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.

Survivors remember in vivid detail the crackling of the bridge as it began to collapse Few will forget the awful images of people plunging into the Yarkon River on July 14, 1997.

Maccabiah Bridge Collapse Survivor Beats the Odds to Reach Beijing. Advertisement. August 13, 2008 4:00 am. ... A footbridge collapsed, ...

The Maccabiah’s 20th Games will have competitions in 40 sports, including two new ones, lacrosse and bridge. The biggest competition is in soccer, with 1,401 athletes from 20 countries.

Mourners place flowers on grave of those killed in the 1997 bridge collapse at the Maccabiah Games in Australia. Image by haaretz. By JTA July 19, 2013.

A memorial paying homage to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse victims remains a central piece of the mourning and reflection process. Roberto Marquez, an artist from Dallas, Texas, put ...

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.

Baltimore bridge collapse. ... Prosecutors drop Maccabi Tel Aviv assault cases after footage deleted. Video Duration 02 minutes 30 seconds . 02:30.

This was published 2 years ago. From the Archives, 1997: Tears and anger as tragedy hits our athletes 25 years ago, a bridge collapsed during the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Tel ...