Oriskany Death
Oriskany diver dies Thyrie Bland tbland@pnj.com A man who died over the weekend after diving at the Oriskany could be the artificial reef�s first dive-related death. The 39-year-old, whose name was not released, died sometime after being taken to Baptist Hospital on Saturday, said Steve Lewallen, a U.S. Coast Guard civilian search and rescue controller. The Oriskany is a decommissioned aircraft carrier that was sunk 24 miles southeast of Pensacola in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006. As expecte...
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