1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB) - An Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship made an emergency stop near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Saturday after a woman reportedly needed immediate medical attention.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster
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 / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster
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 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.
Tampa Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse after ship collision r
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.
1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video
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.
Skyway bridge disaster 39 years ago
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 / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge 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.
Wrongway driver killed in crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge
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.
Traffic crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge causing delays northbound
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.
After 39 years, Tampa Bay still reflects on the tragedy of the Sunshine
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.
Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WGCU PBS
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.
Skyway bridge disaster 1980. A freighter, Summit Venture, caught in
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.
Fiery Skyway Crash Caused by Faulty Tire, FHP Says Tampa Bay Reporter
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.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All 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
Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WUSF Public Media
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.