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Baby's Body Found at Bridge

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(Newser) – The body of a 2-year-old girl is among those recovered from the wreckage of the I35W bridge in Minneapolis; the toddler's mother has not yet been found, CNN reports. Remains located by divers in the Mississippi today bring the total number of casualties in the Aug. 1 collapse to at least nine.

The dead youngster was riding in a car with her mother, a nursing student from Somalia, when it plunged into the river, the family told CNN. Federal officials said today an aerial photo of construction work on the bridge before its collapse will aid in analyzing whether the added weight of heady equipment being used in resurfacing was a factor in the bridge's collapse.

Crowds on the Stone Arch Bridge watch the recovery and salvage operations at the interstate 35W bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Crowds on the Stone Arch Bridge watch the recovery and salvage operations at the interstate 35W bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)   (Associated Press)
A battered car is removed from the interstate 35W bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Authorities were trying to identify the most recently discovered human remains recovered from the Mississippi River, and Navy salvage divers continued searching the murky waters for more bodies of the handful...
A battered car is removed from the interstate 35W bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Authorities were trying to identify the most recently discovered human remains recovered...   (Associated Press)
Work continues on the interstate 35W bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Authorities were trying to identify the most recently discovered human remains recovered from the Mississippi River, and Navy salvage divers continued searching the murky waters for more bodies of the handful of people still...
Work continues on the interstate 35W bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Authorities were trying to identify the most recently discovered human remains recovered from the...   (Associated Press)
Angie Geiser and her 11 year-old son Ryan of Shakopee, Minn, throw flowers in memory of those lost in the Aug. 1 bridge collapse into the Mississippi River from the Stone Arch Bridge that overlooks the interstate 35W collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Geiser and her...
Angie Geiser and her 11 year-old son Ryan of Shakopee, Minn, throw flowers in memory of those lost in the Aug. 1 bridge collapse into the Mississippi River from the Stone Arch Bridge that overlooks the...   (Associated Press)
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