Greg Mickey Project

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On Saturday June 18, 2005, Capt. Greg Mickey became lost at sea while diving on the Frying Pan Shoals south of Wilmington, NC. Though many people (US Coast Guard, Greg's family, and Greg's friends) searched for Greg, he was never located.

Gregs widow, along with the Long Bay Artificial Reef Assoc. is trying to raise enough money to create an "Artificial Reef Shipwreck" in Greg's honor. The ship will be sunk in the same area Greg was diving, and will serve as a memorial to Greg Mickey. This monument will serve to memorialize Greg, and to support the sport that Greg loved so dearly.

The outfit will have a website up soon to accept donations (which are tax deductible according to the brochure). The website will be: www.captgregmickey.org

Donations to the project can also be made to:

LBARA/Long Bay Artificial Reef Assoc.
PO Box 822
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
attn: Greg Mickey Project

Your donations will ensure this living memorial to Greg.

 

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This is legitimate. Here is the news story from the local NBC affiliate's website:

or check out: www.wect.com/Global/Story.asp?S=3713318

Memorial for Diver Lost at SeaAug 12, 2005
-- Greg Mickey died doing something he loved. He was scuba diving off the North Carolina coast. Thursday his friends and family revealed their plans for a unique memorial.

One of the last times, Greg Mickey's family and friends met, it was to look for his body. They never found the Wilmington scuba diver, but now they are finding a way to give meaning to his passing. As they get together, they're making plans. They join at Blue Water to raise money for a sea memorial. It's a memorial that will cost $60,000.00 or more. $60,000.00 to sink a vessel, likely a tug boat in Mickey's name.

Andy Illombre was the last one to see Mickey alive. Illombre narrowly escaped with his own life. He was rescued 30 miles off the coast of Bald Head Island after being separated during a spear fishing dive. Illombre says this memorial would warm his friend's heart. Mickey's body was never found. Friends and family say this memorial means closure, and an environmental treasure

A website has been set up to accept donations for the reef. The site is www.captgregmickey.org

Although this is all in the planning stages, the determined group of friends is ready to move forward by creating a water memorial for the diver who loved the ocean and is still lost at sea.

Reported by Ashley Hayes