See historic photos from the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster 42 years ago

On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck the bridge, killing 35 people in one of the worst disasters in Tampa Bay history.

Tampa Bay Times

@jeffjarvis

Without a doubt this was electrical failure (Francis Scott Key Bridge 3/26/2024). Making it impossible to steer. So the question becomes is it an accident with massively bad timing or was there sabotage at a point someone knew there was no return from and the bridge would be hit. Which also brings up the possibility of remote hacking type interference at that point, maybe even from port controls, and no one on the ship had anything to do with it.

@jeffjarvis I remember that one well, living a few miles from it at the time. Anyone who fell from that Sunshine Skyway would not make it.