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What is it like to survive a bridge collapse? Survivors of past collapses in Minnesota and Texas tell The Associated Press that Tuesday's collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore brought back harrowing memories of their own ordeals. Linda Paul was on the Interstate 35 West bridge in Minneapolis when it collapsed in 2007. She fell 50 feet in her minivan and was injured by chunks of concrete. Gustavo Morales Jr. thought of his wife and children as the Queen Isabella Causeway collapsed in Port Isabel, Texas in 2001, sending his pickup truck into the air and, seconds later, the water.

A total of 7,921 people from the Cape Henlopen School District came out to vote on March 26, either for or against a referendum to increase the school tax for property owners. The district says the increased funding would go towards making schools safer and building new facilities. After the votes were tallied, the results showed the majority of voters were not in favor of the referendum passing.