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Even for those who were nowhere near the bridge when it collapsed, it was an "I remember where I was when..." moment in state history. Take a look back at that fateful day.

Ten years after the deadly collapse of the 35W bridge in Minneapolis, reporters who covered the story that day shared their stories: MPR News' Tom Scheck and Tim Nelson. Then they were joined by former Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel, and the current commissioner of the department, Charles Zelle.

Remembering the 35W bridge collapse

Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images

Minneapolis police officers set up a line to monitor the crowd gathered.

John Doman | St. Paul Pioneer Press via AP 2007

A rescue worker aids a victim after the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed.

Richard Tsong-Taatarii | Star Tribune via AP 2007

Vehicles burn in the wreckage of the I-35W bridge collapse.

Jacob Reynolds | Associated Press 2007

Smoke rises from the Interstate 35W bridge.

Scott Takushi | St. Paul Pioneer Press via AP 2007

The injured are treated in a makeshift triage center.

Brandi Jane Thomas | St. Paul Pioneer Press via AP 2007

Rescue workers gather on the Interstate 35W bridge.

A steady stream of onlookers came to get a glimpse of the collapsed bridge.

Ben Garvin | St. Paul Pioneer Press via AP

An aerial view of the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River

Morry Gash | Associated Press 

People stand alongside the Interstate 35W bridge after it collapsed.

Tim Davis | AP

Partially submerged cars await removal from the Mississippi River.

Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images 2007

The collapsed I-35W bridge on August 4, 2007

Andrea Cabrera, 3, looks at a small memorial in Gold Medal Park.

Scott Olson | Getty Images 2007

Joshua Adam Nuzzo | U.S. Navy via Getty Images 2007

Navy divers investigate site of the bridge collapse.

An interfaith service at St. Mark's Cathedral 

Cars are scattered over the Interstate 35W bridge.

Bruce Bisping | Star Tribune via AP 2007

Officials carry the body of a victim up the river embankment.

Jerry Holt | Star Tribune via AP 2007

Local police officers meet over a picnic table.

Morry Gash | Associated Press 2007

A surveyor makes her way across the Interstate 35W bridge.

M. Spencer Green | Associated Press 2007

  An aerial view of the Interstate 35W bridge

Morry Gash | AP

An Interstate 35W emblem at the Metrodome before the Minn.-Cleveland game.

Andy King | AP

An aerial view of the I-35W bridge that collapsed over the Mississippi.

Ron Engebretsen hugs his daughters. His wife died in the bridge collapse.

Charlie Neibergall | AP

George W. Bush meets rescue workers at the bridge site.

Charles Dharapak | AP

Spotlights illuminate the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge.

Photos: Looking back at the I-35W bridge collapse

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