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44 years later: Thursday marks tragic anniversary of 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster
Thursday marks 44 years since one of the worst tragedies in Tampa Bay history when the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was struck and collapsed.
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Thursday marks 44 years since Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Thursday marks 44 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster, an event that sent shockwaves across the Tampa Bay area. On May 9, 1980, the 19,734-ton Summit Venture ...
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May 6, 2020 · Published May 6, 2020 | Updated March 26. It was nearly 44 years ago that the storm-blinded freighter Summit Venture crashed into the support columns of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, causing a 1,200 ...
May 9, 2023 · 1:10. 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 ...
May 9, 2018 · On May 9, 1980, the storm-blinded freighter Summit Venture crashed into the support columns of the old Sunshine Skyway bridge, causing a 1,200-foot span of the bridge to collapse into the bay. At ...
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May 9, 2021 · HISTORIC PHOTO. Richard Hornbuckle’s car rests where it skidded to a stop 14 inches from the edge of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, struck by the freighter Summit Venture in St. Petersburg on May 9 ...
May 8, 2020 · Saturday, May 9, 2020, is the 40th anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster. Thirty-five people died when the bridge over Tampa Bay collapsed after it was hit by a cargo ship at 7:33 a.m ...
May 8, 2019 · The car driven by Richard Hornbuckle was inches from disaster in 1980 but managed to stop on the wrecked Old Sunshine Skyway Bridge after the freighter Summit Venture slammed into the bridge and a ...
