Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport unveiled a new ad starring a Sarasota resident performing parkour through the airport.
Sometimes you need more than the karate chop of the Priceline Negotiator to get through the airport and instead turn to ninja skills. Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport shows just that in a new commercial. The 70-second spot features Sarasota's own Sean Morris, 25, who competed on G4's American Ninja Warrior show, which is moving to NBC this year. Morris is known for his parkour skills, or basically, free running, where people jump and flip off of objects. Parkour is used often in military exercises for obstacle courses, so it's more than just for fun. Patch talked to Morris in 2010 when he and his friend Thomas Hall of Bradenton competed on American Ninja Warrior, and said "he acquired a bunch of random skills over the years from …
Friday, February 8, 2013
Investigators say the woman lost control of her car at Braden Avenue near the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and struck a brick planter wall.
A Bradenton woman was seriously injured in a traffic crash on U.S. 41 at Braden Avenue, across from the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, after she lost control of her car Thursday night, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. According to investigators, the driver of a red Toyota was headed southbound on 41 around 10:53 p.m. when she spun out of control and struck a brick planter wall on the west shoulder. After striking the wall, the Toyota rolled back into the southbound lanes of 41. The driver of a Chevy Metro that had been following behind steered to the left, lost control and was hit in its left front side by a Pontiac Sunbird headed in the opposite direction. The driver of the Toyota, Leopoldine S. Simon of Bradenton, 27, was …
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Pilot of an amphibian plane died when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
SARASOTA—The pilot of an amphibian airplane has died and the passenger of a plane is being treated for injuries after the plane crashed at New College of Florida Saturday afternoon, according to authorities. The pilot and passenger—both men—have not been identified, and the National Transporation Safety Board is investigating with the Federal Aviation Administration, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. The plane was a Seawind 3000 that took off from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport after 3 p.m. and caught on fire when in crashed by New College's R.V. Heiser Natural Sciences Complex, SRQ Airport CEO Rick Piccolo told The Bradenton Herald. The plane crashed at 3:31 p.m. on the campus and did not injure any bystanders, …
ddtynes1@aol.com
9:36 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
This a very serious tragedy. I am sure the FAA will get to the bottom of this. My heart goes out to the families of these two men. I would also recommend that the witness of this tragedy get some grief counseling. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU? Deborah Chesnut more ›