Costly Highway Kills an Illegal?

Mass hysteria in Boston and the National news outlets ensued this week after a chunk of the Big Dig tunnel in Boston, MA fell and crushed a car killing a women. Now that the "Oh my goodness, we paid how much for shoddy construction!?" hand waving and teeth gnashing is over, it's been reported that the victim's body will be shipped back to Costa Rica. There has been no information on whether she was in the country legally or illegally. Very interesting. Don't get me wrong, she didn't deserve to be killed because she may possibly have been here on the sly. I'm just saying, it would be interesting to find out.

Also, regarding the Big Dig accident, the ceiling panels that fell were not installed in the main tunnel because they were deemed overly expensive and unnecessary. The section of tunnel where they are located connects the main tunnel with the Ted Williams Tunnel that runs to the airport. Apparently it was one of the pieces built earlier than the audits that showed the huge cost overruns on the project. Which explains why the panels were not used on the rest of the construction. So the engineers will undoubtedly be removing all the remaining panels due to safety concerns and sending them off to a landfill. I just love to see my tax dollars spent so wisely. Let the finger pointing and litigation begin.

BTW, I'm still all for Annexing Mexico.