Posted on 09/14/2010 11:20:00 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
FORT LAUDERDALE A burial in his beloved sea was the wish of Daniel Scott Lasky, who died last week at his home in Hickory, N.C.
But his family's efforts to comply with that wish led to a fisherman's startling discovery and sent homicide investigators scrambling to solve the mystery of a body at sea.
Lasky, a 48-year-old grocery worker, died of Lou Gehrig's disease on Sept. 8. The next day his family packed his body in dry ice, loaded it into a van and drove to Fort Lauderdale, where Lasky once vacationed. After stopping overnight in Daytona Beach, the family and Lasky's remains arrived in Fort Lauderdale on Friday.
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In the good old days you were sewn up in your hammock with two good sized round shot at your feet. Arrgghh.
Perhaps they decided to honor his wishes just to have an excuse for a Florida fishing trip. In his memory, of course.
Since we did have a charter boat we had to keep up with the ever changing rules. We refused to do do the dropping of ashes at sea. I forget why but there was a good reason. If a body isn’t taken far enough out to sea the fisherman will just net it up & lose their catch. What is allowed in NC might not be allowed in FL either. I think it may go state by state. I do know that you can’t just drop ashes on the beach like you could yrs ago. The family should pay for the lost catch IMO or sue the charter capt for it. Those fisherman work long hard hrs for that catch. Why should they lose money?
His new name is Bob....
Toot was Obama's grandmother. That's his sister with him in that picture.
That's Toot in the chair in front
Lol! Thanks for the info.
Strange that Bammy and Michelle are standing as far apart from each other as you can get.
What a weird family.
A floater...
Somewhere online there is a video of a family dumping ashes over a cliff and wind blows it back into everyone’s face.
Yeah, and McCain's presidential campaign would have been successful if he hadn't lost.
Toot must have taken a lot of documents with her to the incinerator.
"You know how old people are - they grow so attached to things."
~ Dr. Werner Klopek
Burial at sea traditionally involves the body being sewn into a heavy canvas envelope with a heavy weight added.
Spreading ashes as a “burial at sea” is hollywood nonsense.
I watched an episode about the Mob and bodies on the Discovery channel.
The Mob has lots (and lots) of experience dumping bodies.
First of all, you have to dismember the body - and that includes cutting off the limbs, head, and ripping the lungs out of the torso. If you don't do this, the body will float until it severely decays, and that could take a long time.
I doubt that would ever happen. Not enough interest. And the ones that do decide to go through with it would probably be cremated.
Put ‘em in a longboat and lob a few flaming arrows. Whoosh.
Could be worse. They could've gone hunting for crabs and lobsters. PS. the term fish food is used for good reason.
Maybe 100yrs ago. You don’t really think they still do that, do you?
Toot was Obama’s White Grandmother....that’s him with her ashes.
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