Skyway bridge disaster 39 years ago
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.
Fiery Skyway Crash Caused by Faulty Tire, FHP Says Tampa Bay Reporter
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.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Accident. May 9 1980 Documentary On Sunshine
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.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster
[ 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.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster
Right Now Tampa, FL » 62° The Summit Venture freighter ship crashed into the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay on May 9, 1980. It happened during a storm.
Tampa Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse after ship collision r
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's…
Skyway bridge disaster 1980. A freighter, Summit Venture, caught in
0:30. Today is the 43rd anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster. On this day in 1980 the freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge that joined St. Petersburg and Bradenton during a.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — 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.
Photos 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster in Tampa Bay, Florida
It was 42 years ago that the storm-blinded freighter Summit Venture crashed into the support columns of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, causing a 1,200-foot span of the bridge to collapse into the.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster
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.
Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WUSF Public Media
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.
Traffic crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge causing delays northbound
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.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Tragedy Over Tampa Bay WUSF
We remember a deadly accident on Florida's Sunshine Skyway Bridge 35 years ago Saturday. We hear from survivors and find out what changes were made after the crash of a ship onto the.
Wrongway driver killed in crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — 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.
After 39 years, Tampa Bay still reflects on the tragedy of the Sunshine
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.
Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WGCU PBS
60° 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.