The Publisher
07-25-2009, 04:29 PM
The Miss Lourdies was a seized drug ship sank off Broward County recently.
Of the videos we were able to find, I thought the below one would be most fitting in keeping the memory of a fellow diver alive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYlxuHuknbw
Daniel M. Fasano, who helped create a new artificial reef off Deerfield Beach with the sinking of the Miss Lourdies freighter in the Atlantic Ocean on June 6, died just three days later of complications from leukemia. He was 47.
''He lived to see his dream fulfilled,'' said Kathleen Malorzo, his sister-in-law. Fasano died Tuesday at Imperial Point Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.
Originally from Rochester, N.Y., Fasano moved to Lighthouse Point in 2004 and founded www.AsSeenOnTV.com, which sells products sold on television infomercials, Malorzo said.
Fasano overcame a fear of the ocean to become a scuba diver in the mid-2000s, before being diagnosed with cancer, Malorzo said.
Despite his illness, friends said Fasano was active in the plans for sinking the freighter, rechristened Miracle of Life, that rests 135 feet deep in the ocean about a mile southeast of the Boca Raton Inlet.
He contributed thousands of dollars to the project, said dive shop owner Arilton Pavan, who called his friend ''passionate'' about the new reef and the undersea world.
In April, Fasano created the nonprofit Miracle of Life Foundation that he hoped would benefit artificial reefs, cancer-fighting causes and HospiceCare of Southeast Florida and its annual fundraising regatta.
The city of Deerfield Beach allowed its pier to be used for fundraising purposes last weekend.
''We had about 300 people on the pier,'' Malorzo said. ``It was a true tribute to Dan.''
Fasano is survived by his wife, Mary Beth, 41, who also works with the company; parents Virginia and Daniel Fasano Sr.; and a sister, Jeanine.
From the Sun Sentinel
Of the videos we were able to find, I thought the below one would be most fitting in keeping the memory of a fellow diver alive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYlxuHuknbw
Daniel M. Fasano, who helped create a new artificial reef off Deerfield Beach with the sinking of the Miss Lourdies freighter in the Atlantic Ocean on June 6, died just three days later of complications from leukemia. He was 47.
''He lived to see his dream fulfilled,'' said Kathleen Malorzo, his sister-in-law. Fasano died Tuesday at Imperial Point Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.
Originally from Rochester, N.Y., Fasano moved to Lighthouse Point in 2004 and founded www.AsSeenOnTV.com, which sells products sold on television infomercials, Malorzo said.
Fasano overcame a fear of the ocean to become a scuba diver in the mid-2000s, before being diagnosed with cancer, Malorzo said.
Despite his illness, friends said Fasano was active in the plans for sinking the freighter, rechristened Miracle of Life, that rests 135 feet deep in the ocean about a mile southeast of the Boca Raton Inlet.
He contributed thousands of dollars to the project, said dive shop owner Arilton Pavan, who called his friend ''passionate'' about the new reef and the undersea world.
In April, Fasano created the nonprofit Miracle of Life Foundation that he hoped would benefit artificial reefs, cancer-fighting causes and HospiceCare of Southeast Florida and its annual fundraising regatta.
The city of Deerfield Beach allowed its pier to be used for fundraising purposes last weekend.
''We had about 300 people on the pier,'' Malorzo said. ``It was a true tribute to Dan.''
Fasano is survived by his wife, Mary Beth, 41, who also works with the company; parents Virginia and Daniel Fasano Sr.; and a sister, Jeanine.
From the Sun Sentinel