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Final Bridge Victim Found

Divers recover construction worker's remains

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2007 2:33 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The body of the 13th victim and last person missing since the Minneapolis bridge collapse nearly three weeks ago has been recovered, AP reports. Gregory Jolstad, 45, was a member of the 18-person construction crew working on the doomed structure when it plunged into the Mississippi river. The other 17 survived.

Jolstad, 45, nicknamed  "Jolly," was found by divers completing the recovery effort. "There aren't a lot of smiles here tonight," said the sheriff who supervised the search. "We all have very heavy hearts. It weighed on a lot of people, both personally and professionally." 

In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy on Thursday Aug. 16. 2007, navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit-2 (MDSU-2) watch as concrete that fell during the I-35 Bridge collapse is lifted out of the way to help divers resume recovery efforts in Minneapolis, Minn. on...
In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy on Thursday Aug. 16. 2007, navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit-2 (MDSU-2) watch as concrete that fell during the I-35 Bridge collapse is lifted...   (Associated Press)
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the I-35 bridge collapse site over the Mississippi river is seen Tuesday Aug. 13, 2007, 13 days after the collapse. Navy divers continue to assist other federal, state, and local authorities in the recovery efforts at the site. (AP Photo/ U....
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the I-35 bridge collapse site over the Mississippi river is seen Tuesday Aug. 13, 2007, 13 days after the collapse. Navy divers continue to assist other federal,...   (Associated Press)
Workers remove a school bus from the interstate 35W bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The school bus was carrying 52 children from a visit to a water park when it dropped with the bridge during the collapse. All the children survived the fall. (AP Photo/Nati...
Workers remove a school bus from the interstate 35W bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minn., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. The school bus was carrying 52 children from a visit to a water park when it dropped...   (Associated Press)
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