He was so confident he spent the last of his savings on a pair of shoes so that he wouldn't have to walk through the door of Skagit Valley College barefoot.

正是因为他非常坚信这一点，他花了自己仅有的一点积蓄买了一双新鞋，使自己不必光着脚走进学院的大门。

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Other over-height vehicles struck the Skagit River bridge before the collapse on Thursday, she noted.

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Two other vehicles plunged into the Skagit River, but all three occupants escaped with only minor injuries.

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Two patients were being transported from the scene of the bridge collapse to Skagit Valley Hospital in nearby Mt.

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