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 ...

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

The son of a victim of the 1997 Maccabiah bridge disaster welcomed the decision to move the Games' opening ceremony to Jerusalem.

25 years later, today’s Australian delegation remembers the Maccabiah Bridge tragedy Few will forget the awful images of people plunging into the Yarkon River on July 14, 1997.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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