Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster

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.

Skyway bridge disaster 39 years ago

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.

Wrongway driver killed in crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge

[ 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.

1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video

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.

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.

Traffic crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge causing delays northbound

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.

1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video

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.

Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WUSF Public Media

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.

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's…

Fiery Skyway Crash Caused by Faulty Tire, FHP Says Tampa Bay Reporter

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 / 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.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Accident. May 9 1980 Documentary On Sunshine

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.

Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WGCU PBS

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.

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.

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge plunged into Tampa Bay 38 years ago Tampa

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.

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster

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.