To be fair, from the assessments that they did when the one main cable failed, it's not surprising that it collapsed. And it definitely says it was a good idea that they looked to decommission rather than try to fix it; if they'd managed to get to starting repair work it would have fallen even sooner, I expect.
Anyone who was petitioning to save it even in light of engineers going, "it's not safe at all to repair it," is an idiot, even though the loss of the whole thing is sad and was avoidable.
Anyone who was petitioning to save it even in light of engineers going, "it's not safe at all to repair it," is an idiot, even though the loss of the whole thing is sad and was avoidable.
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor