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A decade after the Maccabiah bridge collapse over the Yarkon River, Australian survivors and families of the victims remain angry that one official responsible for the tragedy has been promoted by ...
The son of a victim of the 1997 Maccabiah bridge disaster welcomed the decision to move the Games' opening ceremony to Jerusalem.
It makes it all the more poignant that the opening ceremony of the 21st Maccabiah Games takes place Thursday – 25 years to the day that the bridge collapsed.
David Zalcberg has cheated death and defied his doctors to compete in Beijing. Zalcberg was 16, a rising Australian table tennis star, when he survived what he called the “horrendous experience ...
The president also paid tribute to the four Australian-Jewish athletes who were killed during the 15th Maccabiah Games in 1997 in the tragic bridge collapse, and to the Israeli athletes murdered ...
Who?s Responsible? Mourners place flowers on grave of those killed in the 1997 bridge collapse at the Maccabiah Games in Australia. Image by haaretz ...
A memorial paying homage to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse victims remains a central piece of mourning and reflection.
Twenty-fives ago, a bridge collapsed during the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Israel, while the Australian team was crossing. Four athletes were killed, and many others injured, in ...
The train bridge collapse in Corvallis last week spilled about 150,000 pounds of urea fertilizer into Marys River but poses no threat to public health or fish, state environmental officials said.
The search for survivors continues in Baltimore after a cargo ship ramming caused a bridge to collapse.
During the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games, a bridge collapsed, killing four Australian athletes and injuring many others.