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Skyway Bridge Disaster Documentary Is Coming

Author Sean Roberts

A documentary about one of the darkest days in Tampa Bay area history is set to debut later this year.

“The Skyway Bridge Disaster”, will take a closer look at what happened on May 9, 1980, when a freighter collided with a support column on the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay. The collision happened at 7:33 a.m. during rush hour as a thunderstorm swept through the area. A 1,200-foot span of the bridge was sent plummeting into the water 150 feet below. Six cars, a truck and a Greyhound bus also plunged into the water, leaving 35 people dead.

The documentary details that deadly collapse and what happened in the aftermath.

“The Skyway Bridge Disaster” will take viewers “onto the bridge, inside the ship and into the courtroom,” a Tampa Theatre spokesperson says. The film will highlight experiences from survivors and local leaders as well as Steve Yerrid, the lawyer who represented the captain of the bulk freighter that collided with the bridge.

Source: WFLA

Sean Roberts was conceived in the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky by two passionate, panel aligning, third shifters who had grown bored with the same ole same ole. Upon birth, he was placed in the trunk of a new Stingray and sent off to find his destiny. That destiny included several stints on radio stations across the United States. Some played punk country gospel, while others focused on Croatian death metal played backwards. After many years and many adventures, Sean wound up on The Shark, where he does shots of tequila while playing the most badass tunes ever created by humankind. He remains humble, however, never forgetting about the lean years...the street corners and dark alleys where he played songs on his car stereo for food and sex. He's on top and he's never gonna stop LIVING THE DREAM!

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