Seeing it live, makes it hit home

On a recent flight into Minneapolis, our approach took us close to the site of the bridge tragedy. I was sitting on the correct side of the aircraft this time and had a view of the collapsed bridge from about 8000 feet. Seeing it in person and that close really makes a hugh difference to seeing newspaper accounts or short TV views.
It was clear day and I could clearly see the broken pieces of the bridge, as well as the cleanup operations that had started by then.