Charter boat captains struggle to stay afloat amid red tide, fish kills
Aaron Mesmer reports.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Hit and Run Charters captain Tyler Kapela says it s getting harder and harder to find parts of Tampa Bay to take customers. Basically the entire middle part of the bay is dead right now. Like, nothing can live in that water, Kapela told FOX 13. The wind is blowing out of the east for the last few days and starting to blow all that fish on Coquina Key. The eastern shorelines of the bay are getting really, really bad. It s also blowing it out into the gulf and we re starting to see patches of red tide out in the gulf, which is the first time I ve seen that so far this year.
July 18, 2021 will mark 25 years since the day the Olympic torch relay went from Roswell through Dunwoody to Sandy Springs, before continuing toward Atlanta.
In the fall of 1995, newspapers across the country announced three ways to become one of 10,000 torch bearers in the 1996 Olympic Torch Relay, which was sponsored by Coca-Cola. In all, 5,500 community heroes would be selected by United Way chapters. An application and essay were required explaining why the nominee was a hero.
The Olympic Torch Relay passes through Dunwoody on Chamblee Dunwoody Road, July 18, 1996. Photos: VALERIE BIGGERSTAFF
Another 2,500 community heroes were selected to participate in the relay as part of the Coca-Cola Share the Spirit program. The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and the U.S. Olympic committee selected 2,000 present and former Olympians and other VIPs to complete the list of torch bearers.