The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor in the early hours of March 26, 2024, has revived memories of a similar disaster that took place in Tampa Bay 44 years ago, when the bulk carrier Summit Venture, hit the Sunshine Skyway in St. Petersburg, Florida, resulting in the deaths of 35 people. The accompanying article about that event originally appeared in Professional Mariner 61 (December/January 2002).
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