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March 26, 2024
The Times former chairman and CEO was a reporter when he got the call on May 9, 1980 to cover the Sunshine Skyway Bridge for the then St. Petersburg Times.
December 30, 2023
On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck the bridge, killing 35 people in one of the worst disasters in Tampa Bay history.
May 9, 2023
Bruce Atkins was 32 years old, an experienced mariner, and an apprentice harbor pilot in Tampa Bay. It was his last training mission, and he was shadowing…
May 9, 2022
The Summit Venture freighter ship crashed into the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay on May 9, 1980. It happened during a storm.
May 9, 2022
May 9, 1980, was the day a storm blinded the freighter ship, Summit Venture as it crashed into the columns of where the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge stood.
February 20, 2022
This one-man show, at Studio Grand Central in St. Petersburg through Feb. 27, relives the 1980 Skyway Bridge disaster through the eyes of Captain John Lerro. Lerro was the harbor pilot who captained the Summit Venture, the boat that struck the bridge.
February 7, 2022
The Off-Central Players in St. Petersburg bring Bill DeYoung's one-man show about Captain John Lerro to the stage. Lerro's story is one of tragedy and unjust accusations.