Marine Max executive passes away at age 52

A longtime member of the yachting industry, Pasca's passion for the business was contagious. He was respected by all who knew him, and his passing leaves a tremendous void. "MarineMax and the industry will miss Tony's passion, wisdom, knowledge and friendship," says MarineMax CEO William McGill, Jr. "Tony's focus on business and family during his difficult five year struggle with cancer, while never complaining, was an inspiration to our team and customers."

While attending Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, Pasca played minor league baseball for the New York Mets farm team in Tampa, Florida. After graduating, he worked for Arthur Young in New York City before moving to South Florida to assume the position as controller of Hatteras of Lauderdale. At Hatteras, Pasca played a pivotal role in negotiating the company's sale to Allied Marine Group, owned by Winthrop Rockefeller. In the mid-90s, Pasca and a group of partners purchased Allied Marine from Rockefeller and ran the company successfully for a number of years. In 2001, Pasca sold his interests in Allied Marine and joined MarineMax as president of Motor Yachts.

An enthusiastic and compassionate businessman, Pasca assumed a significant role at MarineMax. "He was a master strategist with a truly brilliant mind," says Stephen Gale, vice president of Motor Yachts at MarineMax. "Tony loved his work. We were blessed to have known and worked with him. " Pasca was instrumental in establishing the partnership between MarineMax and the Italian yacht manufacturer, the Ferretti Group, in which MarineMax became the exclusive provider of Ferretti Group products in the United States.

No matter what he was doing or where he was working, Pasca's infectious optimism and enthusiasm continually inspired those who worked with him and knew him to strive for excellence. According to Jay Avelino, vice president of Team Development at MarineMax and close friend, Pasca was, "charming and quick-witted, and never lost his 'New York attitude.' Tony was always spontaneous with a funny, usually salty, comment that kept everyone laughing and at ease. He was a very shrewd but compassionate businessman. He loved his family and friends. In his courageous battle with the cancer that took his life, he was a role model for dealing with adversity, and he consistently showed grace under tremendous pressure. We will all miss him terribly."

Pasca is survived by his wife Celeste; children Kimberly, Angela, John and Ryan; parents Jean and Tony Pasca; and sister Cindy Rogers. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (www.themiamiproject.org). The Miami Project is headed up by Dr. Barth Green, a close friend of Pasca's who was responsible for extending his life over the last four years. Donations can also be made to Pasca's parish church, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Boca Raton.

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church PO Box 016960 (R48)  370 S.W. 3rd Street

Miami, FL 33101-9844 Boca Raton, FL 33432

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About MarineMax

Headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, MarineMax is the nation's largest recreational boat and yacht retailer. Focused on premium brands, such as Sea Ray, Boston Whaler, Meridian, Hatteras, Grady White, and the Ferretti Group including: Ferretti Yachts, Pershing, Riva, Mochi Craft, Apreamare and Bertram, the Company sells new and used recreational boats and related marine products and provides yacht brokerage services. The Company currently operates 85 retail locations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. MarineMax is a New York Stock Exchange-listed company.

They musta targeted those cable reels the construction crews left on the lawn right in front of the 16' hole the whole plane fit through before it simply disappeared, eh?

Bullshit....

Planned? It's uncanny how quickly it all just disappeared, don't you think?

Here's a page full of witnesses:

http://www.geocities.com/someguyyoudontknow33/witnesses.htm

Here's the first one on that page:

"Shortly after watching the second tragedy, I heard jet engines pass our building, which, being so close to the airport is very common. But I thought the airport was closed. I figured it was a plane coming in for landing. A few moments later, as I was looking down at my desk, the plane caught my eye. It didn't register at first. I thought to myself that I couldn't believe the pilot was flying so low. Then it dawned on me what was about to happen. I watched in horror as the plane flew at treetop level, banked slightly to the left, drug it's wing along the ground and slammed into the west wall of the Pentagon exploding into a giant orange fireball. Then black smoke. Then white smoke."

Now, what do you think *you* saw, Larry?

Nothing, right?

You were too far away.

Great fun....works like a charm.

Likewise, I've spoken with people here in the area that SAW THE PLANE. Believe whatever nonsense you like, but I'll trust them a lot more than some internet crackpots.

There is no plane in ANY pictures from the first one of the 16' diameter hole before the roof collapsed....through all the other pictures, including the one with the rescue worker and his dog which found NOTHING??

Over on alt.binaries.multimedia.documentaries is a movie about the Airbus A300 that crashed just after takeoff due to wake turbulence and defective tail fin design into Long Island near after 9/11.

If you download it and watch it please notice the HUGE PILE OF CRASHED AIRPLANE THAT DIDN'T VAPORIZE OR BURN on impact. The firemen are standing on TOP OF THE PILE hosing it down to cool it......A PILE OF AIRPLANE RUBBLE WITH EASILY DISCERNABLE PIECES....a whole PILE of pieces!

The A300 is SMALLER than the plane that hit the Pentagon.....the one that left NOT A TRACE on the lawn or in the 16' hole it all fit through into the 5th dimension......

There was NO PLANE....or we could SEE IT!

(If it wasn't a plane, the implication would be that the US Government somehow "disposed" of a lot of people that were on the plane that went missing and allegedly crashed into the Pentagon. I like my PWC version better, and it makes equal sense.)

Oh, I know. You were in the Navy. As an electrician.

Did the plane fly into the Bermuda Triangle and get transported to the big wheel circling the earth or was the plane sucked into the depths of the ocean where all crew and passengers drowned?

You do know they can trace the serial numbers off of the parts that were found at the Pentagon to the plane they were put in service on don't you?

Allow me to restate.

It's not amusing - it's sad.

Sea Ray in SC still sucks eggs. You may quote me....(c;