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Not-So-Lucky Horseshoe

By Margaret Lyons in News on Jul 22, 2008 4:13PM

A walkway at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, collapsed this morning, sending construction workers into Lake Michigan. The 16 workers are all members of Iron Workers Local 395 and were all wearing lifejackets, in compliance with Coast Guard regulations. No one was seriously injured. [NWI Times, what I like to think about when I hear "horseshoe"]