughters Anne and Jessica after making a brief statement near the wreckage of the I-35W bridge on Saturday. Ron's wife, Sherry, was killed when the bridge, which spans the Mississippi River near the city's downtown, collapsed on Wednesday.
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