Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster
It was Friday, May 9, 1980 -- at 7:33 am -- when the freighter Summit Venture rammed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge during a severe storm. The bridge'sโฆ
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Tragedy Over Tampa Bay WUSF
On the night of January 28, 1980, the United States Coast Guard cutter Blackthorn collided with the tanker Capricorn just west of the bridge, resulting in the sinking of the cutter with the loss of 23 crew members in the worst peacetime disaster in the history of the US Coast Guard.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster
This is the actual Mayday call pilot John Lerro made to the Coast Guard on May 9, 1980 when the Summit Venture hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. On May 9, 1980, tragedy struck Tampa Bay when a 600.
1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video
But this week as we drive across the impressive structure, we remember it's dark history. On May 9, 1980, tragedy struck. A freight ship crashed into the support columns, causing 1,200 feet of the.
Skyway bridge disaster 1980. A freighter, Summit Venture, caught in
The new Sunshine Skyway Memorial was unveiled Saturday, 5/9/15, at a public dedication ceremony remembering the 35th anniversary of the tragic bridge accident that killed 35 people. TIMES files.
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[ Courtesy of Michael Betz ] A waitress interrupted breakfast with what Raiola thought was a bad joke: "The Skyway just got hit." Soon a crackling radio call from their boss confirmed it: There.
Traffic crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge causing delays northbound
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) โ Authorities responded to a crash that ended with a vehicle hanging over a wall on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Friday morning. FDOT cameras showed traffic backed up.
Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WGCU PBS
Petersburg Times ] As part of our coverage of the 40th anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster, we are republishing this narrative written on May 9, 1980. The story ran on the front.
Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WUSF Public Media
60ยฐ Weather A rideshare driver and one of his passengers were killed after a wrong-way driver collided head-on with the van Wednesday night on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
Skyway bridge disaster 39 years ago
Right Now Tampa, FL ยป 62ยฐ The Summit Venture freighter ship crashed into the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay on May 9, 1980. It happened during a storm.
After 39 years, Tampa Bay still reflects on the tragedy of the Sunshine
Part five in a series. At 7:34 a.m. Friday, May 9, 1980, Wesley MacIntire was driving his Ford Courier pickup over the southbound span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, headed for his job at a meat-delivery business. Just after he threw his two quarters into the tollbooth basket, he would later testify, the steady rain turned cyclonic.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster
Today marks 38 years since tragic Sunshine Skyway crash, collapse. Thirty-eight years ago today, a freighter ran into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge sending part of the span plummeting into Tampa Bay.
Photos 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster in Tampa Bay, Florida
May 09, 2020 A car that was driven by Dick Hornbuckle is halted at the edge of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay, Florida, after the freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge.
Fiery Skyway Crash Caused by Faulty Tire, FHP Says Tampa Bay Reporter
Bentley declared the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster "an act of God." He also reinstated Lerro's suspended pilot license, which had been stripped away after the accident. Lerro, however, soon found himself suffering from MS and stopped piloting. Instead, he spent his time answering crisis phone lines and helping others, according to Yerrid.
1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video
Published May 8, 2020 | Updated May 11, 2020 Saturday marks 40 years since the 19,734-ton Summit Venture freighter slammed into the old Skyway bridge. Six cars, a truck and a Greyhound bus.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) โ A 50-year-old motorcyclist from St. Petersburg died Thursday morning after he was overrun by a tractor-trailer on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, according to.