Sadly, the author died this weekend at the site. The link John provided takes you to a page which is all about Mr. Bright and his work on numerous wrecks. Here's a clip from the NY Times: David A. Bright, an internationally renowned authority on the sinking of the Andrea Doria who was helping lead preparations to commemorate the disaster?s 50th anniversary later this month, collapsed and died on Saturday after making a dive into the wreck of the ship, about 60 miles south of Nantucket. He was 49 and lived in Flemington, N.J. The exact cause of death has not been determined, said Petty Officer Rochelle Padilla of the Coast Guard Station at Woods Hole, Mass., which responded to an emergency call at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday. According to the Coast Guard?s report, Mr. Bright surfaced from the wreck; boarded his dive boat, the Sirena; and collapsed. Evacuated by Coast Guard helicopter, he was taken by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A scientist by training, Mr. Bright was a skilled wreck diver who had dived the remains of the Andrea Doria more than 100 times. He had an important collection of artifacts salvaged from the ship, including china and crystal, which he often lent to museum exhibitions. The founder of the Andrea Doria Survivor Reunions Committee, Mr. Bright acted as a liaison between divers and survivors of the sinking. He had made Saturday?s dive in part to help another diver photograph the wreck for the 50th anniversary reunion on July 23 at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. On Jun 30, 2006, at 6:45 PM, John J. Hertog wrote: > > http://shipwreck.blogs.com/shipwrecks_historical_tim/andrea_doria/ > index.html > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/8LmulB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/