SEATTLE -- Work on a temporary bridge being used on the 520 bridge project has been suspended indefinitely. Investigators are working to figure out how a massive pipe fell from a crane onto a Metro bus last night.
Eight people were injured and taken to the hospital, including Yanilu Ives.
"It was coming straight to my face," she said.
The 29-year-old can't believe she survived.
"If I leaned forward when it hit us, I'd be dead," Ives said. "The bridge was falling down. That's what I thought."
Ives almost missed the bus after work, but ran to catch it. Halfway through her ride home, a pipe came crashing through the bus ceiling.
Investigators still aren't sure what happened.
"I still have glass on my head," Ives said. "I've been meaning to take a shower but I cannot. It hurts too much."
Everyone survived. The bus doors wouldn't open, Ives said, trapping them inside. Now, she has large bruises all over her legs and arm.
"I'm still shaking," she said.
Ives' father brought her here 12 years ago, as a teenager, from Peru.
"He wanted me to have a better future," Ives remembered.
Tuesday night, she lost her Social Security card and Green Card. Her job as a pizza chef means standing for 12 hours. Not only is she losing money lying in bed, she doesn't have health insurance and takes care of her mom.
"If I stand on my feet for five minutes it hurts already," she said. "Who's going to help me? I have to support myself. If I stop working, who's going to help me?"
