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Tuesday, September 18,1990
The Battalion
Page 9
PI: Martin driving on day of crash
PORT CRANE, N.Y. (AP) — A
private investigator testified Monday
that former major league manager
Billy Martin was driving when his
pickup truck went out of control on
Christmas Day 1989 and smashed
into a culvert.
Martin’s companion that night,
Detroit bar owner William Reedy, is
on trial in Town of Fenton Court for
driving while intoxicated, but he has
maintained that Martin was behind
the wheel.
Martin, 61, died of head and neck
injuries.
Martin was a member of five
World Series championship teams
with the Yankees during an 11-year
playing career. He managed 16
years in the major leagues, including
stints in Texas, Minnesota, Detroit
and Oakland.
William Fischer, a private investi
gator from Endicott, N.Y., and Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., said his examina
tion of the truck on the morning af
ter the accident showed several signs
that Martin, and not Reedy, was
driving.
Fischer said the fabric on the left
Billy Martin
knee of the pants Reedy was wearing
when the crash occurred was im
printed on the dashboard of the
pickup truck just to the right of the
steering wheel. That indicated that
Reedy slid across from the passenger
side of the vehicle on impact, Fischer
said.
In addition, the private detective
said a footprint in the foot well on
the passenger side of the truck
matched a shoe Reedy had on and
that an imprint on Reedy’s jacket
that night appeared to have been
made by the radio panel of the
truck.
“Alfred Billy Martin was the
driver of that vehicle,” Fischer said.
Fischer also said that the seat of
the truck was adjusted close to the
steering wheel and foot pedals of the
vehicle, indicating that Martin, and
probably not the bigger Reedy, was
the driver, Fischer said.
Fischer also said the truck was
going just over 27 mph when it
smashed into the culvert.
His testimony was part of a
continuing attempt by Reedy’s de
fense lawyer, John Blechman, to
convince the six-member jury that
Reedy wasn’t driving when Martin
was killed.
Reedy, 53, testified to that effect
last week. He maintains that he told
authorities immediately after the
crash that he was driving to protect
Martin, who had a history of alcohol-
related problems. Reedy said he
made those statements before he
knew that Martin had been killed in
the crash near the entrance to Mar
tin’s upstate New York farm.
Several witnesses who arrived on
the scene minutes after the crash
have testified that they found Reedy
piled on top of Martin on the pas
senger side of the pickup truck,
which was lying driver-side up in a
ditch at the driveway entrance to
Martin’s farm.
If convicted, Reedy faces a man
datory fine of between $350 and
$500, revocation of his driver’s li
cense for at least six months and a
possible jail sentence of up to a year.
Reedy and his wife were celebrat
ing Christmas at Martin’s 150-acre
farm eight miles north of Bingham
ton. Reedy and Martin were return
ing home after running errands and
stopping for drinks when the acci
dent happened.
Martin’s widow, Jilluann, who has
been attending the trial, has filed a
wrongful death lawsuit against the
town and Reedy.
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feeding a group of stingrays,
swimming with a friendly school
of fish or taking a piggyback ride
on a manta ray around a colorful
coral garden.
Or exploring the quiet world
beneath a gulf rig or the solemn
wreck of a sunken World War II 0
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are a reality because they have
taken the plunge interscuba tJ
diving. °
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could float weightlessly and
breathe underwater, but it’s not ®
as hard as it sounds and © ©
definitely not dangerous, said
Billy Neel, an avid scuba diver.
In fact, most certified divers
were at one point apprehensive
of going unaerwater.
“It’sjust fear of the unknown,
experiencing something you’ve
never done before,” he said. “It’s
very typical and quite normal.”
Neel teaches scuba diving at
his business, Gulf Safari Scuba
and Fitness. It is an adventurous
hobby where the focus is safety,
but it is one hobby full of many
rewards.
It doesn’t take long to be a cer
tified scuba diver, Neel said. Gulf
Safari classes range from a com
pact four days to 2 weeks. The
minimum age is 12 on up as long
as you’re in good health and have
the ability to swim.
“One of the prerequisites is you
have to be comfortable in the wa
ter,” he said.
Gulf Safari, as well as Neel and
his instructors, is certified by the
Professional Association of Div
ing Instructors, or PAD1, the
largest training agency in the
world.
The first level in scuba diving is
ojpen water diving. The class tea
ches fundamentals, techniques
and the basic science involved in
diving as well as an awareness of
the environment. It only requires
a minimum of 25 to 30 hours of
training.
“It does not give them experi
ence,” he said. “T hat’s where the
other continuing education
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courses come into play.”
Those other courses include
night diving, wreck diving, deep
sea diving, cavern diving, under
water hunter, search and rescue,
and several others.
Every level requires on-site
training and three to four open
water training dives with an in
structor in a certain area. Some
levels require classroom involve
ment, hut once certified in the be
ginner’s class you’re certified for
fife.
“However, if you’ve been away
from diving for a little while we
recommend having a refresher
(course),” Neel said. “That might
include an academic session and a
pool session.
“Open water diving contains
the most academics and poolside
training,” Neel said, with time
split evenly between the class
room and tne pool.
“That's the neat thing about
diving,” Neel said, “is sharing the
experience. You always dive with
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a buddy for several reasons. It's
more fun, also in case of need of
any type of assistance from en
tanglement or adjustment in
equipment that might be made.”
The buddy system is what
makes diving safer than similar
sports because there are more op
tions for a diver, Neel said.
“The neat thing about scuba
diving is you’re self-contained.
You have your breathing appara
tus right there with you at all
times, you have the freedom to
move around, to interact with the
environment and get a closer
look.”
There are so many diving par
adises around the world that Neel
hasn’t visited most of them, he
said. His personal favorite is the
varying reefs in the Cayman Is
lands, but “it’s hard to compare,”
he said. “It comes down to the
individual and what he likes."
Qy For those who want to dive
0 Q closer to home, there is good
^ offshore diving 15 to 20 miles
O off the coast along the rigs.
0 “That’s our specialty out here.
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v v v# enjoyable as anywhere you’ll
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_ diversity a reef has as far as fish
O and plant life and soft and hard
© coral.
Evert scuba inventor Jacques
^ Cousteau visited Freeport about
15 years ago to do some rig
diving, Neel said. Cousteau
0 reported that the rigs had the
y - * most fish per area per capita
‘ '‘t> than any other ocean he had
Q seen.
Q “There is a whole ecosystem
down there,” Neel said. “Rig
diving allows you to have a
® reference, so it is very safe. But it
0° • takes special skills and
0 knowledge.”
There also are a few wrecks
Neel dives about 32 miles out of
Freeport, including a 600-foot
tanker that sunk in 1972 and two
World War II Liberty Ships.
“Certain times of the year
that’s great diving,” he said. Also,
there are the Flower Gardens
about 110 miles out, which is sup
posedly the most northern reef in
this hemisphere.
“That’s very attractive this time
of year. We go every week this
time of year, July through mid-
September. Other months it’s
more spontaneous, when weather
conditions are right.”
Sharks are not a problem be
cause they are so rare, Neel said.
“We never see them. Most peo
ple are curious about them, but
we never see them. When we do
we observe them, take pictures
and see if we learn anything by
them. Then we leave them
alone.”
Neel also mentioned playing
tug-of-war with an octopus, swim
ming with dolphins and riding
manta rays at the Flower Gar
dens, where the rays pick you up
like a taxi and give you a nice free
ride.
“Fish recognize you if you’ve
been diving in that certain area,”
Neel said. ’’They build a trust
with you.”
Many of trie students recently
taking classes at Gulf Safari were
excited about diving, mostly for
the recreation and for the fun.
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for youth ages 6-10
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Robin Donnelly
589-2379
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Tommy Mareottc, Scott Cooley,Blake
Bingham (Pledge Trainer),Mark Rainwater,
Mark Conrad ( Rush Chairman)
Row 2
Brian Becker, Russell Smith, Bobby
Thons, Stephen Boutros, Rob Howell,
Jeffrey Kovacs, Steve Pfcffcr, Lance Luma.
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