Maccabiah Bridge
Members of the Australian team management for the 15th Maccabiah Games. Harry Procel is in the back row, second from right.
July 14, 2022, 11:14 am
The decision to stay in Israel
A decision to stay and honour the victims was overwhelmingly supported by 'virtually the whole team'.
By Carly Adno
Phil Moss was 25 during the 1997 Maccabiah Games.
July 14, 2022, 11:09 am
Tragedy became turning point
'Survival instinct kicked in'
By Carly Adno
Left: Australian team members laying wreaths and flowers at the 1997 Maccabiah Games bridge collapse memorial stone in Ramat Gan on July 11. Right: The audience at the bridge memorial ceremony beside the Yarkon River.
July 14, 2022, 6:30 am
Solemn ceremony at Yarkon River
'Try to imagine if you can the tragedy of what unfolded – when the bridge that would give them the rite of passage to the time of their lives, collapsed...'
By Shane Desiatnik
Former Australian ambassador to Israel Ian Wilcock at Springvale Cemetery in Melbourne on the 10th anniversary of the Maccabiah bridge disaster. Photo: Peter Haskin.
July 14, 2022, 6:20 am
‘Sorrow, grief, uncertainty’
Former Australian ambassador to Israel, Ian Wilcock, recalls with incredible detail what happened on July 14, 1997.
By Peter Kohn
The memorial to the four victims which was unveiled at the 2005 Games. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 14, 2022, 6:08 am
Remembering those who were lost
'As long as it's being spoken about, the memory is still there'
By Rachel Treisman & Mia Gardiner
The scene of the 1997 Maccabiah bridge tragedy. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 14, 2022, 6:00 am
Communal leaders recall the tragedy and its aftermath
'The tragedy had been so avoidable.'
By Gareth Narunsky
July 14, 2022, 5:30 am
Bridge tragedy remembered
Twenty-five years after the Maccabiah Bridge disaster, few will forget the awful images of people plunging into the Yarkon River, as survivors remember in vivid detail the crackling of the bridge as it began to collapse.
By AJN STAFF
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