Post by beatie07 on Mar 29, 2007 1:26:56 GMT -5
The Sydney Harbour Bridge Ferry Disaster occurred at about 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday 28 March 2007 when the Sydney Ferries HarbourCat Pam Burridge collided with a private charter vessel. The death toll is three, there is one missing person. The collision occurred in Port Jackson, better known as Sydney Harbour in the waters beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Emergency services were accessing the area on land from Hickson Road in The Rocks area of Sydney. New South Wales Police Force Water Police were also quickly on the scene by boat along with other Sydney Ferries
The passengers on the private vessel were a group attending a figure skating seminar at a local rink. Australian champion Sean Carlow was among the survivors of the accident. His coach and 1980 Olympics Liz Cain had part of her leg amputated. Two skating judges are dead (Sydney anaesthetist Dr Alan Blinn and Simone Moore) ,whom had just returned from officiating at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships the previous week.
Dr Alan Blinn, the president of the New South Wales Ice Skating Association, is among the dead. 14-year-old national competitor Morgan Innes is still missing.
it's a very bad day for figure skating
The passengers on the private vessel were a group attending a figure skating seminar at a local rink. Australian champion Sean Carlow was among the survivors of the accident. His coach and 1980 Olympics Liz Cain had part of her leg amputated. Two skating judges are dead (Sydney anaesthetist Dr Alan Blinn and Simone Moore) ,whom had just returned from officiating at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships the previous week.
Dr Alan Blinn, the president of the New South Wales Ice Skating Association, is among the dead. 14-year-old national competitor Morgan Innes is still missing.
it's a very bad day for figure skating