After 35 years, Skyway victims finally honored - WTSP.com
May 9, 2015 · A new memorial commemorating the Skyway Bridge disaster's victims will be unveiled Saturday morning.
Skyway Bridge Memorial Will Be Unveiled Saturday - WUSF
May 8, 2015 · May 9 marks the 35th anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge accident that killed 35 people. A memorial for the victims will be unveiled Saturday at 11 a.m. at Blackthorn Memorial Park in St. Petersburg.
Skyway Bridge Disaster Memorial remembering the 35 people
On May 9, 1980, America witnessed one of the most stunning tragedies in maritime history when the M/V Summit Venture, a massive 606’ bulk freighter, collided with one of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge’s support columns.
DOT diver recounts Skyway disaster - Anna Maria Islander
At 7:34 a.m. May 9, 1980, the Liberian bulk carrier Summit Venture rammed a support pier of the western span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. About 1,297 feet of bridge deck and superstructure fell 150 feet into Tampa Bay, according to the investigation report released by the National Transportation Safety Board in March 1981.
35 years later, a monument honors lives lost in Sunshine Skyway ...
May 10, 2015 · Tthe Sunshine Skyway bridge wasstruck by the freighter Summit Venture in St. Petersburg on May 9, 1980. The freighter rammed the southbound span of the bridge, sending several cars and a...
Skyway Bridge Collapse Disaster, May 9, 1980
TAMPA, Fla - It has been 35-years since the freighter, Summit Venture, in a severe storm veered off course and crashed into the old Skyway Bridge. 35 people were killed in the accident when a section of the bridge collapsed, falling into Tampa Bay.
35 Years Later, A Memorial For Victims Of Bridge Collapse
May 10, 2015 · PETERSBURG (CBSMiami/AP) — Thirty-five years after Tampa Bay's Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster a monument has been dedicated to the 35 victims. The six-foot-tall monument was unveiled on...
Skyway Bridge Memorial - Remembering the 35 people who died ... - YouTube
May 8, 2019 · Video memorial remembering the people who died the day the Sunshine Skyway bridge collapsed after being hit by the freighter Summit Venture 39 years ago on May 9th, 1980. ...more. Visit...
35 years later, a memorial for victims of Sunshine Skyway Bridge ...
May 10, 2015 · On Saturday, family members of the victims, some from as far away as California, friends, well-wishers and dignitaries, including St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, gathered on the north side of...
Skyway Bridge Collapse Disaster, May 9, 1980
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